Re: 223 goat loads
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:33 am
brother played with the 53 grain barnes in a 222 when they first came out
10-15 years ago or longer- its been about that long since my brother was an active shooter- well pre port arthur time
Yes they worked and worked well- but gave no better end results (dead goats or small pigs) than the 60 sp hornadys he was using before trying the barnes
I spoke to hime last night about it and he said that if the shot was iffy and you wanted extra penetration from a bad angle use the barnes
BUT
My brother was a "own use" meat shooter and would prefer to stalk in and stick the barrel in their ear and fill the freezer rather than take any "iffy" shots- 99% of his shots were under 100 yards- I dont ever remember him taking a shot on a meat animal over 150 yards
and
at that range with propper placement any of the 55 grain projectiles or heavier will do the job
The remington 55 grain SP load, I think uses the core-lokt style projectile.
I love the core-lokts in my 6.5x55 so I cannot imagine they are a bad projectile in the smaller caliber if they are bonded the same way to the core for deep penetration like the larger caliber slugs are
But still keep the various 64 grain factory loads in mind as well- as far as I have been able to find out in the last couple of hours they are designed for harvesting small deer in the USA and Europe in states and countries where .224 cals are legal for the small deer species
Shit even a 64 grainer whould be overkill on a Muntjack (sp?) Deer which doesn't weight much more than a full grown buck hare or a dog the size of a shoe box
The 5.6x50 Magnum was built in Europe to make the power limit to enable the harvesting of Roe deer with a .224 Caliber- a v-warm to hot loaded 223 will come very close to factory 5.6x50 ammo
HTH- have been bored and googling a bit about this question
P
10-15 years ago or longer- its been about that long since my brother was an active shooter- well pre port arthur time
Yes they worked and worked well- but gave no better end results (dead goats or small pigs) than the 60 sp hornadys he was using before trying the barnes
I spoke to hime last night about it and he said that if the shot was iffy and you wanted extra penetration from a bad angle use the barnes
BUT
My brother was a "own use" meat shooter and would prefer to stalk in and stick the barrel in their ear and fill the freezer rather than take any "iffy" shots- 99% of his shots were under 100 yards- I dont ever remember him taking a shot on a meat animal over 150 yards
and
at that range with propper placement any of the 55 grain projectiles or heavier will do the job
The remington 55 grain SP load, I think uses the core-lokt style projectile.
I love the core-lokts in my 6.5x55 so I cannot imagine they are a bad projectile in the smaller caliber if they are bonded the same way to the core for deep penetration like the larger caliber slugs are
But still keep the various 64 grain factory loads in mind as well- as far as I have been able to find out in the last couple of hours they are designed for harvesting small deer in the USA and Europe in states and countries where .224 cals are legal for the small deer species
Shit even a 64 grainer whould be overkill on a Muntjack (sp?) Deer which doesn't weight much more than a full grown buck hare or a dog the size of a shoe box
The 5.6x50 Magnum was built in Europe to make the power limit to enable the harvesting of Roe deer with a .224 Caliber- a v-warm to hot loaded 223 will come very close to factory 5.6x50 ammo
HTH- have been bored and googling a bit about this question
P