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Mike Davis

rightho.....
have had a good look through knowledgebase and the long range books.
Ive shot enough animals with the 50grn ttsx in .223....25grns AR2206
to have formed an opinion I believe is worth sharing.
first off let me state...I DONT do long range...Im a bush hobbit at heart,didnt buy .223 for shooting deer,it was purchased with my "give up smoking $$$$" for shooting wallabies and excells for that.
however sometimes it just gets tick to go for a walk,you know the open country wander where something might get seen,or the place where wallabies are main target species but deer or pig may pop up.
off top off head Ive shot 120lb sow at close to 200 yards (spotlit so range was underestimated) hit slightly too far back..through n through and down she went.
140ish lb fat boar 150ish yards in crease, shattered offside leg...very sick but still staggering and needed finish off.
couple of deer at 25-50 yards in bush....forward chest shot,bang flops.
my son pushed limits and going by expansion of projectile I estimate closer to 250 yards spiker that needed finishing off up close.
at sub hundy yards the performance is very similar to 130grn cup n core 270 in slow bracket..... but its opposite
eg the nearside shoulder has lots of damage, internals have 1-2" hold/damage and far shoulder has little amount of damage and exit hole....
I see the boss man has put...never trust a .224 centrefire,yeah fair enough BUT with these little ripper loads AND sensible range ,for me under 150 yards ideally,they really do the job rather well.
im intreged to see how they would go in the .22-250 given same range limits the extra speed just must be a good thing.
I do realise with monos ,shot placement is everything and there is HUGE difference between one projectile and others of similar weight etc...the cavity in front etc varies a lot...same goes for .277 monos.
is anyone else running the 50 or 55 grn barnes in wee rifles????
how are your results with them????
and finally for the bossman....have you had chance to try some of these at the closer ranges and has it changed you opinions of .224s on larger than goat sized game????