There seems to be a lot of negativity about the the .223. It is a GREAT round, for varmints. And lightly armoured personnel.
I am wondering if the people posting about it have any experience with it, and are aware of how that particular round acts upon impact. Where I got my experience with it we called it 5.56 NATO.
I know that this round tumbles when it hits and does a lot of damage. In FMJ or hunting? Ever see an ammunition manufacturer tout this feature? :lol:
It is also quite accurate, even out over three hundred yards.Very accurate, as a good varmint round should be. But the limiting factor for vamints is the wind, because those little bullets will move a fair bit in a light breeze.
I'm not saying it is suitable for large deer at long distances, but for the smaller deer at a reasonable range it will certainly do the job. Do the job usually, or a dependable and responsible choice for a novice hunting deer. In a survival situation of course it will take deer, that's not what we are discussing here.
Energy retention would be my concern with a bullet of this light of weight, and that would be a limiting factor in distance for hunting.What about penetration,energy transfer, frangibility(mass retention,like breaking up when striking bone ) , deflection etc...,