what would be the best 223 round for the suburbs?
Remington 45 grain JHP worked extremely well for me in one incident - tricky shot at a feral dog about 40 yards away, with a house immediately behind him and more houses/people 200 yards downrange. Dog weighed about 20 pounds, but the bullet took him down immediately and did not exit. Dog DRT, with no collateral damage.
For comparison, the dog was one of two that had moved in under my mother-in-laws house. The other dog was comparable in size, about 20 pounds. I managed to catch that one in the open, with open land behind him. He took two solid hits with 9mm JHP, and still required a finisher. I don't think there was enough dog there to get the 9mm JHPs to open up, but the Remington .223 JHP did just fine.
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- Contemplating the Amish assault rifle concept... -
Catoosa,
2013-01-16, 23:03
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- A .223 levergun... -
FOG,
2013-01-17, 07:43
- Remington produced a 223 pump for a while but I - stonewalrus, 2013-01-17, 07:54
- Browning BLR - Wildcat, 2013-01-17, 08:47
- Contemplating the Amish assault rifle concept... -
Charles,
2013-01-17, 09:54
- yes and even the .357 mag models are good - bj2, 2013-01-17, 10:33
- alternatives to AR15 -
bj2,
2013-01-17, 10:42
- That tickles my funny bone. -
Hoot,
2013-01-17, 10:53
- just wondering about modern designs -
bj,
2013-01-17, 20:19
- bj, I recall you have an engineering background... -
Hoot,
2013-01-17, 21:28
- Pretty sure there already is a pump action AR upper - cas, 2013-01-17, 21:53
- bj, I recall you have an engineering background... -
Hoot,
2013-01-17, 21:28
- just wondering about modern designs -
bj,
2013-01-17, 20:19
- alternatives to AR15 - Dave B, 2013-01-17, 10:55
- That tickles my funny bone. -
Hoot,
2013-01-17, 10:53
- what would be the best 223 round for the suburbs? -
stonewalrus,
2013-01-17, 11:50
- Definitely not FMJ. - mcassill, 2013-01-17, 13:01
- Hard to get bullets as well. I'd suggest the 64 gr. -
Hobie,
2013-01-17, 14:49
- I have the Winchester PPs - stonewalrus, 2013-01-17, 15:20
- Hard to get bullets as well. I'd suggest the 64 gr. - mcassill, 2013-01-17, 15:54
- Best? - Byron, 2013-01-17, 18:14
- what would be the best 223 round for the suburbs? -
Catoosa,
2013-01-18, 09:37
- I shoot three 5.56mm loads.... - Byron, 2013-01-18, 15:07
- Ask Levi. - Hobie, 2013-01-17, 14:50
- BULLSHIT! DO NOT IN ANY WAY ENcourage this !!! -
Rob Leahy,
2013-01-18, 20:27
- BULLSHIT! DO NOT IN ANY WAY ENcourage this !!! - Lloyd Smale, 2013-01-19, 04:46
- Better men than me have been outlaws. -
Hobie,
2013-01-19, 07:29
- Well said. Not meaning to offend Catoosa ...but man - Rob Leahy, 2013-01-19, 14:27
- Amen Rob! - rob, 2013-01-19, 19:27
- A .223 levergun... -
FOG,
2013-01-17, 07:43