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Hey Koperll,
Thank you for your reply and relating your own personal experience with the 223.
Would you care to tell us the story of how your Savage 223/20ga came to be rechambered from a 222/20ga? I think that would make for some interesting reading. One more question, did you ever take any deer with it in it's original 222 chambering?
Have a great weekend sir!
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V said it all. For an experienced hunter, and preferably reloader, the 223 will do the job well.
I shot a buck in the head at about ten yards with a 223 using fmj ammo and a doe at about seventy yards through the boiler room with Sierra 52 grain hp bullets. The buck dropped instantly and the doe ran about forty yards before dropping.