I never liked the idea of killing a white tail deer with a .223. Still don't with common bullet weight. But a few years ago I loaded some 22-250 ammo for my brother using Speer 70 gr Semi Spitzer SP bullets. He was right to chose it. I use that bullet as my go to with my 5.56 NATO rifle. That made me more respectful of the AR-15 for hunting.
I still prefer a 30-30 for do all brush gun. There are a lot of them still in use, it showed in not being able to buy 30-30 brass for several years. A month ago, I finally got a 250 round order of Starline Brass for reloading. Prior to that I was using once fired brass. (I had plenty of factory loads)
I have had very good results with the Speer .224 bullet as well. Out of a 18” barrel I had best velocity & accuracy using H-322 and the CCI srp.
Killed quite a few hogs with that load before I passed that barrel onto my grandson.
At $19.00 per 100 they are an excellent buy.
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