Best 223 ammo for foxing

[Nfinlay22]

Hi all, what your opinions on 223 ammo? It's from my steyr 223 pro hunter... Want something fast and still keep accuracy. Max shot 250-300 yards

[dodeer]

40/50g vmax

[walshie]

I use 53gr v-max.

[AndyCM]

Hi all, what your opinions on 223 ammo? It's from my steyr 223 pro hunter... Want something fast and still keep accuracy. Max shot 250-300 yards

Hornady Superformace is pretty good, I was surprised when I chrono'd it....53g Vmax at 3,295fps out of a 20" barrel 1 in 9 twist

[mollydog]

55grn vmax

[fortune]

Hi all, what your opinions on 223 ammo? It's from my steyr 223 pro hunter... Want something fast and still keep accuracy. Max shot 250-300 yards

Every gun is different. what suits one gun is different to another gun. 250-300 yards is a long, long way. closest i've had was the other side of an apple tree and the furthest 375 paces. But the range is more likely to be like 70 >> 100. unless someone has educated them and that makes it a lot more difficult.

[Vince Green]

The crowd I go foxing with swear by PPU but others on here will tell you its rubbish because it doesn't cost the earth and come in a fancy box.

[Dunkield]

but dont be such a working class hero over the issue.

 

glad I wasn't the only one thinking that

 

Also do fox shooters not use A max?

[walshie]

 

glad I wasn't the only one thinking that

 

Also do fox shooters not use A max?

 

I've never used them, but they are pretty similar to v-max in all but name so I believe.

[Dunkield]

Yes, I have used them to good effect on foxes. They do the job and are accurate, so just another option.

[fortune]

Sierra game king bthp. The bullet that I use with the developed loading has never failed to have terminal effect no matter where it has hit the target.

[bornfree]

I use hornady 55g v-max but I've never shot out to those distances. Most of mine are under 100 yards.

[fortune]

I use hornady 55g v-max but I've never shot out to those distances. Most of mine are under 100 yards.

Although I have shot at longer distance, mostly I will endeavour to use the contour of the ground and wind to my advantage to get close.

[bornfree]

I know where mine are going to be so I just sit up my 25ft tower and wait for them.

[Vince Green]

If it works it works but PPU in 223 has given me far to many 'clicks' for me to rely on and in 243 with 90/100 gr sp and 308 in 150 sp, bad headspace tolerance. I shoot lots of different guns which rules out one specific rifle at fault. Ppu is cheap for a reason and if it works yippee but dont be such a working class hero over the issue.

Whats with the working class hero bit? PPU at about 55p a round is plenty good enough for foxes, most of ours are about 100yds to be honest. Its not high tech stuff at 100 yds but I honestly can't remember a bad shot and because we use them on the range as well, we buy 500 rounds at a time.

 

Its good out to 600 yds but not V bull accurate past 300

 

Whats with the far too many clicks? do you mean misfires? Never ever had one, or seen one ever, with any ammo in the past 20 years other than .22RF

Edited June 14, 2017 by Vince Green

[team tractor]

I wish my rifles liked ppu as it's so cheap but I managed 4" groups in my howa .223 and I can't even get them to load in my 243 howa.

I used to use Winchester varmint x a lot and it's cheaper than hornady so win win . I managed 3/4" groups in 223 with it . I've saved the brass now and reload.

[Stonepark]

Win x223r (super x) 55gr is also fine and relatively inexpensive.

 

Any 223 supersonic round is more than adequate for foxes under 300yards if they group well with your gun.

 

As to speed 55gr going at 3240 or lighter going at 3495 doesn't make a perceptible change to sub 300 yard time of flight or difference to the fox.

 

Again at 300 with a 200 zero, 55gr drops about 9inch, the flattest shooting, 6.5 inch or so.

 

Above 300 there may be performance benefits from certain loadings, but below 300 I would choose the cheapest most accurate ammo I could find and wouldn't be too bothered about much else.

[Dougy]

Anything that hits the spot and kills cleanly.

What else is there go debate

[pigeonbasher1]

i use ppu ammo in my .22 hornet .223/.22.250 and my .243 never ever had a misfire

[jam1e]

I use hornady 55g v-max but I've never shot out to those distances. Most of mine are under 100 yards.

Same here. Reloaded and gives me 3200 fps. No runners at all. Most shot at 100 yards or less. never had a bullet pass right through the fox. Even when i shot one broadside at around 70 yards!

[slaphead]

I use PPU in my .222 and have nothing but good words for it.

[The Heron]

I use Black hills 60g v max in a 20" 1 in 8 twist barrel extremely accurate I try not to shoot at extreme distances like target shooters but then again I don't eat a lot of cardboard.

[Savhmr]

60gr Vmax or 69TMKs are both deadly to 400 yards (in the case of the TMKs, well beyond). I get 3150 fps from my 60gr Vmax loads, so point and shoot to 240 yards with a 1 inch high at 200 zero.

[pigeonbasher1]

just bought a brand new rifle in .223, scoped it up this morning, went out to zero, and grouping like a shotgun, 55 gr ppu, run it in as per the norm, then tried a half box of remington ive had lurking in the cabinet, RESULT, gutted realy as ive got about 8 boxes of ppu

[saddler]

I try not to shoot at extreme distances like target shooters but then again I don't eat a lot of cardboard.

.....so which fox recipe do you prefer?

 

Best .223 ammo for fox?

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