.223 Bolt Action Rifle Good For ???

[FMJMIKE]

What is a bolt action .223 Remington rifle good for ???

 

[ricebasher302]

I'd prolly shoot it, but that's just me.

 

[armoredman]

What did you want to do with it? Great for target shooting, good for small game, good for varmint, good for a backpacking rifle, good for anything the .223 can do. If you want something for end-of-days, maybe an AR might be better, but a bolt in ,223 is a good light rifle, properly loaded, good for deer, though I am not a hunter, and don't know that much about it.

 

[ricebasher302]

Seriously though, prairie dogs, coyotes, bobcats, crows, ravens, skunks, raccoons, deer (where legal), targets, tin cans, rocks, etc, etc....

 

[Jeeping]

I get the filling that you just need someone to convince you to by 223 bolt gun.
Dude if the money you spending on it wasn't taking to feed your kids, then efing A go for it!

 

[W.E.G.]

I don't think the .223 is a very good sniper round.

But, if I got shot in the head with one, I might change my mind.

 

[P.B.Walsh]

Hmmm, did the 30-30 not hit you in the head W.E.G??

from another thread

On a serious note, a good .223 bolt rifle can be a very good as a cheap centerfire trainer or for someone that is very untolerable of recoil.

Heck, I'd like to have one for introducing new shooters to rifles because of the low recoil and cheaper price.

JMHO,
P.B.Walsh

 

[steve_dune]

I picked one up just because it's cheap to shoot and I wanted something for varmints. I already had dies, powder, primers and bullets for reloading my AR so I thought a 223 would be a great choice.

 

[FMJMIKE]

Photos of your rifles would be great....Thanks

 

[Geno]

I have two .223s, and have a lot of fun with them. They are cheap to fire, cheaper yet to reload, are very accurate, have low recoil (especially my 17-pound set-up), and are effective/efficient on varmint easily to 300 yards. To boot, at 7,000 grains per pound of powder, and 26 grains of powder per round, you can get 269 rounds out a pound of Varget. That's cheap shootin' in anyone's book.

Geno

 

[Guncollector1982]

I was shooting prairie dogs sunday with a 32 Winchester using cast bullets and peep sites with decent success, a scoped bolt 223 surely oughta be good enough lol And their CHEAP to shoot to, accurate at decent practical distance and virtually no recoil sounds like a win win to me. I have one on my wish list to just have a 300 win mag and a few others a lil higher up in line for now the AR15 will have to be sufficent for my 223

 

[Oceans]

Living on the eastern shore of Maryland, like I do: can you tell me something that I can't kill with a .223 bolt action

 

[Australian Shooter]

Good points about .223 bolt action:

1. Cheap to get
2. Cheap to shoot
3. Accurate
4. Can't get an AR from where I live

 

[wrs840]

My Savage Model 25 fluted-barrel/thumbhole (with a vintage 3x-9x Redfield) in .223 is a fun/reliable/cheap to shoot groundhog/coyote rifle for these hills, though the real varmint pros around here prefer handloaded .22-250.

You gotta start somewhere. Just buy something and find your own happy place.

Les

 

[SGW42]

I don't really know what I would do with a .223 bolt, aside from shoot the heck out of it at the range. Isn't that enough?

 

[rangerruck]

if you get one by CZ, in any form with a set trigger, you will forget you
ever asked the question in the first place.

 

[armoredman]

I can agree, though my CZ 527 is 7.62x39mm, if I were to get a .223 bolt action rifle, that would be the one.

 

[DIM]

I have one, 26" bull barrel, its fun to shoot, but because it has 1:12 twist rate I'm limited on 55 - 60 gr bullets, so I wouldn't consider it as a deer rifle, but I think its very possible, but I still rather use 270 or 308 on them, as far as .223 it is very accurate holds 0.35 MOA at 300 yards.

 

[Winger Ed.]

That sounds like a tough question that requires extensive further research.
I think you should try and get a govt. grant to help with this delima.

 

[Leaky Waders]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=32361

Mines an a-bolt pictured in the above thread. My youngest son has a remington that he shoots very well.

The biggest advantage is they have mild recoil and are much more accurate than I can shoot...with the right rounds. Milsurp is just not fun to shoot...you'll hit the target but the groups will be large. Quality ammo really makes a difference.

 

[Max C.]

Some people dislike keeping a large number of calibers in stock. Having .223 in your bolt action and semi-auto setups would mean you can get a better deal on ammo by buying more of .223/5.56 v.s. buying .223 for an AR or Mini 14 and something else for the bolt action.

Also if your AR, Mini 14, etc isn't particularly accurate and you want to do target shooting you can get an accurate bolt action for what it would cost to get a high quality upper/barrel and have two rifles.

 

[Bobarino]

 

[cougar1717]

Varmints, range use, training for new/younger shooters, cheap centerfire plinking, or if you want something a bigger than 17HMR but less than 243 Win.

 

[cottonmouth]

I have a LTR in .223 and it'll flat shoot and with a heavy HP it'll spoil a deers day, a lot of guys say .223 is too small but if you can shoot and know where to put the cross hairs it'll get the job done.

J.B.

 

[DIM]

In my post above I didn't say 223 Rem is not capable of slaying deer sized game, it just 55 - 60 gr bullets are not the best for them, to stabilize heavy 69 gr and above bullets faster twist is required like 1:9 or 1:8, I belive Savage makes 223 with 1:9 and Tikka T3 with 1:8 twist, if you go with last then I don't see any reason why it can't be deer rifle, since 1:8 twist is capable to accurately stabilize 80 gr 224 caliber bullets

P.S pictures right