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mllm,

Just a couple of comments. The 223-ss109 bullets are not designed to kill, but to really mess you uo and to penetrate light armor and really mess you up. You see a wounded soldier is much more of a liability to his squad than a dead one. So if you use 223-ss109's on a deer or hog you are most likely to wound the animal than kill it.

There are some premium 0.224 bullets that you can use like the 60gr Nosler partition that one can use on small deer etc... I have taken three small deer (Calif Black Tail ~130-180 lbs) using the Nosler 60gr partition and Speer and Barnes 70 gr bullets with a 22-250 (clocking 3200 fps or better) all one shot kills/stops... neck and head shots. One spin shot was a bit far back and required a second shot. I wanted to see just how well these bullets would work but I never recovered any of them.

All my ammo was all hand loaded chrono'ed etc... and produced groups 1 in. or better at 100 yrds. You can buy factory 223 60gr Nosler partition premium ammo from Federal. These will work on small deer and hogs given good shot placement.

If you decide to go with a 300-221 FIreball aka 300 Whisper(r). You are defiantly going to have to reload. Remember it IS a wildcat round. It will work very well for your intended targets (small deer and hogs).

You might want to give reloading a try. It is not all that difficult and is quite fun too.

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