Long range ENS

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Heard a dad and son at the WalMarts the other day discussing shooting (deer, I assumed) and the son (teenager) was telling his dad he'd much rather have a 30-06, and the dad said, "No, a .223 is perfectly fine for anything under 150 yards." I nearly choked. He thinks that's all the .223 is good for? I didn't hear the rest of the convo or the gist of the general context, but that statement alone made me just internally shake my head and keep walking.

I wouldn’t take a shot further than 100 yards with my 16” ar15 in 223 on a deer, I would really prefer it to be closer, a coyote would be a different story.
 

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I'm getting excited about this long range deal. I hope it works out to where I can make it whenever and wherever it happens.

I'm going to use my PSA 16" AR-15 with a 1:7 twist barrel.

I only have a POS 6-24x50 Mil-Dot 2nd focal plane scope to use but I think that if I can get it to zero at 100 and just hold over from there and not adjust anything I might be able to make it work out to ??? yards on 6X.

Hopefully I will get some range time soon to try that theory out. If it won't hold zero I'll just use my 1X red dot and hope I can see the target past 100 yards.

In the mean time I need to try several different factory ammo loads to see what this rifle likes best.
 

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