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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.
The .223 may be almost identical (some say it's different, but by all that much) to a 5.56 but the .223 was originally designed to take down really big game animals. The .223 offered hunters the ability to take down an animal with less bullets and more force.
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Documentation, please.
The .223 was NEVER designed to hunt very big game.
As far as hunting calibers go, the .223 is right at the marginally useful category. In many states like here in Colorado it is illegal to use a .223 Remington or a 5.56 to hunt anything except varmints. They simply don't provide an ethical kill reliably enough. The states that do allow it for deer usually have much smaller deer than here. (deer grow bigger bodies in different parts of the country)
The only reason it is popularly owned is that the semi-auto rifles in .223 available are fun to shoot and the ammo is dirt cheap compared to other center fire calibers.
(Please, no comments about the proper shot placement gets the job done yadda yadda. I have heard all those arguments) For hunting North American big game, you really should be using something else.
@Stealhead you type faster than me.
