Originally Posted By: weedsnagerThe more I read, the more confused I get on what is the best 223 fur friendly ammo...yes shot placement is key, I get that. Some people claim the v max is the most fur friendly and some people have the exact opposite opinion, hollow point, soft point, the conflicting info on all of them !
No wonder you are confused!!!! Not counting your original post all but one recommend high velocity, high explosive, high expansion, thin jacketed type bullets. Maybe I read this wrong somewhere but what I thought you asked was "fur friendly"??? I take that to mean least amount of damage to the pelt so you can have the best possible mount, tanned hide???? The answers given so far make me think you want the animal dead right there, dropped in his tracks regardless of whether the thing is blown in half, zero tracking, don't want to waste a single second looking for it and do not care about the damage.
The animals you are talking about cannot stand a hit, cannot continue to live with a nice clean hole drilled by a 223. Full metal jacket type non expanding bullets are as fur friendly as it gets. I cannot imagine what the previous posters would recommend bullet wise if you ask for DRT, maximum kill, maximum guaranteed not to move another step bullets!!!! Short of going with some sort of explosive charge in the bullet, they are already there. I have done taxidermy for a pretty long time, get FMJ bullets, drill a nice clean hole and mount or tan a beautiful hide. The absolute last thing you want is a bullet that expands...at all.