An Objective Look at the .223 Remington

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It seems there is some innate feature of the human condition that drives a portion of the population into a virulent backlash against anything that becomes really popular. And it appears that’s been the fate of the .223 Remington. Not that the backlash is absolutely baffling, with no reason whatsoever, but the criticism tends to ignore or dismiss the features and functions that have made the .223 Remington what it is today. Basically, what’s needed is an objective appreciation of what it is and isn’t.

One thing the .223 Remington isn’t doing is becoming less commercially popular. More people are buying and shooting .223 ammo in the U.S. than most other centerfire cartridges. But functionally, the .223 Remington isn’t the cartridge that can just do everything.

 One of the legitimate reasons that anything extremely popular inspires a backlash is that enthusiastic users tend to overstate its assets. That’s particularly true when something like political condemnation of the AR-15 platform fires up the AR-loving community and those supporting them. Bans on AR-15s, and concerns of bans has prompted at least some of the hundreds or thousands of hunters posing with deer they dropped with the .223 Remington, or elk, or even black bear. While yes, it can perhaps be done, it’s a bit of an overstatement of the abilities of the .223 Remington, and, unless someone is a perfect shot, isn’t the most humane cartridge with which to kill big game, such as deer, humanely.

As is always pointed out by proponents of big game hunting with the .223 Remington, if you can put a round where you want it, it’s a perfectly viable cartridge for deer or even bigger game. And while that may be true—Bella Twin famously killed a record-breaking grizzly in 1953 with a .22 Long, not LR, to the temple—it’s also a big “if.” Even the best shots can have their placement thrown off by any number of unpredictable factors. Not to mention the fact that shooters are like drivers: some of them are as good as they think, while some are definitely not. As such, it’s simply not the best deer or big game cartridge on the market.

What the .223 Remington is though, is an excellently versatile round. For varmint hunting, you’d be hard-pressed to find anything better. Its low recoil makes it a terrific introduction to centerfire long guns for new shooters. Its engineering means it goes far and flat fast, which is exactly what the average range-shooter is looking for. The fact that it is so popular means the options for variable load, grain, material, etc. are far greater than many other rounds. And so many are produced that it’s less expensive as well. Which is ideal, as shooting is a perishable skill and sometimes the modest price tag for bulk .223 ammo is exactly the thing that keeps someone shooting. 

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