223 Hornady Critical Defense

[HatfieldHog]

Hey there, I just bought a few boxes of the Hornady Critical Defense in 223. I got them in the 73 grain weight for Deer hunting. Does anyone have any experience with this ammo?


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[adchunts]

The thing that would concern me about this line of ammo is the description on Hornady's website:

The unique design of the Critical Defense® FTX® bullet offers quick expansion and limited penetration from self-defense rifles.

"Limited penetration" would give me pause if using for deer. I might look for a more traditional bullet design to ensure adequate penetration.

[Sunny Jim]

Critical Defense is just that. A bullet designed for defense. I would not use it for the taking of big game. You would be doing the animal a disservice to shoot it with a bullet that was not designed to create a wound channel sufficient enough to cause it to bleed out.

[Bill2e]

Not designed to take game. Way to fast expansion

[larryhyco]

I saw it advertised on a program last night. I thought it's for in home defense

[berudd]

I echo what the others said. I would not use a round design to limit penetration on deer. For that matter, I would use and .223 round on deer either.