Originally Posted by
sconnyhunter
Your logic does not follow. Being Legal and Being Ethical are two different animals altogether. If 43 of 50 states made using a slingshot legal for deer, would you then calim that its Ethical?
The .223 is an IMO unethical caliber for Deer Hunting. It lacks power, weight, and retained energy.
The military uses it to wound people, it does that very well. Because, as a previous poster said, a dead man takes 1 man out of the battle while a wounded man take 3 men out of the battle.
The military is also using full metal jackets, any cartridge using a full metal jacket is likely to wound instead of kill unless a head shot is taken, it doesnt matter wether it is a 223 Rem or a 300 RUM. When people use a 223 for hunting they are not using full metal jacket ammo so your logic with the military using to to wound and comparing it to a hunting round with hunting bullets holds no water and absolutely makes no sence. Do you use 308's with full metal jackets to hunt with? NO!, because they will wound a deer rather than kill it just like a 223 will with a full metal jacket.