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Mike Davis

Had a simply awesome day out hunting in miserable conditions today.
me old mate had shot a couple of porkers on thursday but due to age n distance he was unable to retrieve them so being the waste not want not scrooge that I am the decision to head out was made.....felt a bit like the little red hen when phoning mates to come up for walk with me.no body else was dumb enough to venture out in the rain other than the dog.
it was cold and raining but visibility was good,fired 17 rounds and killed 13 wallabies and managed to retrieve the pig........ wet as a shag and had traction troubles wandering down through the gorse with 20kg pack adding to my 115kg bulk....
now as to title...was using up box of 55grn privi ammo in the .223 and even though the wallys died ,the preformance left lots to be desired
in the past the hornady 50 grn SPSX have worked well for me as have any speer pill Ive tried the 50 and 52gn HPs are favourites
these animals are very thin skinned and have light chest bones with small vital area .
the fact they are either upright and unknown range or bouncing along at up to 40kmph means shot placement often isnt ideal
any projectiles that arent expensive that sound like they will fit the bill come to mind????