“Tag: .223 Remington”

North America has a wide variety of huntable species, inhabiting many different types of terrain. While there are a few cartridges that can truly be called all-around choices, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with picking a cartridge that perfectly suits the game at hand.

It's time to sing a few more praises for .223 Remington, undoubtedly one of our nation's favorite rifle cartridges.

For 2015, Federal Premium expanded its Trophy Bonded Tip hunting line to include the ever-popular .223 Rem. cartridge. American Hunter Editor in Chief J. Scott Olmsted got a look at the new addition to the line—which should be hitting stores now—late last year.

Just as our favorite colors can be indicative of our personalities, our favorite rifle cartridge can tell an awful lot about us as hunters. Let us begin, shall we, with tongue planted firmly in cheek.

The question of the day: Is the .223 Remington/5.56 NATO cartridge an adequate deer cartridge?

The .223 Rem. is a very versatile round with loading options for everything from varmints up to whitetails and even self-defense.

We had to draw a line somewhere, but trust us, it wasn't easy.

John Zent's 10 favorite cartridges to take afield.