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.22-250 coyote bullets?
« on: December 30, 2009, 01:07:37 PM »
what is recommended for a bullet for coyotes in .22-250 that won't punch giant holes in them? i'm not too sure i'm gonna keep pelts but wouldn't mind having 1 or 2 tanned.
i've not put any time in with this caliber or any .22 caliber other than an LR for that matter, and the yotes i've shot have all been with deer rifles.
i am not a reloader so it'll have to be a factory load.
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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2009, 01:13:05 PM »
if i hunting for a hide, i just use fmj or my fmj tracers makes you have to track them after you shoot them they still tend to run aways. or just use my regular bullets a 52hpbt and head shoot them lol but even with a fmj if you hit shoulder it will still punch  good size hole.
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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2009, 01:48:34 PM »
Give the 40gr NBT(v-max's splash, too soft) a shot, slow them to about 3900.  Also the Speer 52gr FB HP will make it in and stay.  My B in L is shooting the 22-250 Win White box with 45gr bullets and doing fine.

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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2009, 04:07:15 PM »
I'm useing 50 gr. V-max's, so far they've done well. A caliber size hole in and no exit and no tracking, not that I'd track a yote anyhow.

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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2009, 04:49:39 PM »
I've shot the 52 gr FB Hp Speer for about 15 years out of my 22-250 not the best bullet for SD or BC but a good bullet for controlled expansion. Just depends on whether you shoulder splash them.
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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2009, 05:52:19 PM »
55 grn rem cor lokt good stuff its the second deadlest mushroom in the woods :P

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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2009, 08:00:32 PM »
I use 55 and larger, I tryed Vmax and inside of 150 yards it literally blew pieces of guy 20 feet behind the coyote. I like the Hornady soft points.
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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2009, 06:46:07 AM »
I used to use a lot of 40 grainers in the 22-250 and a lot of 52 grn BTHP Match bullets. Every now and again the 40's would splash but not always. I used V-max, Blitzkings, and B-tips. The best results were with the Blitzkings, the worst were with the B-tips. 

The HP match bullets never did splash for me but did exit. The damage was not too bad most of the time. I used Speer, Sierra, and Hornady. All were very accurate and absolutely deadly on the dogs.

Keep in mind that a lot of your called in dogs will be frontal shots and non of these will exit with a center punch unless you hit way to low.

FYI my buddy bought a box of the Winchester White Box 45 grn Hollowpoints and he blew up the last dog he shot pretty badly. One kill doesn't exactly make a study but the exit hole was large.

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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2009, 09:09:22 AM »
I use the Winchester white box and not very often do the 45 gr go thru. Occasionally with a low front hit or a side hit a little for back but not a lot.
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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2009, 08:02:41 PM »
IMO, a vmax or Nosler BT in 40gr. is the ticket to minimal hide damage out of a 250. 

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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2010, 10:46:39 AM »
Another recommendation here for the 40 grain BT/v-max bullets. In most cases, just a pin hole going in, good cavitation inside (animals usually fold on the spot), and no exit hole.

For factory, hornady's got a varmint express - molly coated, v-max. My 220 swift really likes them.

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Re: .22-250 coyote bullets?
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2010, 05:31:43 PM »


For factory, hornady's got a varmint express - molly coated, v-max. My 220 swift really likes them.


I bet they're the 55 grainers ;)......Makes it hard to reload, huh! :)

 


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