Houndhunter,
I met with Ken today, at the WSTA Fur Sale, we'll have something ironed out soon.
It can be hard to light a fire under some of these ol' guys.
Yeah handloads.
Heck save up some brass, and we can help you get a load going.
My brother does custom loading.
Bobcat,
What bullet... is as much dictated by what you want the bullet to do, as it is weight or BC.
While it's true that very few, if not no .30 cal bullet, is going to be "fur friendly" on small game, there are still other good reasons to choose (mid)large caliber firearms for coyotes.
And in many of these instances frangibility, and the energy dump it delivers, is far more desirable than the extreme downrange accuracy and energy provided by low BC bullets.
Night hunting, and in contest hunting, you want "bang flop" performance, as opposed to snowy ground long distance daylight shooting where you might be okay with the penciling through you get from more "solid" bullets and the benefits it lends to hide hunting.
Skycruiser,
The biggest thing about any projectile, when it relates to accuracy, is rate of twist.
And this is the source of many shooters problems with sabot loaded rounds.
Few .30 caliber rifles have twist rates that match the middleweight for caliber 55's.
Handloaders experimenting with sabot loads are finding some brilliant results at the heavy for caliber end of fodder available in .224, nearer 70gr's.
Also reloaders can bring down their velocities a bit from the factory sabot loads, finding accuracy that might have been lost in the extreme speeds that a "22-06" might create.
Once you approach the 4000fps range, accuracy is a much more elusive thing.
I plan on working on sabot loads for the .308 and 30-06, this summer.
Krusty
