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Just curious. Looking at the locations of the posters, could it be that the size of the coyotes - western vs eastern - might be a factor with how the bullets perform and why people might be having differing results with the same bullets.

I'm in Ontario and use cheap Hornady 55 SP w/cannelure. They work quite well, as do the 50 and 55 gr. Rem bulk bullets. The 40 gr. VMaxes don't like bone IME. I used them in my 222s, but kept the velocity around 3000-3100 fps. Our adult coyotes generally are about 40 lbs. The females a few pounds smaller.