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What your favorite bullet for coyotes ,out of and AR style rifle. Looking to save some of the fur. Bullets in the 50 ---55 grain range---Thank you
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50 or 55 Ballistic Tip.
Whichever shoots best.
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50 or 55 Ballistic Tip.
Whichever shoots best. I just loaded up some 55 NBTs in my .223AI and am gonna give them a go on coyotes this fall...
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I’ve had great luck with 53gr VMax bullets. Some say they are more fragile than the BT equivalents but I really like them.
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Mine is 50 ballistic tip, but my two brothers shoot 40 v max almost exclusively. And they seem to work just fine b
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60 gr. V-Max... I know, I know, not what you asked. But I've had such good results from that bullet I had to throw it in the ring for consideration.
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Sierra 55g bthp, very accurate out of ar's with about 24.5-25.5g of Benchmark, mine likes cci 450's. The sierra 55g bthp is a very, very good bullet when it comes to killing coyotes from all angles, especially running away where some poly tip bullets fail miserably.
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I would add that the very best 223 load for saving fur that I ever found was 55g Winchester soft point with 26.5g of Win 748, most look like they had been shot with a 17 Remington.
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Pretty much anything with a polymer tip or hollow point that does not show any lead in the weight range you picked. I have shot a lot of soft points but they seem to leave a little lead in the action that finds its way into every crack and crevasse and is more work to remove than I like.
My current rifle out to 250 yards or so is loaded with whatever 50 gr hollow point Federal uses in their 200 round bulk pack. When they are gone it will be either 50 or 55 gr Z-Max as I found a good deal on them.
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The 52gr Speer Varminter has been my goto bullet for most of my pelt hunting for decades, it has worked well in my 222 Rem, 5.6x50R Mag, and 22-250, it seems to work well over a large range of velocities. I've used the 50gr NBT at lower velocities in a 223 with some success but went back to the Speer because it was easier to find during the component shortage. I do have one little rifle in 22-204 that dotes on 40gr NBT's at around 4000 fps that I do a lot of pelt hunting with also. Speer 52gr FB HP Varmint (I buy these a "K" at a time) https://www.speer-ammo.com/bullets/rifle-bullets/varminter-hollow-point-bullets/224/224-52-hp-bullet
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Sierra 55 grain HPBT #1390 & 55 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips
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62 Barnes shoots great in my AR’s
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50 grain VMax's have been the one I've killed most of my coyotes with, along with a few bobcats, and they have been very fun friendly. The Speer 52 grain HP is another good one.
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I've killed most coyotes with a 50 gr Hornady SX. One of the guys I used to work with gave me a couple coffee cans full of them. My 223 has a 9 twist barrel on it and if it gets dirty at all the SX bullets start coming apart. Now I save the SX bullets for a 14 twist 222 and load 50 gr VMaxs in the 223.
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The 50gr Vmax at about 3500fps has been completely reliable for me over the years.
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