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I have shot quite a few Hornady .224 40-grain V-Maxs and Varmaggedon Tips at ground squirrels and prairie dogs in several cartridges from the .22 Hornet to .223 Remington. Both work very well, but the finest accuracy often depends on the specific rifle. Is the 40 gr weight the one you most prefer for PD's? From smaller .22 centerfires, yes I prefer the 40-grainers, especially in .22 Hornet up through .222 Remington. Have also used both V-Maxes and Varmaggedons considerably in various .17s and the .204 Ruger. In the .204 I tend to prefer the 40-grain V-Max, because it has the highest BC of any commonly available boattailed .204 bullet. But so far as can determine there are no commonly available boattailed .17s, so I use the .17 Varmageddons a lot, though much prefer the plastic-tipped version, both due to a little higher BC and more violent expansion. From the 222 do you think the 40 V-Max gives as much splat factor along with an air show as say the 50 grain SXSP or even a 50 grain V-Max?
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Generally yes, due to the higher muzzle velocity--which also increases bullet-spin rate.
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I had a 9twist 223 that shot the 40gr tipped Varmeggedon better than any other bullet I tried. It would pile them on top of each other with the max load of TAC in the older Ramshot manual.
Consequently I bought an shot a bunch of them. I’ve found them to be great killers on coyotes but they also work unbelievably well on even large pigs if you stay off the shoulders. On rib shots they make a wound that looks like you drilled a hole in the hide and stuck a shotgun in the hole and touched off a load of 8s. There won’t be an exit but you can pour their lungs out their snout and they won’t go very far.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I had a 9twist 223 that shot the 40gr tipped Varmeggedon better than any other bullet I tried. It would pile them on top of each other with the max load of TAC in the older Ramshot manual.
Consequently I bought an shot a bunch of them. I’ve found them to be great killers on coyotes but they also work unbelievably well on even large pigs if you stay off the shoulders. On rib shots they make a wound that looks like you drilled a hole in the hide and stuck a shotgun in the hole and touched off a load of 8s. There won’t be an exit but you can pour their lungs out their snout and they won’t go very far. Same results from the 40 vmax in our thermal AR.
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