Blue dotted a coyote this morning - 01/06/20
So I get up around 6:40 am and am making coffee when my dogs start barking. It is getting light and I notice my neighbors cows bunched up next to the fence then I notice a coyote circling the cows and calves, another worrying the white cow named Jesebel to keep her attention while the other is trying to hamstring one of the calves. These are "miniature" cows so all but one are a lot smaller than your usual cow. At any rate I grab my 22-250 loaded with 45 gr. Speer semi spitzers on top of 14.0 grains of Blue dot. At a measly 75 yards my bullet hits the coyote trying to get to a calf right under the left shoulder blade and it drops. The other took the hint and tore @ss! The bullet did exit leaving a nice round hole a bit less than 1/2 inch in diameter. I am thinking about upping the powder charge to maybe get the bullet to fragment more. I did find what exited laying on the ground, a flattened jacket with just a smear of lead left in it. This being my "egg shoot" rifle the 14.0 grain load was chosen because of it's accuracy, it was also the first load I tried in this rifle using Blue Dot.