Cartridge for 22 inch ar coyote upper

[searcher]

I'd go with the .20 Practical (but only if shooting 39 or 40 grain bullets or heavier) or a .22 Nosler. Take your .223 and add "overdrive" to it with either of these. I choose the Nosler over the Valkyrie due to the throating of the Nosler - as being better suited (more accurate) with varmint-weight bullets. It's also a factory cartridge, use same .224" bullets many use now. The Valkyrie is an excellent cartridge - but more for the heaviest bullets - none of which have thin jackets. In the Nosler - you can shoot 50 Varmint Grenades for stellar lightning drops or switch to 75's and reach out a bit more - but still at .223 "light bullet" velocities. Bullets really are everything in a .223. Have dropped many, many coyotes and I don't use anything under a 40 grain bullet anymore - and prefer the 50-grain range as an all-around coyote buster. (I don't keep pelts). Still get the flatter trajectory and velocity it takes to put them down quickly.

 

[Hotshot]

I hate dropping expensive brass all over the prairie, especially when I spent hours to make it.
204R for me.

 

[AWS]

Note the cloth brass catcher on my AR, light weight and hugs the action. It hold about 5 rounds and dumps without having to take it off the rifle. I use it all the time in the field I really don't like to scatter empties around the country side.

 

[ben lurkin]

I’m pretty boring apparently. A simple 223 with a caseful of AA2230 topped with a 40 gr Varmageddon has killed a truckload of coyotes for me. I don’t care if I lose the brass either. I have a 5 gallon bucket of it that’ll more than last me the remaining days of my life. If you check the ballistics between this and a 204R you’ll see there’s no practical difference between the two.

The KISS principle.

 

[6.5grendel]

I'm also looking at different cartridges to try this coming year for coyotes. Currently running a 223 in an AR. I definitely want to stick to 22 or 6mm cartridges, nothing smaller. I have been looking at 22 nxs, 22dti, 22 grendel, 22 nosler, 22-6.8, or a 6mm cartridge running the lightest bullets possible such as 6 grendel, 6 hagar, 6 dti, 6-6.8, or 6 arc. The easy button seems like 22 nosler or 6 arc for the fact of off the shelf barrels, dies, load data. I'm really considering the 6 arc for the amount of flexibility it has. I could run 55-58gr bullets for coyotes or 100-108gr bullets in the off season shooting steel. I've been trying to see what real world velocities people are getting running the 6 arc with light bullets from an 18" barrel but haven't been able to find much info. Good luck with your decision.

 

[BforByron]

22 NXS.

@GLShooter
Been reading your posts about the nxs and wanted to confirm with you my understanding.

Brass is formed from 6mm hagar run through 22 nosler dies and you were getting around 3325 with 69 smk, correct?

 

[AWS]

Not having any experience with one but having spent a lot of time loading and a little time wildcating. I really like the look of the 22 Nosler. 223/5.56 bolt face and Grendel capacity. I keep hearing of Grendel bolts failing due to the amount of metal removed for the larger rim diameter. I wish it and the Grendel would have been around when I was building on the 204 case.

 

[searcher]

I hate dropping expensive brass all over the prairie, especially when I spent hours to make it.
204R for me.

Couldn't imagine not having a good brass catcher

 

[L1986]

Note the cloth brass catcher on my AR, light weight and hugs the action. It hold about 5 rounds and dumps without having to take it off the rifle. I use it all the time in the field I really don't like to scatter empties around the country side.

What type of brass catcher is that?

 

[AWS]

It's made by "Reb600" over at Predator Masters

 

[alf]

I use one of these all the time w/o any issues:

 

[bucweet]

I'm also looking at different cartridges to try this coming year for coyotes. Currently running a 223 in an AR. I definitely want to stick to 22 or 6mm cartridges, nothing smaller. I have been looking at 22 nxs, 22dti, 22 grendel, 22 nosler, 22-6.8, or a 6mm cartridge running the lightest bullets possible such as 6 grendel, 6 hagar, 6 dti, 6-6.8, or 6 arc. The easy button seems like 22 nosler or 6 arc for the fact of off the shelf barrels, dies, load data. I'm really considering the 6 arc for the amount of flexibility it has. I could run 55-58gr bullets for coyotes or 100-108gr bullets in the off season shooting steel. I've been trying to see what real world velocities people are getting running the 6 arc with light bullets from an 18" barrel but haven't been able to find much info. Good luck with your decision.

I am going coyote hunting in the morning with the 6 arc gas gun 20" 8 twist and 103eldx bullets. I'll report on that later.
But my loads with lighter then 100 grain bullets weren't that spectacular with accuracy or speed. Maybe because of the twist rate?
What's wrong with 100 gr bullets for coyotes?
I don't plan on shooting beyond 300 yards for hunting purposes and the people that want to stretch the 6 arc out to 1000 yards IMHO are reaching and hoping.

 

[SG4247]

22PDK

 

[AWS]

Nothing wrong with a 100gr bullet for coyotes if you put it in the right spot and it will expand and not act like a fmj on a light body coyote.

 

[dcnyli]

22creed, stops them dead...
87s at 3300