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Flattest 22cal to pin hole yotes and wolves

kev77

Looking at a 22x47l or 22creed to pin hole yotes. What higher bc bullet will achieve this. Thanks all in advance
 
I found that the 88 gr ELDM even using fireforming loads in my 22/6MM REM AI traveling at 3400 fps does not exit a coyote at 200 yards. Totally explodes inside the coyote. Only shot a few with this bullet currently but it kills well. 7.5 twist 0.219 groove 5R Bartlein. Fully formed loads are going 3630 fps but haven’t shot one with the full blown loads yet.
 
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Yote Hunter said:
I found that the 88 gr ELDM even using fireforming loads in my 22/6MM REM AI traveling at 3400 fps does not exit a coyote at 200 yards. Totally explodes inside the coyote. Only shot a few with this bullet currently but it kills well. 7.5 twist 0.219 groove 5R Bartlein. Fully formed loads are going 3630 fps but haven’t shot one with the full blown loads yet.
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Most of my kills are beyond 300yds to 600yds max . I shoot a 20x47L now but 55gr bullets are very hard to find.
 
By pin hole, do you mean you don’t want an exit? If so, 22 caliber is definitely NOT the way to go. I’ve had all the big 22s except a 22-284 and holes happen when using larger bullets. If you don’t care about holes, either of those two with an 80.5 Berger Fullbore.

For no damage, 6x47 L, 6 creed (if you don’t mind riding the hornady train) or 6-284 with a short freebore and 70-87 grain bullets won’t let you down. The 87 Berger is a little too nasty but there are some other great choices.
 
I don't know what pinhole means, so I can't really be of help.

Depending on your situation with respect to typical cover, background safety and livestock, proximity to buildings, barns, irrigation, and noise issues, etc., ... it doesn't take very much bullet to kill a coyote.

They don't pay much for hides any more, so pelt condition has not been a concern for a long time. We usually are discussing predator controls without a care about the pelt.

In the pits pulling targets, pinhole means the bullet is making a smaller than typical diameter hole for caliber and that can mean scoring the liner hits difficult. Just bad luck when it happens.

In hunting camps, pinhole usually means a bad thing with respect to a wound channel that resembles a puncture without damage beyond the diameter of the bullet path. It doesn't mean exit or no-exit one way or the other, just describes the lack of a wound channel.

I would wonder how far you are shooting these coyotes and what pinhole means here?
 
kev77 said:
Looking at a 22x47l or 22creed to pin hole yotes. What higher bc bullet will achieve this. Thanks all in advance
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I have a 17/223 with 20 gr pills you cant find the entry hole. Dead yote. Tommy Mc. the bad side it is only good to 300 yards+/-.
 
I've killed thousands of prairie dogs, at least a hundred wood and rock chucks, a few dozen coyotes, sixteen jackals, and one bobcat (have yet to kill a fox). The least amount of damage has been with the CT Raptor ER bullets. The petals break off inside the critter, and it leaves a wadcutter sized hole on both sides. Seven deer with these, six coyotes, and the bobcat all dropped like a sack of potatoes except for one doe that made it 60 yards from my 357Maximum shooting 140gr Raptor ER's at 2450fps.

The 55gr Raptor Er 223Rem (waiting to try the 6mm bullets Raptor ER) knock them off their feet DRT, including 40-50 pound coyotes out past 400 yards. This bobcat was the first kill with the 357Max Iowa deer rifle.

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RegionRat said:
I don't know what pinhole means, so I can't really be of help.

Depending on your situation with respect to typical cover, background safety and livestock, proximity to buildings, barns, irrigation, and noise issues, etc., ... it doesn't take very much bullet to kill a coyote.

They don't pay much for hides any more, so pelt condition has not been a concern for a long time. We usually are discussing predator controls without a care about the pelt.

In the pits pulling targets, pinhole means the bullet is making a smaller than typical diameter hole for caliber and that can mean scoring the liner hits difficult. Just bad luck when it happens.

In hunting camps, pinhole usually means a bad thing with respect to a wound channel that resembles a puncture without damage beyond the diameter of the bullet path. It doesn't mean exit or no-exit one way or the other, just describes the lack of a wound channel.

I would wonder how far you are shooting these coyotes and what pinhole means here?
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I shoot a 20x47L now with 55gr bergers. It "pin holes" in and out. You can barely find the exit hole. I get $100+ for our northern yotes ans several hundred for the timber wolves $200 for the small Bush wolves 100lb'ers. The 20x47L works great 55gr berger bullet are pretty much obsolete now.
 
RegionRat said:
I don't know what pinhole means, so I can't really be of help.

Depending on your situation with respect to typical cover, background safety and livestock, proximity to buildings, barns, irrigation, and noise issues, etc., ... it doesn't take very much bullet to kill a coyote.

They don't pay much for hides any more, so pelt condition has not been a concern for a long time. We usually are discussing predator controls without a care about the pelt.

In the pits pulling targets, pinhole means the bullet is making a smaller than typical diameter hole for caliber and that can mean scoring the liner hits difficult. Just bad luck when it happens.

In hunting camps, pinhole usually means a bad thing with respect to a wound channel that resembles a puncture without damage beyond the diameter of the bullet path. It doesn't mean exit or no-exit one way or the other, just describes the lack of a wound channel.

I would wonder how far you are shooting these coyotes and what pinhole means here?
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300- 600yd shots
 
kev77 said:
I shoot a 20x47L now with 55gr bergers. It "pin holes" in and out. You can barely find the exit hole. I get $100+ for our northern yotes ans several hundred for the timber wolves $200 for the small Bush wolves 100lb'ers. The 20x47L works great 55gr berger bullet are pretty much obsolete now.
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I’d just post a want to buy ad here for 55s

Or I’d build a 6mm and shoot 70 grain varmageddons.

If you’re really getting big money for coyotes, a big 22 is a great way to NOT get big money for them.
 
AckleymanII said:
22-6 Rem AI shoots the 80s at 3650 and never full length size, with 3850 being max.

std 6 Rem AI shoots the 70g Nosler ballistic tip at 4000-4100 in 12-14 twists
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I have both a 22-6MM AI and 6MM AI. And shoot 50 gr Blitzking in 22-6MM AI and 55 gr in my 6MM AI. They both shoot over 4250 fps. It is crazy how fast they are. And very easy to load.
 
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