Fur friendly 223 (coyote)

[Leveraction35]

—Fiocchi 50gr vmax hyperformance 3300fps
—Hornady 53gr VMAX Superformance 3464fps
—Hornady 35gr NTX Superformance 4000fps

Feedback on these??

Looking for no exit if possible, majority of shots from 50-125 yards

Feel free to recommend others

 

[603Country]

40 gr Ballistic Tips

 

[JB10]

Id say under a 50gr and slow it down. I use 50gr vmax and nosler ballistic tips. If shot middle and back will go through

 

[searcher]

The lighter sintered metal bullets (Varmint Grenade, NTX, Lead Free Ballistic Tip, etc.) all work really well in dumping energy and not exiting. They come apart really well on impact. There are tradeoffs with any bullet, though. Shoot the light ones and you don't get great penetration at closer ranges. Shoot the heavier ones and you risk exits if shot within around 100 yards. I've shot all of these quite a bit and I always felt lacking shooting the lighter versions of each - like 32-40 grains. Many wounded with both leaded and non-leaded bullets. The best all-around weight seemed to be 50 grains. There are fewer pass-throughs as compared to a 50-grain lead core bullet (mostly experienced with 50 V-Max and 55 Blitz king). I think the 50 Varmint Grenade is the best overall coyote killer I've shot. When they do exit, can be a little messier than a lead-core bullet. Of course, one must put them down to compare exits. The VG does that very well. I like it for out to around 350 yards +/-. Seldom exits - and fewer exist than lead-core.

 

[Clancy]

55 grain blitzking load from ADI, or 55 varmageddon