Coyote 243 Bullet Choice

[22Rimfire]

I have shot numerous game animals with the BT with very destructive performance. I will not use them on anything I am goiny to eat. Too much collateral damage and copper shards. In my 243 I had dissapointing results and went back to the standard 100gr remington. I find them hard to beat in most 243 rifles as well as my 15" TC encore due to barrel twist rates . That would be the bullet I recommend.
JM2CW

 

[cornstalker]

Albeit deficient in the BC category, the Sierra 85 grain HPBT Gameking is quite a killer. I have only shot one coyote with it so far and it roughed him up pretty bad. More literally it scattered him all over the hill side. It looked like a prairie dog shot with a .22-250.

It would not be a great long range bullet, but would surely put them down at calling ranges. Just skip this one if you keep fur.

(FWIW I am shooting them out of a 6mm284)

I have some 70 grain TNT's worked up for testing. Hopefully they will do the trick if I can keep them under 3500 fps.

 

[sniperjwt]

Well if you are going to keep the pelts than i would use something that would not distroy it like a hollow point or a match bullet. Matchking or Berger. If you dont care then a ballistic tip would be fine. I would go with the heavier bullets though to help in the wind. JMO

 

[Goofycat]

Albeit deficient in the BC category, the Sierra 85 grain HPBT Gameking is quite a killer. I have only shot one coyote with it so far and it roughed him up pretty bad. More literally it scattered him all over the hill side. It looked like a prairie dog shot with a .22-250.

It would not be a great long range bullet, but would surely put them down at calling ranges. Just skip this one if you keep fur.

(FWIW I am shooting them out of a 6mm284)

I have some 70 grain TNT's worked up for testing. Hopefully they will do the trick if I can keep them under 3500 fps.

Well, as the old hackneyed cliche goes, "At least he didn't suffer."

 

[tj66]

Have had very good luck with 75 v max out to 600. Drops them like they were hit with a hammer

 

[Jayhawk]

What load are you running the 75 v-max with and how destructive is it?

 

[theodore]

How about 105s? Like the VLD or A-max....

105VLD penetrates elk shoulder bones and still reaches the vitals, so not sure what to expect on smaller critter(deer, yote, chipmunk).

A-max are generally explosive(but not like the v-max) so one would think A-MAX would do well on yotes.

These are definitely ultra long range bullets for the 6mm class.

 

[RBetts]

What load are you running the 75 v-max with and how destructive is it?

39gns of Varget with a mollied bullet. I see 3350ish in winter temps(below 10 degrees F)
If you have a 10twist The only thing I have used that shoots well is the 100 spbt hornady. I haven't tried the 95 berger or Serria which have a pretty good BC.
For a gun my best load is the hornady light magnum load. In my 26" barrel I'm at 3145fps. 2 weeks ago at 660yds on paper this load went into 21/2" with 3/4 vertical. My 70gn blitzking load 3550ish was 2 inches lower and under an 1" both were 3 shot groups temp was 5 with no wind. Shooting at a box with a 4" square for a hold.
The vel. wasn't cronyied because of a mishap awhile ago, but this has been what I have seen many times previously in like conditions

 

[tj66]

I'm running 38.7 grns Varget, seated 15 off the lands. Shoots bugholes if I do my part. Out of 26" barrel with 9.25 twist. Don"t have a chrony so don't know velocity for sure, but it does tear them up pretty bad depending on the hit. Not to worried about pelts though. Good luck.

 

[brentdrake]

I coyote hunt a lot. I use 87gr Hornaday V-max. I get 5/8" groups with it. I've tried the Winchester 100gr and the best I can get with them is 1" groups

 

[Sharpshooter243]

I know this is an older thread but i have had great results with 41.5grs varget oal 2.699 75gr vmax 3" groups out to 550yds

 

[brentdrake]

WOW that's great. What type of gun? 'd love to get groups like that. I need to get into reloading again.

 

[Goofycat]

WOW that's great. What type of gun? 'd love to get groups like that. I need to get into reloading again.

All well and good, but do we really need bug-hole accuracy for coyotes?

 

[brentdrake]

I do hunt coyotes at 400-500 yards with the 243wssm.


I hunt deer with a 300 win mag. Best I can do at 300 yards is 2.75" pattern. I just sold a rem700 in 300 and its best was 18" at 800 yards. Have a new sniper version now. Does much better.