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Is the .17 Remington all that?
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<blockquote data-quote="Troy" data-source="post: 71069" data-attributes="member: 106"><p>I have tried my fair share of .224 cases for harvesting fur and the best combination I have come up with is the 40gr Sierra hollow point. This bullet has performed excellent for me and rarely did I get exits. The funny thing was that the bullet rarely dropped coyotes in their tracks. I was shooting this bullet out of a factory .220 Swift Rem VSSF. Using VV-550 powder I had these coated bullets doing 4500fps. Now before you all call ******** I confirmed this velocity with three seperate Chronys and duplicated the velocity in a .22/.250 AI. Don't run out and try to duplicate this rifle as I only shot this load in winter and in summer it would probably blow primers 99/100.</p><p></p><p>I have also had decent results with Sierra's #1365 55gr bullet. This bullet usually pencils through but if you hit bone or shoulder there is going to be a mess when shot at 3800fps plus. I have never been a big fan of using reduced loads.</p><p></p><p>This past season I started using something very similar to a .17 Tac. shooting Berger 30gr LTBs at 4150fps and rarely had exits and had quicker kills on coyotes called in under the 250 yard range than my Swift and Sierra combo. Ballistically the bigger .17s with the 30gr bullets are certainly worth having a look at.</p><p></p><p>I have been searching for the Holy Grail of fur harvesting guns/calibers and have come to the conclusion that no one gun, bullet, caliber can do it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troy, post: 71069, member: 106"] I have tried my fair share of .224 cases for harvesting fur and the best combination I have come up with is the 40gr Sierra hollow point. This bullet has performed excellent for me and rarely did I get exits. The funny thing was that the bullet rarely dropped coyotes in their tracks. I was shooting this bullet out of a factory .220 Swift Rem VSSF. Using VV-550 powder I had these coated bullets doing 4500fps. Now before you all call ******** I confirmed this velocity with three seperate Chronys and duplicated the velocity in a .22/.250 AI. Don't run out and try to duplicate this rifle as I only shot this load in winter and in summer it would probably blow primers 99/100. I have also had decent results with Sierra's #1365 55gr bullet. This bullet usually pencils through but if you hit bone or shoulder there is going to be a mess when shot at 3800fps plus. I have never been a big fan of using reduced loads. This past season I started using something very similar to a .17 Tac. shooting Berger 30gr LTBs at 4150fps and rarely had exits and had quicker kills on coyotes called in under the 250 yard range than my Swift and Sierra combo. Ballistically the bigger .17s with the 30gr bullets are certainly worth having a look at. I have been searching for the Holy Grail of fur harvesting guns/calibers and have come to the conclusion that no one gun, bullet, caliber can do it all. [/QUOTE]
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