223/556 fur friendly factory load?
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Black Hills 60 grain v-max.
coyote_reaper
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40 grain vmax out of a 1:12 twist bolt rifle. 27.4 grains of W748. Never had one leave an exit wound on a solid hit. I have shot one between the eyes at 60 yards with no exit wound. Judging by the blood coming out the nose and ears I'd say it was akin to someone tossing in a hand grenade and slamming the lid.
I did have one instance where I experienced 'surface splash' on a coyote at about 115 yards. It was a nasty mangy coyote and I must have hit a rib because it was pretty ugly. Left a hole you could have put a golf ball through at the point of impact but almost no internal damage. Coyote went about 15 feet and died. On a healthy coyote I have never seen that happen.
I did have one instance where I experienced 'surface splash' on a coyote at about 115 yards. It was a nasty mangy coyote and I must have hit a rib because it was pretty ugly. Left a hole you could have put a golf ball through at the point of impact but almost no internal damage. Coyote went about 15 feet and died. On a healthy coyote I have never seen that happen.
crowslayer17
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I've done well with Ultramax 52gr speer HP.
i think that most of the hunting balistic tip bullets will work well.
I don't like the HP bullets, in my experience, they caused some really bad blowouts.
I also don't like the solid bullets, like FMJ's since they go through and ya, they don't cause pelt damage.. But i had to spend a lot of time tracking down the dead ones. That can take as long to do as it did to call it in.
If you are going to save the pelts. At first you will learn the process, and pelt preperation is a process every bit as much as hunting them.. But as you have to sew up holes, you will learn to be more patient.. My point is that as you skin more.. the more you sew holes, the more patient you will be, and place the shots in softer places so as to not cause damage or as little as possible.
I sold 30 pelts this year.. I hate sewing, so as the year went on, i was a lot more careful with shot placement, and would try to make sure to avoid (if possible) the center chest shots. (to avoid the front ribs that can cause a blow out, and make skinning more of a mess) I avoid head shots, skinning is a pain if the skull is mush. I avoid the sholders from the side, since a bullet that hits the sholder bones will often also cause a blowout as well. I also load my own, and have slowed the bullets down for accuracy vs. blazing speed. I found that slowing them down (in my 22-250) has made a lot less blowouts 3400 to 3600 vs trying to get to the 4000fps.
I like to wait for the broadside shot, and place it a couple inches behind and above the curve in the front leg that covers the ribs. Vmax bullets in that space, drops them dead right there (DRT)
I don't like the HP bullets, in my experience, they caused some really bad blowouts.
I also don't like the solid bullets, like FMJ's since they go through and ya, they don't cause pelt damage.. But i had to spend a lot of time tracking down the dead ones. That can take as long to do as it did to call it in.
If you are going to save the pelts. At first you will learn the process, and pelt preperation is a process every bit as much as hunting them.. But as you have to sew up holes, you will learn to be more patient.. My point is that as you skin more.. the more you sew holes, the more patient you will be, and place the shots in softer places so as to not cause damage or as little as possible.
I sold 30 pelts this year.. I hate sewing, so as the year went on, i was a lot more careful with shot placement, and would try to make sure to avoid (if possible) the center chest shots. (to avoid the front ribs that can cause a blow out, and make skinning more of a mess) I avoid head shots, skinning is a pain if the skull is mush. I avoid the sholders from the side, since a bullet that hits the sholder bones will often also cause a blowout as well. I also load my own, and have slowed the bullets down for accuracy vs. blazing speed. I found that slowing them down (in my 22-250) has made a lot less blowouts 3400 to 3600 vs trying to get to the 4000fps.
I like to wait for the broadside shot, and place it a couple inches behind and above the curve in the front leg that covers the ribs. Vmax bullets in that space, drops them dead right there (DRT)
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