6mm options for coyote

I use 243, 6 creed and a 6br. All work very well on our northern coyotes, I've ran 75 vmax in all three and have had great results...not fur friendly.
I now use 87 vmax in both 243 and 6 creed, great bullet again not fur friendly. But still running 75's in the 6br with no complaints, and it is very accurate...I do love that br.
 
gtoad said:
I use 243, 6 creed and a 6br. All work very well on our northern coyotes, I've ran 75 vmax in all three and have had great results...not fur friendly.
I now use 87 vmax in both 243 and 6 creed, great bullet again not fur friendly. But still running 75's in the 6br with no complaints, and it is very accurate...I do love that br.
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I’m having a 6GT built and I’m on the hunt for a relatively for friendly bullet
 
I shoot a 20" 243 on occasion. Its very deadly, but iffy on being fur friendly. I killed a bobcat this year with it, zero damage, I've also erased foxes heads and so on. I shoot a 85 hp game king at 3333 fps. Here is some game pics, its hit or miss on fur friendly.
 

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If I was going exclusively for coyote it would be 243 for me. But we have a lot of fox around here so imo the 6ARC is a superior option. Also, I don't like the heavier weights in the 6ARC, 6PPC, 6GT, 6 Dasher for hunting. I just think you get more out of the small case with a smaller, faster bullet. 75/87gr v-max as an example. But that's just my opinion.
 
I run a 6mm Dasher with a 22" barrel with 70 grain sierra bk at 3600. Kills very well, killed 56 so far this spring with it and only one went 50 yards and he was dead and didn't know it. The others have tipped over or flopped a few times. It's kills very well. Not a fur friendly combo.
 
Doesn’t align with your criteria. I had a Rem 700 ling action 30/06 rebarreled to a 240 weatherby. I built it mostly for antelope, but have shot some coyotes. With 65/70 grain bullets it’s super flat shooting and kills instantly. It does need a longer barrel for velocity. My barrel is 26”.
 
No matter the cartridge, it's the projo's construction that's going to determine if it's fur friendly.
Copper solid/Monolithic or FMJ = fur friendly.
HP, BT, Varmint, Soft point = not fur friendly.
Plenty of .22 or .308 FMJ projos available , very scarce in 6mm/.243 .

SJC
 
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