One of my favorite pelt hunting bullets is the 40gr NBT, little hole in and rarely an exit, just a dead coyote usually where he stood. I run them right at 3950-4000fps out of a 22-204. My second favorite is the 52gr Speer HP Flatbase, I shoot it out of my 222 Rem, 5.6x50R Mag and 22-250, it does about the same as the 40gr NBT. I tried the 55gr Sierra softpoints but got huge exits, I quit using them after two in a row and didn't want to waste any more fur.
As others have said the NBT is a stouter bullet than the V-max.
