Our coyote season ends the last day of Feb. and that will be the last time I shoot vmax’s in my .223. I will be going back to the 55 gr NBT if my current rifle will shoot them accurately.
When I bought my new CA 15 I tried the 53 gr Hornady V max ammo and they shoot exceptionally accurate and cycle fine. However, I’ve had 3-4 duds and I’ve had what I believe to be splatters on 3 coyotes that were all shot less than 100 yards. Two of those three I thought were DRT. 1st one was about 60 yards and dropped immediately and other than a couple of tail twitches it never moved. I played pup in distress for about 3 mins then walked off to get my truck and drove back to pick up gear and coyote and he had ran off. 2nd one was about 20 yards in the timber! He hit the ground and made a couple spins laying down and then jumped up and ran off. 3rd one was about 50 yards and did just like the 1st one. While I was gathering up my gear he jumped up and ran off. All 3 left lots of blood but also had very quick access to very thick cut overs. Hides are not worth anything in Arkansas so I don’t go crawling through that mess trying to blood trail them. Can’t say for sure what happened but they were all easy broad side shots. I’ve had plenty within 100 yards that are DRT and all my long shots have been DRT. My previous AR in a Bushmaster Predator shot the 55 gr NBT’s well, and the exit holes were about the size of my fist. I hope this gun likes them.
