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I shoot a .223 but have some buddies that shoot the 22-250. I've skinned lots of coyotes that were shot with 55gr. V-Max and haven't seen any that were tore up. I don't like Softpoints for coyotes period. I've seen too many run offs and spinners from them. I shoot Hornady 52gr. BTHP's out of my .223 which are very fur friendly as long as you don't hit them in the guts or hit them on the edges. A hit to the backbone splinters and blows a massive hole in them. A bad hit with any bullet has potential to rip a pelt up badly in my opinion.

[QUOTE="OKRattler, post: 2914152, member: 20848"] I shoot a .223 but have some buddies that shoot the 22-250. I've skinned lots of coyotes that were shot with 55gr. V-Max and haven't seen any that were tore up. I don't like Softpoints for coyotes period. I've seen too many run offs and spinners from them. I shoot Hornady 52gr. BTHP's out of my .223 which are very fur friendly as long as you don't hit them in the guts or hit them on the edges. A hit to the backbone splinters and blows a massive hole in them. A bad hit with any bullet has potential to rip a pelt up badly in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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