Originally Posted By: 22magnum22I'm curious to know what 223 ammo you have the best success with? I currently use Hornady Vmax 55gr and very rarely have a runner.
55 grain softpoints have been working good for me for the past few years. They usually leave a golfball sized hole at the most. I've used several types of .223 bullets over the years. 40,45,50,52,53,55 and 60 grain bullets of different types. The most fur friendly yet absolutely dumps coyotes have been Hornady 52 grain BTHP and Sierra 60 grain Varminter in my experience. But the softpoints you can find just about anywhere that sells ammunition. And they dump whatever you shoot more times than not. I shot 63 animals in a row with them after I switched over to those and didn't lose any. And only needed to shoot a few of them more than once. The only time I've had a problem is hitting them in the shoulder. Occasionally it'll blow up on their shoulder bone but most times they stay put long enough to shoot them again if that happens. But the way I see it is fur friendly don't mean much if they run off after you shoot them. Golfball sized exits I'll take over seeing them run off.
