22-250?

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Good stuff, thanks for the suggestions, never thought of 4064, is that pretty course stuff?
 
It is but it's always shot well for me in several calibers including 22-250.
 
John S said:
Can someone recommend a bullet for coyotes?

Thanks!
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The bullet your gun likes! I've killed a many one with a hornady 53gr match bullet. I have a 22-250 that loves that bullet and that bullet will expand violently.

Any of them will do the job. If you are saving the hides you will want something a little less explosive for that.
 
yes less explosive

I really don't want a bullet that explodes on contact and plan on driving them at max speed.
 
Both I an two other buddies are die-hard coyote hunters/callers, and we have shot quite a number of coyotes with the 50 gr Vmax and it is a coyote killer extrordinaire. He uses Varget in his 700 and I use H4895 in my 22-250 and generally you will have a .22 cal hole going in and no exit although there are rare exceptions. Many times its hard to even find the entrance hole and I have dragged many coyotes back to the truck thru the snow and never left a blood trail.

A max load(by the book) of either powder will get that bullet going about 3600fps(depending on barrel length.....ect..ect) and accuracy is very good. I used to shoot the Vmax 40s but had some come apart when pushed to the max using Varget but in a .223 they are deadly and then some.

Upon skinning, you will find that it looks like they ate a hand grenade. This is just one guys opinion but if you check out some of the coyote/varmint sights, you will find many others that may echo this.

Hope this helps.

Jamie
 
W-W 760 and Re#22

I shoot a 22-220AI and so should you. My rifle loves the above powder combo with 55gr and 80gr Boolits.Shot at a Mountain with 80gr Berger in front of 42.5grs of Re#22 !! Now the mountain has a hole completely through it
 
I recently aquired a heavy barreled rem. 700, 22-250 that hasn't yet been impressive as far as accuracy goes with 50 to 55 grain bullets and H380, Varget or Re15 but seems to show some promise with the minimum listed load in the Hodgdon manual of H4895 and 40 grain Nosler ballistic tips.
 
My best loads have been with IMR 4320....36.3 gr w/50 gr noslers or v max's.
Going to try some IMR 4895 and Varget this season.
 
I shoot the Hornady...........

53 as well, with H414, I have tried 50NBTs and Sierra 52BTHPs(used to shoot a bunch of those) and, honestly, in my rifle they all shoot about the same, 3 in 3/4" @ 300 with the barrel on the way out. I have never had the 53 come apart on the surface with a 1-12" barrel, and it expands nicely in my .222, although I usually shoot the SX in that. For the results I've gotten, I just can't justify the Noslers. I plan on trying some V-Maxes this year, though.;)
 
Redrock:

You didn't say what flavor rifle your shooting. I have found from my own experience in this caliber that my Ruger does not like boattail bullets. Any flat base bullet in the 52-53 grain works well in my rifle with either H-380, H4895 or IMR 4320.

Flat base = groups boattail = patterns
 
Agreeing with much of the above ...

My Ruger #1V does not group well at all with either Nosler 55 or 50 Ballistic Tip bullets. It shoots very much better with the Sierra 53, and I think the old, old ones worked better than the current ones, but that could be within the noise in the data. It does best with either 52 grain Starke Red Prairies, but you can't get them any more, or with Walt Berger's 52 grain varmint bullet, bare. I've done well with H-380, but have not done an exhasutive test on powders.
 
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