Smesh
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Back in the 80's to mid 90's, I did a fair bit of coyote hunting with a short barreled .222 Remington Mohawk using .40 grain bullets. At the end, it was pretty much Nosler BT's. I ended up selling the rifle when Nosler introduced the 6mm 55 grain BT, and got into building rifles around that bullet.
Now I've purchased an AR for coyotes, and it's the first time I've used a .22 centerfire for hunting in a long time. It seems everyone is using 55 grain bullets, but I don't get why. As my cloudy memory serves, the .40's were pretty awesome for coyotes, and also for ground squirrels like Pdogs gophers, ground hogs, etc. Why aren't more people using them? I admit I'm a speed demon, and while I have some long range fast twist rifles, and have done some 1000 yard work, for critters at most hunting ranges, I've found speed kills better, and excess speed has a way of compensating for wind drift within hunting ranges.
Why the movement towards 55's? It doesn't really make sense to me.
Now I've purchased an AR for coyotes, and it's the first time I've used a .22 centerfire for hunting in a long time. It seems everyone is using 55 grain bullets, but I don't get why. As my cloudy memory serves, the .40's were pretty awesome for coyotes, and also for ground squirrels like Pdogs gophers, ground hogs, etc. Why aren't more people using them? I admit I'm a speed demon, and while I have some long range fast twist rifles, and have done some 1000 yard work, for critters at most hunting ranges, I've found speed kills better, and excess speed has a way of compensating for wind drift within hunting ranges.
Why the movement towards 55's? It doesn't really make sense to me.