btech29
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Originally Posted By: BailOriginally Posted By: Robinhood21Originally Posted By: btech29Vmax out of a 223 equals lost coyotes.
55 vmax is all I shoot out of my main calling rig and have never lost a dog. The only time I've had to put another in one was a bad shot on my part.
Then you haven't shot enough of them.
Yep!
Originally Posted By: DAAI have just never been impressed with .22 Vmax for coyote (6mm, little different story). Killed a few dozen coyote with the 55 Vmax out of a .22-250 when they first came out, decided they sucked and relegated them to varmint poppage duty. Later, about 20 years ago, tried them again in a .223, killed about one dozen, even less impressed. That was pretty much the end of me using the Vmax for coyote.
Have witnessed maybe about a hundred coyote total shot with the .22 Vmax, including my own. I know a lot of guys have a lot of luck and a lot of good to say, but for myself, truly, the most consistently bad .22 coyote bullet I have any personal experience with is the Vmax. Be the last bullet on my shelf I'd choose for coyote. Would take the B-tip over it all day every day, and in fact, that's what I'm using in a .223 this year. Not overly impressed with that combo either, but close to 40 coyotes the last two months and not a splash yet so I'm going to stick with it.
But I haven't used the Vmax in 20 years except for a few occasions shooting borrowed/sponsor guns/sponsor ammo. If they have gotten even worse since then, well...
But for varmint poppage, they were then and still are awesome. They were a lot cheaper than B-tips back in the day too. I have used over 20,000 .22 Vmax on colony varmints. I don't do much of that type of shooting anymore, but still use mostly Vmax when I do. I totally avoid them for coyote duty though. Have been avoiding them for a long time.
Just me.
- DAA
Perfectly typed response and my feelings exactly. You are much more eloquent in your response than I.
55 vmax is all I shoot out of my main calling rig and have never lost a dog. The only time I've had to put another in one was a bad shot on my part.
Then you haven't shot enough of them.
Yep!
Originally Posted By: DAAI have just never been impressed with .22 Vmax for coyote (6mm, little different story). Killed a few dozen coyote with the 55 Vmax out of a .22-250 when they first came out, decided they sucked and relegated them to varmint poppage duty. Later, about 20 years ago, tried them again in a .223, killed about one dozen, even less impressed. That was pretty much the end of me using the Vmax for coyote.
Have witnessed maybe about a hundred coyote total shot with the .22 Vmax, including my own. I know a lot of guys have a lot of luck and a lot of good to say, but for myself, truly, the most consistently bad .22 coyote bullet I have any personal experience with is the Vmax. Be the last bullet on my shelf I'd choose for coyote. Would take the B-tip over it all day every day, and in fact, that's what I'm using in a .223 this year. Not overly impressed with that combo either, but close to 40 coyotes the last two months and not a splash yet so I'm going to stick with it.
But I haven't used the Vmax in 20 years except for a few occasions shooting borrowed/sponsor guns/sponsor ammo. If they have gotten even worse since then, well...
But for varmint poppage, they were then and still are awesome. They were a lot cheaper than B-tips back in the day too. I have used over 20,000 .22 Vmax on colony varmints. I don't do much of that type of shooting anymore, but still use mostly Vmax when I do. I totally avoid them for coyote duty though. Have been avoiding them for a long time.
Just me.
- DAA
Perfectly typed response and my feelings exactly. You are much more eloquent in your response than I.