In my Savage with 22" 1x9 twist barrel, I can get excellent accuracy with a 50 v-max over 26.5g of Benchmark. Velocity averages out to right at 3,300 fps. With a 200 yd zero, the bullet never gets over 1.46" above the line of sight out to 200 and is 7.08 inches low at 300 yds. This is from Nikon's ballistic program Spot On, but I have verifed the drop as accurate to 300. Ft. lbs of energy at 300 is 517. This load hits hard and has more than enough energy out to that range to kill coyotes.
On the other hand, I can get about equal accuracy with the 69 Nosler bthp over 25.8g of H4895 which averages 3,025 fps in this same rifle. With a 200 yd zero, the 69 bthp never gets over 1.63" above the line of sight out to 200 yds, and is 7.09" low at 300 which is almost identical to the drop of the 50 v-max. The 69 is carrying 791 ft lbs of energy at 300 yds which is significantly more than the 50 v-max. I haven't shot any coyotes (yet) with this load and that is reason I posed the question in another thread. I have verified the drop out to 300 yds as right on with Nikon's Spot On program.
Interestingly, the 69 is carrying as much ft. lbs of energy at 500 yds (514 ft lbs.) as the 50 v-max is at 300 yds (517 ft. lbs). Most of my shots are within 300 yds and the 50 has worked out very well, but just saying the 69 looks very attractive for hard hitting power and is still in the same drop range with the 50 v-max. Beyond the 300 yd line, the 69 takes over in both drop and energy. The 69 drop is 43.65" at 500 when sighted in at 200, while the 50 v-max is almost 46.74 inches but is only carrying 268 ft. lbs of energy. Sorry for the long post.
