Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnotcontrary to what others report on here i have never seen anything wrong with the plain vanilla .223. killed truckloads of coyotes from 10 yards to well over the 200 yards you are asking about. done a fine job on them.
maybe just missed it, but dont see you posting anything about killing coyotes. are you killing some (maybe i should say more) coyotes now that you are hunting at night?
Yes we having been killing them with a 223's at night pretty regular now. I can't seem to get pics posted so I don't bother to post kills up because without pics or video I doubt anyone cares to hear about my kills lol. With that said I felt like I put good shots on two of triple called in last weekend and neither were there when I went to recover them. I even followed up on the first one. The shots were probably between 150 and 175 yards and I felt I did all I could do. Between 1 moa adjustments on the photon, a .5 moa gun, a big ol dot to aim with and heat of the moment nerves I feel like this equates to 3 inch ish accuracy when approaching the 200 yard mark. I am one of those guys who lets misses and unrecovered coyotes eat at them and in general I am always looking for the best way to skin a cat. I got away from the 223 in day time calling to eliminate runners and spinners etc. I went to the AR for its night time advantages but again I am unhappy with the knock down power. Shot placement is key I know but as KE goes up and the better a bullet performs the the more marginal shots you can get away with. I am just looking for every advantage I can get.