kswaterfowl
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I never had problems with vmax bullets back when I used to shoot 55gr vmax in my 223. So I always questioned people when they say they have had problems with runners, when shooting vmax. But I saw first hand yesterday, 3 runners that were shot with a 223 and 53gr superforemance.
First coyote was slowly trotting away at around 200 yards, he takes a shot and dumps it. I congratulated him on a good shot. Then the coyote gets back up, catches another gear and takes off into some grass. We went and searched for it with no luck. I'm just chalking it up to bad shot placement at that point.
Next stand we have one roll in and stop at 130 yards. My buddy shoots, and the coyote goes to biting and spinning. I instantly see a massive hole in the side of it. It stops spinning and stands up, so I put another one in it with my 6 dti. I keep calling and another comes in and stops at about the same distance, only about 10 yards from the first one. My buddy squeezes one off right before I do. He hits it and it goes to spinning also. I instantly put another one it and drop it.
I am giving my buddy all kinds of grief about his shooting as we are walking over to pick up coyotes. Once I get over to the coyotes and pick them up, I notice both shots were a little back. But I wouldn't consider them a bad shot. And both had massive holes in them also.
After all this I would still argue that the 223 is sufficient for coyotes. But I would be very leery of shooting vmax bullets.
First coyote was slowly trotting away at around 200 yards, he takes a shot and dumps it. I congratulated him on a good shot. Then the coyote gets back up, catches another gear and takes off into some grass. We went and searched for it with no luck. I'm just chalking it up to bad shot placement at that point.
Next stand we have one roll in and stop at 130 yards. My buddy shoots, and the coyote goes to biting and spinning. I instantly see a massive hole in the side of it. It stops spinning and stands up, so I put another one in it with my 6 dti. I keep calling and another comes in and stops at about the same distance, only about 10 yards from the first one. My buddy squeezes one off right before I do. He hits it and it goes to spinning also. I instantly put another one it and drop it.
I am giving my buddy all kinds of grief about his shooting as we are walking over to pick up coyotes. Once I get over to the coyotes and pick them up, I notice both shots were a little back. But I wouldn't consider them a bad shot. And both had massive holes in them also.
After all this I would still argue that the 223 is sufficient for coyotes. But I would be very leery of shooting vmax bullets.