Originally Posted By: jackjackerUp until this past weekend, all my kills have been with .223 rounds, mostly 40g vmax. This weekend I shot a coyote at about 60 yards using hornady 22-250 varmint express in 50g vmax in my savage m10 predator (love that rifle). Had to shoot twice and it blew two 8 inch holes in the pelt, ruining it. Most of my shots are 60-70 yards. Should I try a different bullet or just give up completely on using 22-250 at this range.
So basically what your saying is, ONE time you shoot a dog with the 250 @ 60yds, had to make a follow up and it has some major pelt damage? I'm not assuming, but concluding your first shot, was not a well placed shot... NO matter what anyone tells you, here are the facts, every coyote is different, every single shot you take is different, though it may not seem so, IT IS... a 1/100 of an inch movement on your muzzle, varying from one kill to the other will have different consequences on round fragmentation... take your 22-250 and @ 60yds, try a cranial vault shot, no pelt damage, and no follow up, I've killed 85% of the dogs this year with the 250, and 95% were DRT, the other 5% were running, moving, or off hand. The 250 is my weapon of choice, for short ranges 0-400M.