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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
53gr. V-Max Good for Coyotes?
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1173885" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I never mentioned the 87gr Vmax, but I did mention the 95gr Berger.</p><p></p><p>I made a comparison between a 55gr Vmax at 3950 fps and the 95gr 243 at 3200fps and in terms of drop you are correct. At 600 yards the 55gr has 9.0 min of drop vs 9.9 min for the Berger. But wind drift is not a match at all. For a 10mph direct cross wind, the 55gr needs 6.8 min of correction at 600 yards vs 3.8 min for the 95gr Berger. That's a difference of 18" in the aiming point and your wind call better be really good.</p><p></p><p>Another 150 yards further though and the drop on the 55 will exceed the 95gr and wind correction increases even more. I figure we will all agree that 750 yard shots on coyotes is getting to be a very long ways off... Also totally agree that a 22-250 is far more capable that a 223, but hard to get in a "cool" AR format... I'm just ragging on the tacticool crowd...</p><p></p><p>If you were to be shooting the 80gr Berger VLD in the 22-250 @ 3050 fps, then long range ballistics look quite a bit better. 4.4min of wind correction at 600 yards, 11.5 min of drop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1173885, member: 35183"] I never mentioned the 87gr Vmax, but I did mention the 95gr Berger. I made a comparison between a 55gr Vmax at 3950 fps and the 95gr 243 at 3200fps and in terms of drop you are correct. At 600 yards the 55gr has 9.0 min of drop vs 9.9 min for the Berger. But wind drift is not a match at all. For a 10mph direct cross wind, the 55gr needs 6.8 min of correction at 600 yards vs 3.8 min for the 95gr Berger. That's a difference of 18" in the aiming point and your wind call better be really good. Another 150 yards further though and the drop on the 55 will exceed the 95gr and wind correction increases even more. I figure we will all agree that 750 yard shots on coyotes is getting to be a very long ways off... Also totally agree that a 22-250 is far more capable that a 223, but hard to get in a "cool" AR format... I'm just ragging on the tacticool crowd... If you were to be shooting the 80gr Berger VLD in the 22-250 @ 3050 fps, then long range ballistics look quite a bit better. 4.4min of wind correction at 600 yards, 11.5 min of drop. [/QUOTE]
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