308 for 'yotes. What bullet you useing?
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308 for 'yotes. What bullet you useing?
I am looking to take some yotes this winter with my new play toy in 308 and could care less bout pelt damage. I just don't want to be using 168gr BTHP or such for I know they don't expand. I at least want to drop the animal in a very short distance or instantly if possible. Thanks.
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Bad thing is my rifle is set up as a long range sniper set-up, closely matches my work set-up, and I have shot MANY of the 168 and 175 HPBT Match ammo's and not much of anything else. I have shot yotes with them before to only have them run off KNOWING I had a deadly hit to only watch them drop over after a 100yds. MatchKing bullets don't open up on critters less than an elk worth a crap. I was just more or less nosey of what others were using. Head shots don't really seem to matter what I am using I guess. Was looking at loading some of the 150 Nosler BT's but at $25 for 50ct is a tad pricey for song dogs. Was thinking about the Horn. 150grn or 155grn A-Max as well. Just tinkering round!!!
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Personally, I'm a fur hunter, so any time I hunt, I'm balancing harvesting game with harvesting pelts, so my bullet choice might be a little different than yours, since you're not worried about pelt damage.
Frankly, I gotta agree with Sheridan here, whatever you throw out of a .308win will do the job. I've used .308win and .30-06 for coyotes for a long time, with everything from A-max's and Winchester Ballistic Silvertips up to Hornady Interbonds and A-Frames (opportunity kills while deer and elk hunting).
I actually tend to PREFER a more solid construction bullet, the harder the better, when I'm talking about 30cals for coyotes. It doesn't take much expansion to do a LOT of damage, so I'd be much more prone to suggest a Matchking than I would a V-max. Stick it where it needs to go and you're gravy. A good deer hunting bullet, like a Hornady SST (if you can get them to shoot well in your rifle) should suit you just fine.
At the other end of the spectrum, A-max's, V-max's, Ballistic tips, or HPBT's will do fine as well. But they'll likely blow a hole the size of a softball out the back side. "Explosive expansion bullets" will be more apt to DRT a dog, but they're also a bloody mess.
Frankly, I gotta agree with Sheridan here, whatever you throw out of a .308win will do the job. I've used .308win and .30-06 for coyotes for a long time, with everything from A-max's and Winchester Ballistic Silvertips up to Hornady Interbonds and A-Frames (opportunity kills while deer and elk hunting).
I actually tend to PREFER a more solid construction bullet, the harder the better, when I'm talking about 30cals for coyotes. It doesn't take much expansion to do a LOT of damage, so I'd be much more prone to suggest a Matchking than I would a V-max. Stick it where it needs to go and you're gravy. A good deer hunting bullet, like a Hornady SST (if you can get them to shoot well in your rifle) should suit you just fine.
At the other end of the spectrum, A-max's, V-max's, Ballistic tips, or HPBT's will do fine as well. But they'll likely blow a hole the size of a softball out the back side. "Explosive expansion bullets" will be more apt to DRT a dog, but they're also a bloody mess.
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Personally, I'm a fur hunter, so any time I hunt, I'm balancing harvesting game with harvesting pelts, so my bullet choice might be a little different than yours, since you're not worried about pelt damage.
Frankly, I gotta agree with Sheridan here, whatever you throw out of a .308win will do the job. I've used .308win and .30-06 for coyotes for a long time, with everything from A-max's and Winchester Ballistic Silvertips up to Hornady Interbonds and A-Frames (opportunity kills while deer and elk hunting).
I actually tend to PREFER a more solid construction bullet, the harder the better, when I'm talking about 30cals for coyotes. It doesn't take much expansion to do a LOT of damage, so I'd be much more prone to suggest a Matchking than I would a V-max. Stick it where it needs to go and you're gravy. A good deer hunting bullet, like a Hornady SST (if you can get them to shoot well in your rifle) should suit you just fine.
At the other end of the spectrum, A-max's, V-max's, Ballistic tips, or HPBT's will do fine as well. But they'll likely blow a hole the size of a softball out the back side. "Explosive expansion bullets" will be more apt to DRT a dog, but they're also a bloody mess.
Frankly, I gotta agree with Sheridan here, whatever you throw out of a .308win will do the job. I've used .308win and .30-06 for coyotes for a long time, with everything from A-max's and Winchester Ballistic Silvertips up to Hornady Interbonds and A-Frames (opportunity kills while deer and elk hunting).
I actually tend to PREFER a more solid construction bullet, the harder the better, when I'm talking about 30cals for coyotes. It doesn't take much expansion to do a LOT of damage, so I'd be much more prone to suggest a Matchking than I would a V-max. Stick it where it needs to go and you're gravy. A good deer hunting bullet, like a Hornady SST (if you can get them to shoot well in your rifle) should suit you just fine.
At the other end of the spectrum, A-max's, V-max's, Ballistic tips, or HPBT's will do fine as well. But they'll likely blow a hole the size of a softball out the back side. "Explosive expansion bullets" will be more apt to DRT a dog, but they're also a bloody mess.
I doubt they make a TNT round in 30cal for that is not its intended purpose. I just loaded up 45 rnd of 2 different powder combos last night with Horn. 150 SST's with AA2520 and IMR 4064. So we will see if they group and go from there. I also have some Nosler 165 BT's to try out.
I am VERY familiar with the v-maxs in the 22cal for I have several 220 swifts and 22-250's that I shoot and am just more or less wanting to play with the 308. I mainly hunt round several livestock farms here and have many oppurtunities to pop a 'yote on way to work or just out n bout. Heck, we feed the yotes back to the hogs when we get them. Return to the earth for the earth provided!!!!!
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I can shoot the lighter 40grn V-maxx and 50grn V-max, but really like the 55 V-max or nosler Bal. tip for better wind bucking capabilities and downrange energy. 99% of the time those rounds never exit. Total frag inside, total body absorbation of kinetic energy transformation.
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