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I found BT's, Vmax's and Barnes Varminator HP's to be all about equal on Columbia ground squirrels - high splat factor on all.
Coyotes at 100 to 150yards with 45gr. Hornady SP's at 3,100fps worked a treat, no exit and DRT.
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Bullets are getting real pricey and even harder to find currently. I have always thrown away high BCs for more flying ability and gore so I have always enjoyed bullets with big hollow points and the Winchester 46gr in the 221 is one of my favorite for laugh factor. I wonder if substitution of the Hornady 45 gr would work?
However I have been trying to find stock for many different bullets the last few days and its almost impossible to buy a decent size quantity of anything I like for spring varminting. I have never used the Sierra 40 gr HP. Does anyone have experience with it? Last edited by albertacoyotecaller; 01-21-2021 at 12:20 AM. |
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The Sierra 40gr HP is a much tougher bullet, with a thicker jacket. It is meant for 22-250 and Swift type higher speeds. Read the descriptions in the Sierra webpages.
Also, Sierra and Hornady make 40gr and 45gr Hornet-specific bullets with thin jackets. |
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I have read the description and the reason is was designed with the thicker jacket. I cannot find more than a few boxes of stuff at each retailer however a few retailers have lots of the 40 gr in stock but I don't think I will be happy with them.
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I’ve shot Thousands of 32gr DHP’s in .19 Badger. Great splat, I like them better than the tipped .19 32gr. , others prefer the tipped.
I’ve also shot thousands of 40gr. V Max’s from a CZ .221 FB with a 12 twist. I would consider the splat about the same between the two. Like others have said, a lot depends on where you hit them. Bigger critters and deer, I use Calhoon (non tipped) bullets. They have performed very well for me. tipped varmint bullets in this application performed poorly. Last edited by NeilA.; 01-21-2021 at 01:37 AM. |
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Shot my first group with the Calhoon bullets a couple days ago and they shot a nice group. I can see that they will be in my prairie dog's nightmares next summer.
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Seems to me, the box of 40gr. Sierra HP's I had, had a warning of "Minimum 3,600fps" on it, or maybe that was the listing in their loading manual.
They were very accurate, though.
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Yes, and if you hit real hard soil at glancing angles, you can occasionally hear a ricochet from them. Just make sure of your target and stuff behind.
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NBT's are stoughter built then vmax or blitzing.
Nbts are a decent fur/coyote bullet. |
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