Flat topped 22 lr and coyote?
I have Monday and Tuesday off from the school so the plan is to go out into the wilds and see what I can do.
Cottontails and gray squirrels are open but so aren't fox and coyote this time of year.
I wonder how a modified 22 lr would work on a coyote? Just curious as to the effect.
Excited to know. I made a few for a neighbor and he is
also after a coyote.
Now don't be getting crazy...
It's a .22 LR, the standard will do. It's not really great but will do, given the precise accuracy possible. Even a .22 WMR rifle (40 gr. at 2000 fps) it's not a cannon, sure better than a .22 LR.
In a handgun the difference in much less divided.
Still, the flat topping gives the old .22 LR more of an advantage. Just like my beloved flat nosed cast handgun bullets over the old school RNL. It does wonders in comparison. The flat nose pushes a shock wave in front if it allowing a more clear and straight path. I've proven to myself that energy transfer is greater also.
I need to buy some more soap and shoot. I am playing with the scalloped nose .22 LR std. vel., FT, and RNL. I took a dremel and made those side cuts like the fluid dynamic ammo that is currently in vogue. For $5 and an afternoon's entertainment, it's cheap.
Are you concerned with not trimmng the bullet
In a balanced manner as to influence bullet stability and flight path? Does a little trim here and there equal the same weight loss concentricity?
That's pretty much a fallacy, its the butt, not the front.
A crooked nose makes no mostly matter at all. Try it yourself. A uniform exhaust of the gasses from the muzzle as the bullet base exits DOES make a huge difference in straight flight.
Now I'm not speaking about benchrest competition, I can't shoot that good. But common plinking you can't really tell.
I was saying I'd prefer a good .22 K-Hornet or .218 Bee.
A 40 gr. at closer to 3000 fps would be better for Coyote.
.218 Bee
makes a dandy 'handgun' round for coyote calling.
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Taken at 60yds, one shot with Lyman's cast gas checked 55gr'er.
Yote Pic
Marlin 880SQ 22 lr, at about 75 yds.![[image]](images/uploaded/2017022017161658ab2460bb10d.jpg)