22ARC or 6ARC for coyotes under 500 yards?

[man32ahan]

As title states, thinking about switching the 223 AR15 to one of the above.

Would shoot the factory Hornady ELD-X or ELD- VT ammo.

Which one would be the most accurate? Which one would be more effective on coyotes under 500 yards.

Realistically all shots will be within 200 yards.

I’m torn between the two. Thanks in advance.

 

[man32ahan]

Will be used for night thermal hunting added

 

[huntinfool84]

I’m looking at building a 22ARC right now for a coyote rig over my current 223 for a longer range gun. Interested in real world experience/opinions on this as well.

 

[Skerhunter]

I would do the 22. For thermal hunting I want higher velocity/flatter trajectory and the 22 has the edge.

At 200 yards you have a ~4” target you are trying to hit and you are probably shooting 2moa+ at that distance. So whichever gun is flatter I would expect more hits with.

 

[man32ahan]

I’m looking at building a 22ARC right now for a coyote rig over my current 223 for a longer range gun. Interested in real world experience/opinions on this as well.

Right on! Hopefully people chime in. Realistically, I think both will do what I want but I want people to make my decision for me because I’m torn 50/50.