6.5 creed or 6mm for coyotes?

[ColtonJohnson]

Which one?

 

[The Guide]

You keeping or just eliminating coyotes. 6.5 can be rough on them when using varmint bullets but big holes make for dead dogs. 6mm is about the best in my opinion for the ability to keep hides and kill at longer distances.

Jay

 

[ColtonJohnson]

You keeping or just eliminating coyotes. 6.5 can be rough on them when using varmint bullets but big holes make for dead dogs. 6mm is about the best in my opinion for the ability to keep hides and kill at longer distances.

Jay

Thanks for the info

 

[Split toe]

6 creed. You can use lighter bullets.

 

[ZipsNLbs]

I second the size of holes with the 6.5 and varmint heads . 6mm should be schweeeeeet !!! I don’t keep them so I use the 6.5 and it def knocks them down . But so does the 300wsm

 

[xsn10s]

I don't keep them either so I currently use a 260 AI. I hunt them mainly to help out the ranchers and farmers with the over population problem.

 

[ZipsNLbs]

The 260 AI is on my bucket list !!!

 

[Mark5868]

Id say 6 CM for Coyotes. Faster and flatter shooting then the 6.5 CM

 

[digger]

I’d say whichever gun I have at the time.

 

[wind gypsy]

No brainer, 6. Either is going to wreck a coyote pelt but a 6 is going to be flatter for more range error forgiveness and is going to recoil less so you can spot shots better and follow up quicker.

If you want to use light weight varmint bullets factory 243s are more likely to have the ideal slower twist rates than a 6 creedmoor but I'd prefer to use something like a 6 in 108 ELDm thats going to buck wind better and still expand well.

 

[EMAZ]

If solely a varmint (coyote) gun, a .22-250 would be at the top of the list

 

[sportsmans challenge]

Which one?

Do you reload, are you buying factory or building?

 

[amassi]

6mm, if you want to keep pelts shoot a-tips
The half dozen or so coyotes I’ve shot with the 90 and 110 a-tips damage was minimal.


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[Mark5868]

If solely a varmint (coyote) gun, a .22-250 would be at the top of the list

Nope, the 250 is yesterdays King, old school, Boomer round.

The 22 Creedmoor out does everything the 250 did for Grandpa.

And now you have the 22 ARC as a threat to the Coyote round King.

But the OP didn’t ask about those. The choices were 6.5CM or 6mm. Get with it EMAZ

 

[justin davis]

Between those 6 CM. But if you want a dedicated coyote gun I’d look at the 22-250

 

[sierracharlie338]

6cm with 87g Vmax. Baaaaad medicine.

 

[Buzzy73]

My opinion is the 223 is absolutely perfect. I love my 22-250 but I I had to slow it down to 223 speeds to preserve fur. Both the 6 and 6.5 will be very hard on furs.

 

[ADKHTR]

My opinion is the 223 is absolutely perfect. I love my 22-250 but I I had to slow it down to 223 speeds to preserve fur. Both the 6 and 6.5 will be very hard on furs.

I’ve been using a 22-250 for almost 30 years and on hundreds of coyotes, 52 grain Berger solved all my fur damage problems, pencil in and no exit, DRT every time and my sample size isn’t small, and they’re absolutely cranking, I can’t remember exactly how fast without checking my notes but it was screaming, I tried everything under the sun to find the perfect fur friendly coyote load for the 22-250 and the Berger 52 grain is the closest I have ever seen, be forewarned when you pick them up they drain forever and make a complete mess, that Berger just explodes in them like advertised.

 

[dirtytough]

I’ve been using a 22-250 for almost 30 years and on hundreds of coyotes, 52 grain Berger solved all my fur damage problems, pencil in and no exit, DRT every time and my sample size isn’t small, and they’re absolutely cranking, I can’t remember exactly how fast without checking my notes but it was screaming, I tried everything under the sun to find the perfect fur friendly coyote load for the 22-250 and the Berger 52 grain is the closest I have ever seen, be forewarned when you pick them up they drain forever and make a complete mess, that Berger just explodes in them like advertised.

The match or varmint 52 grain Berger? I’ve read the match is actually better on coyotes. I just shot a ladder yesterday to find pressure with the match version. I’ll try it in my 22-250 this year.

 

[ADKHTR]

The match or varmint 52 grain Berger? I’ve read the match is actually better on coyotes. I just shot a ladder yesterday to find pressure with the match version. I’ll try it in my 22-250 this year.

Varmint, I have no experience with the match, most of my shots are 50 yards to 200 yards and performance never changed, I have no idea how a bullet doesn’t exit on a broad side coyote at 50 yards going that fast without being just a splash hit but it does, imagine the energy dump that is to an animal, no spinners or runners, zero tail wags, just straight into a pile, it’s ridiculous really. Good luck!