Honest thoughts 22-250 vs 6.5 creedmoor on yotes

Redneck107 said:
I have no idea where to sell the pelts around here. But we are in cattle country so a dead yote is a good yote. Would be nice to make some money though.
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Last auction they averaged about $130 each. Of course that's only for when they're shot in their prime (Late Oct. to late Feb), bullet damage is minimal and they're skinned, fleshed and dried properly. Not all that difficult, lots of youtube videos on it.
 
.22-250 is good to 400 yards, but the 6.5 CR is good to ONE MEEEELLION MILES... with the .22-250 you have to aim and squeeze the trigger, but with the 6.5 CR you just load a long bullet seated WAAAY out and then smile at the cartridge... that's a dead yote!
 
Suther said:
Bullet drop is caused by 1 thing, gravity. All Bullets drop the same amount for a given amount of time. Lighter bullets have higher muzzle velocities but worse BC's, so they'll drop less on shorter shots but the velocity they lose will make a heavier bullet drop less after a certain distance, that distance is determined by where the two have equal flight times.

As for fur damage, a soft point 6.5mm will have a good chance of putting a nice clean hole right through the coyote due to the small body size not being enough resistance to cause expansion.

Long story short, both will work, and a fast twist 22-250 is one of the best coyote cartridges out there, but nothing wrong with a 6.5cm if you have one. If I was building a rifle for yotes I'd look at 6cm over 6.5cm.
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That's why I stated, "...at the same velocity..." The lighter bullet will have a quicker velocity decay rate.
 
the 6.5 Creedmoor casts a large shadow over the 14 twist 22-250. Federal and Hornady are now offering the 95gr Vmax factory load @ 3300 fps

The times, they are a changin'
 
Ardent said:
Gonna have to explain that one to me. Every small town hardware store, Walmart, and Canuck Tire that sells ammo has .22-250. Not so in the slightest on 6.5 Creed. Great round but fractionally as common as .22-250.

Both will work on coyotes and have essentially the same case capacity, as a pure varmint round the .22-250 wins and surprised we’re even talking about that. Flat trajectory is where it’s at for coyotes, .22-250 is flatter at all ranges that matter in coyote hunting. It has lighter recoil, and more smack down on animals below deer. Speed kills.
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I live in smallest town Alberta. Walmart has 6.5 CM ammo, hobby shop has 6.5 CM and pawn shop has 6.5 CM on the shelf.
 
I live in a small town, population of a couple of thousand. No Walmart, no Canadian Tire and just one small huntin' fishin' and sporting goods store. I assume the store has both 22-250 and 6.5 CM ammunition. But it really doesn't matter because this is 2019, we have the internet, telephones and courier services and can get just about any type of modern ammunition I want delivered to me in a day.
 
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