I was wonderer who makes the most highly regarded 60gn varmint bullet?

I intend on using it for coyotes, bobcat, wolves and possibly small african cats and jackals with a 6PPC.

Could I correctly assume that the Nosler 70gn ballistic tip might be pretty hard on pelts and leave nasty exit wounds?

I feel the 60gn is a good compromise, an all round bullet for this type of game, but do not know which brand, type etc. of bullet to go for.

Any suggestions?

What are the Sierra 60gn Varminters like?

[ 01-17-2003, 22:02: Message edited by: EXPRESS ]

Try the 60 grain Sierra flat base hollow point.

This is a very accurate bullet from all of my .243's...

Haven't shot any coyotes, but groundhogs go down fast out to 300 yards... Pelt damage should be less than with the BT's.

Dan

Express,

Well here's another bullet I've used on our small deer. This time out of a shortened 243 with a sound moderator. At 3,200fps the little sierra makes a dandy (but illegal) muntjac round. It exits on broadside shots with a good bit of internal damage and no nasty craters.

It would go through a roe chest/weak part of the shoulder and stop short of the far side of the chest wall. I stopped using it when I chrono'd it and realised it was illegal.

The downside is that the BC is bad.

Berger MEF bullets. Berger makes competition grade bullets in many weights and configurations.

http://www.bergerbullets.com/

if you dont want to tear up the hide better get a non expanding type standard sx and other varmint bullets explode some of the match stuff dont and theres always solids to work with some will say they dont kill but a bullet through the vitals is always a killer just make sure of your shots

1894: Could you explain what velocity has to do with the legality of the bullet? Was the velocity too high or too low? And why does this apply to muntjac but not roe? Thanks!