After having shot a 220 Swift for over 30 years and having used both of those bullets in 55 grain wgt. I switches to a 6mm Remington with a 70 grain Speer TNT and for really long range, over 400 yards I use a 6mm Ackley Improved with 87 grain V-Max. Since switching I have not lost a single coyote and that was 3 years ago. I have a passion for the Swift and It is accurate and a real killer but not always where you could find 'em. With the 6mm's they are DRT (Dead Right There!) Good Hunting, "Z"
Posts: 352 | Location: Grand Island, NE. USA | Registered: 26 January 2001
I'm in a whole different velocity bracket, but my "little" .223 likes the 50 grain V-maxes and they work really well on our ~25 lb. desert coyotes. Well placed shots rarely exit. On of my hunting buddies shoots a pretty hotly loaded .22-250 with the 55 grainers with similar results, albeit a few more messy ones. Try the V-maxes first, they're usually cheaper and shoot just as good.
Posts: 3301 | Location: Southern NM USA | Registered: 01 October 2002
I love my Nosler Ballistic Tips, but that's only because my gun didn't like the V-Max. I'd say use whatever shoots best in your gun, don't worry about the name on the box, they're both like a 4000 fps hand grenade. Yardbird