ApacheCoTodd
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I think you're casting too broad a net starting with tree-rats and ending with coyotes.
One end speaks almost exclusively to .22.
At the other end you also need to tell us what ranges.
Over the past 20 years, I've found an AR or other carbine in 9mm to be OUTSTANDING for critters; trash-panda to coyote as far as intermediate range is concerned.
Not a big fan of .223 - often regardless the projectile - as it often merely puts .22 diameter holes in a critter unless the shot is well placed on a relatively immobile quarry.
Todd.
One end speaks almost exclusively to .22.
At the other end you also need to tell us what ranges.
Over the past 20 years, I've found an AR or other carbine in 9mm to be OUTSTANDING for critters; trash-panda to coyote as far as intermediate range is concerned.
Not a big fan of .223 - often regardless the projectile - as it often merely puts .22 diameter holes in a critter unless the shot is well placed on a relatively immobile quarry.
Todd.