Opinions on caliber for coyote?

Meroh said:
.243 will work fine for you for coyotes and deer, no problem. I'm partial to 6.5 x 55; groundhogs to moose; 85gr to 160gr.
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Love the 6.5x55 myself. Killed a coyote with it a little while back, and it was loaded with a 100 gr. hollow point. Factory load, comes in a box of 50 from Cabela's and seemed like a good way to collect more brass.

Was only about 80 yards away when I shot him broadside, and was somewhat surprised that the energy didn't blow a hole through the off side.
 
MiG25 said:
Unless you're in AB or SK coyote fur isn't worth the effort and even with current prices I doubt it is even in AB or SK so I say 22-250, and it drops Deer like they were hit by Lightning. Of course this assumes the legality of a 22 Centerfire on Deer in the place you live.
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I *think* BC is one of the few places yet where you can use a .22 CF. Most places specify .23 cal or bigger I believe, which in practical terms means some flavour of 6mm rifle.

A lot better choice for bullets and weights for .243 IMO.
 
tactical lever said:
Love the 6.5x55 myself. Killed a coyote with it a little while back, and it was loaded with a 100 gr. hollow point. Factory load, comes in a box of 50 from Cabela's and seemed like a good way to collect more brass.

Was only about 80 yards away when I shot him broadside, and was somewhat surprised that the energy didn't blow a hole through the off side.
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Right bullet for the job!
 
pathfinder76 said:
I didn’t realize I was limited to one bullet option. And your barrel.
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Your not but information on barrel lengths, velocity, bullet types is easily found online all with nice charts showing results and limits.
Your intentionally being obtuse in not conceding to my point that blanket statements regarding suitability of a caliber are not helpful.

223 is also good for deer, within
reason as is 22-250 and 22LR, if you sneak up and put one behind the ear.

All calibers will kill a deer, it's the details that matter.
 
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Coyotes got way too tame here and started taking bites out of newspaper boys but now are making themselves scarce again so I don't shoot them, but I don't see why anything more than a .223 soft point would be indicated, nor would I hesitate to pop one with a .22 LR if I had a good shot, meaning it was way too close to me for our mutual safety.
 
Big Bad said:
Coyotes got way too tame here and started taking bites out of newspaper boys but now are making themselves scarce again so I don't shoot them, but I don't see why anything more than a .223 soft point would be indicated, nor would I hesitate to pop one with a .22 LR if I had a good shot, meaning it was way too close to me for our mutual safety.
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Totally agree, I don’t shoot them unless they come near the house pets or the chickens, beyond that they’re harmless scavengers. Again I think this debacle became “What caliber suites both harvesting coyote fur and venison”

Which unfortunately becomes the ages old debate of “what's the minimum caliber I can get away” with, instead of “is there a caliber that has loads with properties both suitable to medium game and varmint”.

I 45-70 everything. I’ve never had issues. It’s what I have and it does all the jobs.
 
FatCatsDad said:
Your not but information on barrel lengths, velocity, bullet types is easily found online all with nice charts showing results and limits.
Your intentionally being obtuse in not conceding to my point that blanket statements regarding suitability of a caliber are not helpful.

223 is also good for deer, within
reason as is 22-250 and 22LR, if you sneak up and put one behind the ear.

All calibers will kill a deer, it's the details that matter.
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I’m not being obtuse at all. The fact of the matter is you have no parameters. All you can do is tell me to look in a book. You can’t provide any hard data on what will or will not work. You have zero experience with the cartridge you are saying won’t work on deer. And when confronted about it you talk in circles.

The fact of the matter is, you can kill deer with just about any bullet in any legal barrel length you want to use. Heck I’ve killed big game with the 55gr ballistic tip in the 243 exiting the muzzle at 4000 fps. It worked decisively.
 
pathfinder76 said:
I’m not being obtuse at all. The fact of the matter is you have no parameters. All you can do is tell me to look in a book. You can’t provide any hard data on what will or will not work. You have zero experience with the cartridge you are saying won’t work on deer. And when confronted about it you talk in circles.

The fact of the matter is, you can kill deer with just about any bullet in any legal barrel length you want to use. Heck I’ve killed big game with the 55gr ballistic tip in the 243 exiting the muzzle at 4000 fps. It worked decisively.
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Only at certain distances, you keep leaving out that detail.
I've provided links to hard data in previous posts.

I don't need to drive a car into a wall at 100 kph to know survivability is slim, I'll rely on existing data to decide that it's not a good idea.

Don't take my word for it, feel free to drive into as many walls as you like and collect you own empirical data so you'll have the experience.
 
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I bet at 350 yards where its "only" going 2550 fps it kills the heck out of some deer. That's practically 100 yards from a short 223 barrel. It'll be even less splashy than up close but still dramatic.
 
Joel said:
I bet at 350 yards where its "only" going 2550 fps it kills the heck out of some deer. That's practically 100 yards from a short 223 barrel. It'll be even less splashy than up close but still dramatic.
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Bingo again....."some deer"

Again 243 is great for deer but the statement 243 is good for deer is incomplete

Know when the lethality of your chosen ammo and gun combination diminishes to the point of no kill
 
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