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Come the fall I wil be hunting small game with my Savage Mark II , I can easily get Winchester 333's at WM , my question is , is there a better round out there for small game , accuracy wise ? I don't want to waste a lot of meat . And from what I have read I should sight in for 50 yards ??

Any help would be appreciated as I am new to hunting with a 22 . I also will be able to shoot coyote if the chance arises , so would there be a better round for this also ?
 
if your gonna hunt, sight in at 20 then your back on the money at 60 meters.
As for ammo, any hollow point will do, HV, I would get a box of CCI maybe, a good hollow point anyway, and take head shots, between the eye , and the ear on a Broad side, between the ears, at the base on a looking away, etc.
A brain shot under 30 meters on the yote.
 
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sportsman450 said:
my question is , is there a better round out there for small game , accuracy wise ?

I also will be able to shoot coyote if the chance arises , so would there be a better round for this also ?
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You have to try every type of ammo you intend to hunt with to see which is accurate in your particular rifle. If you cant hit what your shooting at, all the energy in the world wont help you.

As for Coyote, im sure this will open up a can of worms, but the only .22 round I know of that "claims" to be suitable is the CCI velocitor.
 
I've had amazing luck with CCI Stingers. I wouldn't use one on a coyote though. Bring something heavier for that.
 
Sorry folks but I will object some of the points here. Firstly, brain shots with 22lr are tricky, while head may look big to you brain in it is rather small target. 'Yotes might be easier dispatched with round nose standard velocity round placed into lungs/heart area. I know it sounds strange but its true. Round nose penetrates much deeper and may go right through yote, both lungs and major arteries and with some luck heart along with it. Hollow points, even in higher velocities, dump all its energy way too quick for hunting "bigger" small game.
 
I used the Federal 510 40gr solids for grouse last year. Shot most of them in the head or neck between 50 & 75 yds. I asked them after if they woulda preferred hollow points and never got a reply.:D
 
CCI Minimags HP. Got lots and they work well for everything I shoot with them. Bigger stuff like yotes get the 223 treatment. NO FTFs period.
 
"...You have to try every type of ammo you intend to hunt with..." You have to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo your rifle shoots best. Then sight in with that ammo(50 yards will do to start) and practice shooting, off hand, at a 4" paper plate(or the 10m air gun target found here http://www.reloadbench.com/pdf.html) until you can hit it every time.
 
Each gun has a preference as to what will feed reliably from the magazine and for grouping.

Even though you have two of the same rifle, with consecutive serial numbers, they might like different ammo.

Start with the various cheap bulk pack 22 ammo. One of my rifles shoots the CCI Blaser bulk solid ammo like it was match grade ammo. Never would have known that unless i tried.

My Brno likes the Winchester bilk HP ammo. Shot over 20 racoons with it. Never an exit hole. One shot in the chest andf it is all over.
 
Headshot with a .22 would take out a coyote from 20 yards I'd say but would not try it myself.

I heard a story of someone putting their dog down with a .22 and it was a big dog.
Like said before stick with something the rabbit size.
Any hallow point will do.
 
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