coyote calibier

I had the same question a few years ago and decided to go out and buy a rifle in .223, 22-250, 220 Swift and .243.

Of the varmint cals I tested on coyotes and other vermin I found its really hard to beat the 22-250, its got it all. Its fast, accurate, not rimmed, every rifle manufactuer makes a 22-250, ammo is cheap and found everywhere. The 22-250 can easily be loaded for fur hunters and loaded up to make some messy kill scenes :D

Im in no way dissing the others as they also have their strong points and I enjoyed shooting them. Different strokes for different folks but whatever you do... shoot a caliber that you enjoy and works for you rather then what someone else tells you to shoot.;)

My next cals. I really want to own is the .17 Rem and .204 Ruger both are supposed to be a great coyote round. I think a .204 Remington Light Varmint would be great!!

Cheers!!:D
 
scott_r said:
I had the same question a few years ago and decided to go out and buy a rifle in .223, 22-250, 220 Swift and .243.

Of the varmint cals I tested on coyotes and other vermin I found its really hard to beat the 22-250, its got it all. Its fast, accurate, not rimmed, every rifle manufactuer makes a 22-250, ammo is cheap and found everywhere. The 22-250 can easily be loaded for fur hunters and loaded up to make some messy kill scenes :D

Im in no way dissing the others as they also have their strong points and I enjoyed shooting them. Different strokes for different folks but whatever you do... shoot a caliber that you enjoy and works for you rather then what someone else tells you to shoot.;)

My next cals. I really want to own is the .17 Rem and .204 Ruger both are supposed to be a great coyote round. I think a .204 Remington Light Varmint would be great!!

Cheers!!:D
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I just bought a Rem 700 Custom Deluxe in 17 Rem. I picked up the last three boxes of ammo that WSS Edmonton had today. Rifle should be here shortly, I'll let you know how good they really are.

Arch:)
 
For the ranges you are talking about, and if you are not reloading I'd say .223 is the one. If you wanted to start shooting beyond 200 as well, then .22-250 would have the edge.

If you were to get into reloading, then .204. I love mine but factory ammo choices are limited.
 
I've hunted a lot of Coyotes with a lot of guns, I found, the best was..
1) 22-250
2) 222
3) 243
4) 270 with 100gr bullets for the really long shots (makes quite a mess though)
 
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not if you buy your ammo at wall mart in nazi controled morontario

please george bush come liberate us for squinty daulton mcguinty
 
Eagleye said:
Unless you own a 220 Swift!! ;):D:D Regards, Eagleye.
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The catridge on the right is a .22/250 standing beside a .22/284:eek::D
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K98 said:
.22/284? Isn't it like 6000 feet a second or something like that? A real barrel burner!
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Naw that's an urban ledgend;) They might with the right barrel and wee little bullets though. Not to highjack the thread here BTW. Mine is a 23" barrel that started out as 22/250 drop off. I shoot 55's @4000 quite acurately and not many 23" barrels chambered otherwise will do that. I've pushed it to 4600 but accuracy didn't make it worth while to keep doing it. 4000 is about 4 gr short of wher I start seeing flattened primers. The other 4 grains doesn't add much more velocity just pressure;). If I were to build another one it would be 28" with a fast twist
 
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