Coyote Rifle caliber

[Cool Critter]

.204........ Larger calibers for guys that shoot the edges of course .LOL

 

[Charlie38]

Any dead coyote is a good coyote, anything up to and including a 460 WBY!

 

[unstableryan]

I say 6.5x55 in any light rifle, mine's a t3 lite... shoots light bullets nice and fast. I can shoot beer caps at 100 with 129gr SST's and I know they would KO a coyote. Recoil is mild and you hit it well, it's done.

edit, done without splattering.. my dad got one with a 7mm rem mag when I was a kid and it was f**ked.

 

[Swifty]

220 Swift.

 

[Eagleye]

Since I am a Swift owner, I have to favor this one.
However, those who suggested the 22-250 are giving you good direction.
That being said, the 222 or 223 will do 95% of all your coyote work
Regards, Eagleye.

 

[bigtuna81]

Thanks for all the points of view. Even got a few new calibers to look into. I do have a 7mm rem mag and a 6.5x55 for large game. I know these will adequately kill any coyote however I can always use another rifle

 

[caramel]

I am a Swift owner to but nothig is better IMO than 243 loaded with 58gr v-max at 3900 fps the Swift and 22-250 are on retierement since i shoot that combo... JP.

 

[Idcurrie]

.223 has basically the same trajectory as a .270 according to my ballistics calculator. That's plenty of reach for 'yotes. 22-250 will have a barrel that wears out faster and produce a much larger muzzle blast and costs more to shoot.

I'd rather save my money and barrel and get more practice in with a 223.

Or maybe get a 243 so you can use it on larger game such as wolf. The 243 and 22-250 have the same parent case but the larger bullets in the 243 somewhat justify all that extra powder.

 

[live4therut]

If it were just for yotes, 204 or 22-250 would be a good pick, if you a deer hunter and want to pack one gun into the woods, 243, 257, 260 all are good choices, I use .223 easy to get brass and I shoot alot of paper with it as well

 

[CV32]

.17 Rem, .204 Ruger, .223, .22-250, .243 and all kinds of flavours within and without. Pick one (or more).

 

[Ranger Dave]

If you don't care about the pelt, 300 Win Mag does quiet the job. Ive shot lots with a 30-06 and a few with a 30-06. If I was going to buy a rifle just to shoot coyotes, look at a 243 or 25-06.

 

[two-dogs]

Since I am a Swift owner, I have to favor this one.
However, those who suggested the 22-250 are giving you good direction.
That being said, the 222 or 223 will do 95% of all your coyote work
Regards, Eagleye.

I do like to see 100% or better for this task, but that's just my thought's! how about 243 and or 6mm to up it a bit?