RE: .22wmr, or 17hmr?
Brod man
For about $100 bucks more go with a center fire .22 hornet, .222, .223, .204 ruger, ect. center fires giveyou more room for errors. With the center fires if youhit it you'll get it99% of the time.
Rimfires missing thevitals BRAIN/HEART (about the size of an egg)will result inlong running, wounded/lost game, rimfire woundsdon't leavevery goodblood trails
People that think (rimfires) .17/.22 lr/wmr/hmr are ok for coyotes.
THEY ARE MISINFORMED OR WRONG.
Don't know where you get your information but it is WRONG!
Here is some info. for you people (Note the energy) this is the stopping power a bullet has. The next thing is not very many hunters can hit a head/heart shot (egg) at 50 + yards everytime. Why use a rimfire and just barely get the job done and take chance of wounding and/or losing it.
.22 long rifle average velocity 1700 fps with 40gr bullet has 119 ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards.
.22 WMR average velocity of 2000 fps with 40gr bullet has 160 ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards.
36gr bullets little faster less energy at 100 yards.
.17 rimfires higher velocity less energy at 100 yards.
.22 hornet with velocity on the low end of 2500 fps with 40gr bullet has 261 ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards.
hornet reload with velocity of 3100 fps with 40gr bullet has 423ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards.
45gr bullet at 2700 fps has 500 ft/lbs of energy at 100 yards.
This being said center fires have it hands down (hornet being the smallest .22 center fire comercially avalible.)
IMO rimfires for coyotes is like using a 7mm for elephants under perfect conditions they will work BUT in hunting not all things are perfect.
PLEASE HAVE RESPECT.USE CORRECT CARTRIGDE/BULLET COMBO FOR THE GAME YOU HUNT.