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Old 10-06-2016, 03:22 PM
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Nomercy448
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50 V-max (53 and 55 great too) or 69SMK.

For coyotes, minium 3-9x40mm for me, prefer 4-12x, 4-16x, 4.5-14x, 2.5-16x, etc.

Here's why: the entire ribcage on a coyote is smaller than the lung of a whitetail deer, and the vital zone is under 1/4 the size. So a vital zone on a coyote is about the same size at 100yrds as that of a whitetail at 400!

1-6x will work, but more magnification is worth the weight.

What barrel length are you shooting?
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