Coyote Rifle
 

im wanting a rifle larger than a .22 thats not a shotgun that can takedown coyotes and such. low recoil for a low price. preferebly under a couple hundred to two fifty. thank ya much.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

Your two best choices are probably going to be a .223 Remington or a .22-250. The .223 is cheaper to shoot, has better barrel life, and is adequate for coyotes out to about 325 yards. The .22-250 is about 500 fps faster with the same bullet weight, and will extend the maximum effective range out to about 400 yards.

You might looks at a Stevens 200 or Savage 110. Be careful buying used .22 centerfires. These guns are commonly used for high volume varmint hunting and may have the barrel already shot out.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

i found out that my uncle is sellin a remington 700 22-250. i should be able to talk my dad into buying it for me. cause today i said ill pay you back and he said if you do your work and i pay you then maybe or he said something like that. i dont know what pricehes selling it for but ill find out. is this a good gun?

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

You lucked out. This is one of the all-time best coyote rifles.

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That's a really nice one.

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Chances are you'll not get a second shot at a coyoye anyways so for an inexpensive rifle for them, why not one of the H&R/NEF single shots. later if you want additional bbls can easily be added. While I really like the .22-250 cartridge, I'd even suggest the .243 or the .22 Hornet.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

Take a look at the H&R ultra hunter, its a single shot with laminated stok, very nice. As far as caliber, it's hard to beat the .223, but a .243 would dual purpose on yotes, hog and deer.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

Nice rifle... you should be very happy with it, i know i would!

DM

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i should be able to get it. if i can and i go hunting would i have to bait for the yotes or not.

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Great gun/round but personally I'm more of a 223 guy.

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The Rem 700 in 22-250 will serve you fine for a yote gun.
Brod Man,
Where you from? are you East,West,South,centeral, Deep south?
I live in centeral Montana and most of our shot are 75 to 400+ yds on yote's.We don't bait but call,calling is very effective way to get your dogs.Get you self a rabbit distress call a rabbit skin on a stick and a squeker call.Run about 200 ft of 20 lb fishing line out to the skin on a stick,give a couple squeals on the call and shake the stick.
A yote will pick up on that movement 200 yds away and come on a gallup.Put the squeker call between your knees,when the yote closes in to 200 yds or so,squeeze the sqeaker.He'll hold up for a few seaconds,just enough time to put a 40 gr slug through his shoulders.
BBJ

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

i live in ohio so their all wrong.:)i live in the "mid"west.:)and i probably wouldnt take a shot over a couple hundred yards anyways. my grandpas farm has a couple of big fields. ones about 25 acres and ones 14 acres.
my grandma says shes always hereing a bunch of yotes so im going to go kick some coyote butt.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

.243 WSSM or .22-250, both are the flattest shooting rifles you'll ever find. i would say the .22-250 is good to about 400 yards and the .243 to 450-500

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I kinda have a liken to my .220 swift for yotes. I also have a bull barreled .243 that works well

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what about a 204?

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I'll give another nod to the 22-250. It's got more of the good stuff than a .223 and is still readily available unlike the 220swift. The perfect balance. No recoil worth mentioning only the price of ammo. It's alot more than a .223...but still in line with any other popular high-power rifle cartridge. I however, would suggest finding a maker with the 1-12" twist barrel. This knocks out he the remingtons (Which is what I have). Savage I believe makes the 1-12" twist and perhaps a few others. Why do I say this? So you can shoot the slightly heavier bullets without wondering if your barrel will stabilize them. (55gr and 60-64gr). My remington doesn't do poorly with 55gr....but I've only shot them out to 100yards.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

Given my choice of the 270, 6mm, 22-250, 223, 204 ruger & 17HMR
Ill choose the 204 ruger for coyote more often than not. Still if any of the other guns is in my hands when I come across a coyote at a acceptable range. One can be assured that Ill be using the gun at hand.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

the 22-250 is a great yote gun. A 223 and 204 will also do the job. One more gun for ya, and I am sure most of you out there will think I am nuts, but depending on the distance a 30-30 would work too. The guns are easy to find, easy to shoot, cheap to purchase, and cheap to shoot. I have used one with no problems...except I didn't hit the darn thing.

RE: Coyote Rifle
 

cant everhave too many guns can ya.:D:D:D:D:D