hey, im wonderin if a .270 would be too much for a coyote because im gonna get another deer rifle also for coyotes and not sure wether to get a .243 or .270. thanx

.270 is fine for coyotes.

I have taken Coyotes withthe 270. I use 130 grain Core Lokts. They are the best bullets I have ever used in this 700 I own.

I shot my first yote last year with my 270 at about 125 yrd. using 140 gr. nosler accubond, and the results were about a 6 in. wide exit wound. So if you don't care about the fur and deer hunt alot I would say go for it and get some FMJ bullets (if they make them?) for the dogs. But the 243 is great for yotes and will work for deer but is a little too light for my fancy but WILL work, so if you want the fur I would go with the 243 and just try not to take too long of shots on the deer and use some good varmint bullets (i.e., hollow points, hornady v-max...).

If you're not going to eat it or make a rug out of it, there is no such thing as overkill on coyotes. If you just want to kill some yotes, who the heck cares what it looks like in the end??

.270 will make a large exit hole. trust me, i killed one yesterday with my .270 and it had a exit hole bigger than a silver dollar. o well it was a fun hunt

higy is just taking credit for mycoyote. I killed the coyote. hes correct about the silver dollar part tho.

kind of like what others have mentioned above. . .a .270 will kill em real dead but if you want the hide your gonna have to deal with a big hole in it. If you really want to keep the hides nice go real small and quick. 22-250 or so. . . .

for yotes a .243 for deer and yotes a .270