Suggestions for a Coyote Rifle
01-05-2009, 08:19 AM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Jackson, TN
Posts: 836
RE: Suggestions for a Coyote Rifle
.243 for me. I have a Browning A-bolt .243 hunter model wearing a 4-12 Bushnell Elite 3200 with the lightweight "one-piece" Talley mounts. Don't know what the gun weights but it is definitely easy to carry around. You will walk a lot and the lighter weight is a definite plus. Since most all my shots are within 200 yards I don't see the need for a heavy, bull-barrelled "varmit" rig.
As for the caliber, it was designed to span the bridge between varmit hunting and thin-skinned big game like antalope and deer. In my opinion it does that perfectly.
This past week I shot two coyotes (60 and 145 yards) one day and cleanly killed a small buck the next afternoon using Federal 80gr factory loads with the Speer Hot Core pointed soft point.
Ammo is reasonably priced (especially compared to the WSSM rounds) and you don't need premium bullets for coyotes. If you reload you can set it up for fast, small bullets for yotes (55-70 gr), heavier bullets for deer (95-105 gr) or a combo load like the Sierra 85 gr HPBT, which I'm toldis an excellent bullet for both and and very accurate.
As for the caliber, it was designed to span the bridge between varmit hunting and thin-skinned big game like antalope and deer. In my opinion it does that perfectly.
This past week I shot two coyotes (60 and 145 yards) one day and cleanly killed a small buck the next afternoon using Federal 80gr factory loads with the Speer Hot Core pointed soft point.
Ammo is reasonably priced (especially compared to the WSSM rounds) and you don't need premium bullets for coyotes. If you reload you can set it up for fast, small bullets for yotes (55-70 gr), heavier bullets for deer (95-105 gr) or a combo load like the Sierra 85 gr HPBT, which I'm toldis an excellent bullet for both and and very accurate.
01-05-2009, 02:32 PM
#18
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: kentucky
Posts: 577
RE: Suggestions for a Coyote Rifle
In reply to rem guy1991 I got that at Bass Pro shop in nashville tn for about $30 you buy the stock shell holder and scope cover seperately in all less than $50 buck and better than painting your gun if you decide to sell it.I would advise removing it in the off-season it could gather moisture in a gun safekind of like a pistol holster does and rust your gun,mine hasn't it's made of neoprene and I always oil my gun before I put it back on.
