zmschillin

Im in the market to buy a new rifle and I want to know what gun would do the trick for both coyotes and whitetail deer?

ray12

try a .243 or a 25/06

Sheridan

.243 & .270 IMO fit the bill best, using factory ammunition anyway.

mez

.243
6mm
7mm 08

klundin2000

I use both the 25-06 and a .243. Of the two the 25-06 is far and away my favorite for both coyote and deer. My 25-06 kills deer quicker then any gun I ever owned. I reload with Barnes100 TSX bullets and push them to the max (3450fps). The all copper bullet doesn't tear them up to bad either. Here is a picture of an exit hole on a coyote.

13pointjomc

Ive used my 243 on deer and yotes,i aint dissapointed!My freezer is proof it'll git r dun on deer!My wall will b proof its good on yotes and bobcats!

brizzo

I'm using a 7MM-08

zmschillin

Is the 25-06 a weird caliber? I looked in gander mtn. tonight and in the bass pro magazine and i didn't see any cartridges. Where do I find them? is there another way to write the cartridge size?

Rammer

I'd suggest the 243. It will hammer both dogs and coyotes with the best of 'em!

klundin2000

No the 25-06 is not a weird caliber. I was a 243 guy for years until I tried the 25-06. Wow...what a difference. I own a Remington 700 DM that I bought a McMillian stock for.

I was telling my neighbor that I killed 5 deer now with the 25-06 and everyone has been a bang-flop. He was in need of a rifle this season in Wisconsin so I lent him my rifle. Two deer...two bang flops. I shot many deer with the 35 Whelen and the 30-06 and neither one dropped them as fast as the 25.

I suspect it has to do with the velocity of the 100 grain bullet (3450 fps) and the all copper bullet....alway two holes. As you can see from the coyote picture I posted earlier it doesn't make that big a hole on a coyote. Tika also makes a wonderful little 25-06.