i lurk on the coyote forum, reading what you all think about guns, ammo and coyotes,bobcats. i hunt coyotes almost every day as i am retired and live on a large ranch in s.tex.this year i started to hunt coyotes and bobcats, on oct. 8th, so far i hve killed 230 coyotes and 27 bobcats, today was a better day than most i called in 2 bobcats and 6 coyotes, all of which i shot with a plain old .243 useing 55 gr. varmit bullet. ive had 2 bad blow ups 1 spine shot on a running coyote and 1 shoulder blow up. the rest little hole in nickle sized hole out. some didnt exit.i find your comments on all of the above very intresting,i never seem to know enough about guns, hunting,keep the info coming. thanks rio7