Back when I fur hunted and trapped for a living I used my 220 Swift at first. It did a good job but bullet selection was critical. The Speer 52 grain HP (the old one with the huge hp) and the Sierra 55 grain Game King were the only two I came to depend on for not tearing things up to badly on coyotes. The Speer rarely exited and the Sierra almost always did but with a reasonable exit wound (1.5" or less generally).
Then along came my first 17 Remington. After that, the Swift, and the rest of my 22 centerfires languished in the safe, only to come out during the off season when saving fur was not a concern.
I'm with Travis on this one. No better fur cartridge exists than the 17 Remington.
Mart
I'm there, too...
And if I still hunted for fur, it'd be the runaway choice. Otherwise for coyotes, the faster .22s are better, and the faster 6mms are about optimum...
