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When I was in the Army and a couple of trips up in a Huey at Yakima... a 308 out of an M60 worked pretty well on coyotes... up with one or two running mini gun pods on the sides, work EXCEEDINGLY well...
fun watching a running coyote digitally disappear..... When I was in the Army and a couple of trips up in a Huey at Yakima... a 308 out of an M60 worked pretty well on coyotes... up with one or two running mini gun pods on the sides, work EXCEEDINGLY well...
fun watching a running coyote digitally disappear..... when we’re you out there? I live right by the gate.
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"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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ok... my 2 cents worth
.17 Remington with 29 gr Kindler Golds.... or the recently discontinued Hornady 25 gr HP
222 Remington with 50 gr bullet...any 50 grain bullet
.223 with a 50 gr bullet.... like the NBT but all work
.22-250 with a 55 gr bullet..... or a 40 gr V-max pushed HARD
.243 with anything up to & including a 105 Amax
.25-06 with a 100 gr NBT
.270 with a 130 gr NBT
.280 AI with ….. pretty much whatever I happen to be carrying.
I am experimenting with Seafires Blue Dot Loads in a second .22-250 just to see what fun they can be in more 'confined' areas
Try them all & take pictures...…
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250 Savage topped with Hornady 75 grain VMax fueled by Varget or 3031----87 grain Speers with either powder too. Shoot em out of a Ruger 77 top tang safety with Leupold 3x9. Can get 1" MOA less using a rest, cover 5 shots with palm of my hand shooting off hand at 100 yds, not far off the mark at 200. Like the heavier bullet vs a .224 diameter bullet, distance and wind. Wouldn't mind getting a .223 bolt gun, once in a while take a scope mounted AR out, deadly. Even take my Savage 99G takedown 250 Savage out once in a while if feeling old timey. Same bullets, different powder weights. Stith scoped with a Weaver 330. It'll reach out with good accuracy at shorter ranges.
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Just One ,not happening ,223 ,50V/Max 3425 fps ,40V/max,3800 fps. 220Swift,50V/max 3750 fps both sport 26inch bbl's, 243 is always Fantastic 55to 87 grainers ,& don't forget the 25/06 with 100 Nbt's 3500 fps ,26 inch bbl . Great post thks!!!.
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Outta of the box Tikka 223......spare mag or two....
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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Sporter weight 22-250 pushing 50BT as head as possible. Absolute death ray. 22 hole going in and nothing but solid base 22 cal hole coming out. Jelly in between.
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Sporter weight 22-250 pushing 50BT as head as possible. Absolute death ray. 22 hole going in and nothing but solid base 22 cal hole coming out. Jelly in between. I was just gonna type this, but with any 50 grain, plastic-tipped bullet, pushed as fast as possible.
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Sporter weight 22-250 pushing 50BT as head as possible. Absolute death ray. 22 hole going in and nothing but solid base 22 cal hole coming out. Jelly in between. I used the 50 grain Ballistic Tip and it worked but for some reason I preferred the 55 grain Ballistic Tip. Same kind of kills and same type of exits.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Just one ? Glad i don't have to make that decision. But sometimes i get an urge where i want to destroy one and turn it into a rag, the one gun and load I would pick is my rem 788 in 308 shooting 110gr v-max with a max load of CFE 223. Kwooop.
I would have got him too but a Dad Blam snow flake hit me in da eye....
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221 Fireball and a Nosler 40 gr BT has always worked for calling. Have kills to 450 yards but obviously closer is better.
_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
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22-250. 1in8 twist, 62 grain TTSX Or 62 Bear Claw
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IMO coyote shooting is an AR game. Light, fast and handy especially on running game
It�s a magazine not a clip......
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.� - Lord Chesterfield. 1750
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I live in farm country and in the ‘80’s I figured out the 17 REM was about perfect for fox here as you rarely got a close shot but you could reach out with it a bit, it wasn’t too noisy and the frangible bullets broke up well on frozen ground and snow with a miss. And at 200 yds and beyond it wasn’t destroying pelts.
Our fox are mostly gone now but with a commensurate increase in coyotes, and under the same conditions, the 204 seems about right but you need a boiler room hit from 250 and beyond. I’ve gone to Fiocchi and Federal 32’s both of which my little CZ likes.
If windy, which is often the case, I step up to the 243. Hornady Super Performance 75-gr V-Maxes are very accurate and even more so, though slower are the plain Win 80-gr varmint. The 22-250 would be as good as the 243 but in cutting back on firearms, I’ve chosen cartridges with overlapping application also.
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Oh yeah, I do have an AR in 223, and often have three rifles in the truck, and upon spotting a coyote choose one according to wind, whim and conditions, how close or far I think I can get, etc.
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Golf bag Theory never lets you down.
It�s a magazine not a clip......
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.� - Lord Chesterfield. 1750
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we save the coyote hides for money so we don`t try to blow big holes in a coyote we use 60 gr. Nosler Partitions in our 220 Swifts running dogs or calling.
LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman
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Up here in the high plains of ND, the .22-250 REM is my king. I have 3 of them that get regular workouts on coyotes. A Model 70 Coyote, Model 70 Sporter, and Model 70 Lightweight. 50 gr. V-Max over Varget @ 3835fps (24" bbl) is big medicine. I have .17, .222, .223 and .243 's in my arsenal. But when I get serious on coyotes, it's the .22-250 hands down.
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Preferably a long heavy barreled AR 15 .223 with 45gr jhp Tournament hunting 7mm rem mag
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...If windy, which is often the case, I step up to the 243. Hornady Super Performance 75-gr V-Maxes are very accurate... .243, 49.0gr Superformance, Speer 75gr HP, CCI-200, coal 2.640". Supremely accurate, fast (3,500fps+), and knocks coyotes into next week. Al least it takes me that long to find all the pieces. They also are great for piggies. I do control work and don't (can't) take hides so that's not an issue for me. If I did hunt for hides, I'd be using a Speer 50gr TNT in my .223. That one doesn't even exit on a broadside body shots on Bobcats. Tiny entrance hole, no exit, and jelly in between. Ed
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