Coyote gun? - Page 2

kilotanker22 · February 2, 2013, 01:35 AM

I agree the gun site scout may not be the best but a shorter barrel should have little to no effect on accuracy.

To the op. I have killed many coyotes with my 22 at close range. For anything past 100 I would recommend any rifle in 223 or 204. If you are selling pelts. If not it is fun to shoot them with a 25-06 with 85 grain ballistic tips they really make a mess.

rickyrick · February 3, 2013, 12:48 AM

By some strange miracle, I manage to pull it off with a mini14. The "coyote gun" has evolved into a hot rod expensive piece that may not be necessary.
The custom coyote guns certainly can't hurt anything. Fact of the matter is, there kill zone is quite large with varmint style bullets; anywhere between any two of the four legs will put them down.

kutz · February 3, 2013, 11:10 AM

Ruger American in .270.

sc928porsche · February 3, 2013, 11:38 AM

My favorite coyote/antelope rifle is a 25-05. Flat shooting (pretty much cross hair shooting out to 300 yds). Plenty of energy down range to drop them quickly. And easy on the sholder.

Picher · February 4, 2013, 09:07 AM

On larger eastern yotes, I like my .243 Win because it shoots almost as flat as my .270 Win, but shorter and lighter. I've shot them at ranges from 40 yards to 250 and the 6mm is a killing machine, using mostly 75-90 grain bullets.

reloader28 · February 4, 2013, 09:57 AM

If you have a 243, you have the perfect gun.
Plenty big enough for all deer and small enough to be great for coyotes.

Saltydog235 · February 4, 2013, 11:49 AM

I really like my Savage 10 Predator .243 for yotes and pigs but I normally see more yotes during deer season than not. I use whatever is at hand to take them out.

john136 · February 4, 2013, 02:27 PM

savage 110 in 30-06

SauerJackson · February 5, 2013, 05:25 PM

It sounds to me that you just wanna like the scout rifle..... Well, if weight isn't an issue, they make AR-10s with 20 round mags as well!

barnettamb · February 13, 2013, 01:10 PM

Thompson/Center dimension in a .204 ruger or 22-250 rem. you can change barrels and use .204 ruger, 22-250 rem, and .223 with the same bolt.

$599

hooligan1 · February 15, 2013, 08:01 AM

My daughter bought a used (like new) Savage 111 "flat top" for $250.00 in 25-06, I pillar bedded the synthetic stock and camo painted it, put a Luepold one-piece base and extention ring set on it, and mounted a Simmons Whitetail Classic 6.5-20x50 on it.
Took it to range last sunday, and with two factory 117 grain Hornady shells I sighted it in at fifty, then took a target out to 100 yds and shot some test loads, the very first test loads were 5 rnds of 85 grain Ballistic tips with 4831 powder, you can cover the group with a nickle, ( if I could figure out how to get my pics to load, I'd post em) Id say it'll do nicely for coyotes.!

horatioo · February 16, 2013, 03:22 PM

will a 22 long rifle kill a coyote at 100 yards? Will it kill a coyote no matter how far out if you manage to hit it in the right approximate spot?

L_Killkenny · February 16, 2013, 06:30 PM

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will a 22 long rifle kill a coyote at 100 yards? Will it kill a coyote no matter how far out if you manage to hit it in the right approximate spot?

Sure a .22lr will kill a coyote at 100 yards. It may die an hour later, maybe a day, maybe a week, maybe not at all unless you hit just the right spot. Something that you, me and 99.999% of shooters and .22lr guns aren't capable of in the field.

If you're doing it for pest control all is good. If you actually want to claim your prize then give it up and get the right tool for the job.

That means centerfire cartridges 6mm/.243 or under.

4runnerman · February 16, 2013, 06:40 PM

I sit in a Deer house on top of a hill and the house is 12 feet in the air.Visability is about 2 miles all directions. That being said,when i go i take the 223 and the 6MMBR. Most rifles will work just fine,223,243,308 ect ect. All depends on the range you are going to be shooting

militant · February 17, 2013, 02:32 AM

Mosin nagant.

jmr40 · February 17, 2013, 08:37 AM

One of my AR's is my coyote gun. All of my bolt rifles are .30 cal or larger. I considered buying a bolt rifle in 223 or 22-250, but already had an AR. Put a good scope on it and it shoots just as accurately as my bolt rifles. I could see the advantage of a few quick repeat shots. After using it a while I agree. A properly set up AR is about the perfect coyote rifle.

Keg · February 17, 2013, 11:13 AM

I agree with ya jmr40...a good AR is hard to beat for yotes....

Wyosmith · February 17, 2013, 11:22 AM

Yup, I'd agree with Keg
The AR with a scope is about as good as you can get.

Hunter Customs · February 17, 2013, 11:38 AM

Yes sir it's hard to beat an AR sporting rifle for quick repeat shots on mutiple yotes.
I love mine and use it quite often.

Best Regards
Bob Hunter
www.huntercustoms.com

buck460XVR · February 17, 2013, 02:11 PM

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All guns are good for coyotes!

I agree. I've shot 'yotes with everything from a .22lr to a 30-06. Many of them have fallen to the 12 ga. during spring turkey season. 'Yotes are not hard to kill.....just hard to hit on the run. One reason light recoiling auto-loaders with hi-cap mags are so popular. In Wisconsin farmland, especially over frozen fields, I like using my .17HMR, as misses tend to fragment the bullet and the reduced range as compared to a higher powered centerfire, means less chance of a ricochet endin' up somewhere I don't want it too.

L_Killkenny · February 17, 2013, 04:41 PM

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'Yotes are not hard to kill.....just hard to hit on the run. One reason light recoiling auto-loaders with hi-cap mags are so popular.

Coyotes are tough, not that hard to hit if the shooter has anything even remotely resembling talent and I've only known one hunter to use a hi-cap while hunting........ He was an idiot in anybody's book.

Keg · February 17, 2013, 05:40 PM

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Coyotes are tough, not that hard to hit if the shooter has anything even remotely resembling talent and I've only known one hunter to use a hi-cap while hunting........ He was an idiot in anybody's book.

I would agree with coyotes being tough..but..on the run..they can skin it....I know no one that hunts with an AR and a 5 rd mag.....

kutz · February 17, 2013, 05:57 PM

Ruger American in .270.

Jack O'Conner · February 17, 2013, 05:59 PM

I've had very good luck with my plain 12 gauge pump shotgun shooting 00 buckshot. The choke tube that I use is M.A.D. Super Max Waterfowl choke.
Great kill patterns all the way out to 60 yards.

Jack

Keg · February 17, 2013, 06:07 PM

Yes Jack..12 gauge is a good coyote buster..when they come in close....Heck..that is the choke I use for waterfowl....

February 2, 2013, 01:35 AM	#26
kilotanker22 Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2012 Posts: 193	I know that the gunsite has a small barrel so it won't be the most accurate but from I agree the gun site scout may not be the best but a shorter barrel should have little to no effect on accuracy. To the op. I have killed many coyotes with my 22 at close range. For anything past 100 I would recommend any rifle in 223 or 204. If you are selling pelts. If not it is fun to shoot them with a 25-06 with 85 grain ballistic tips they really make a mess.

February 3, 2013, 12:48 AM	#27
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Location: Mesquite Jungle Desert, West Texas, USA Posts: 2,280	By some strange miracle, I manage to pull it off with a mini14. The "coyote gun" has evolved into a hot rod expensive piece that may not be necessary. The custom coyote guns certainly can't hurt anything. Fact of the matter is, there kill zone is quite large with varmint style bullets; anywhere between any two of the four legs will put them down. __________________ *Navin R. Johnson*: "He hates these cans!!!! Stay away from the cans!!!!"

February 3, 2013, 11:38 AM	#29
sc928porsche Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2008 Location: now living in alabama Posts: 2,325	My favorite coyote/antelope rifle is a 25-05. Flat shooting (pretty much cross hair shooting out to 300 yds). Plenty of energy down range to drop them quickly. And easy on the sholder. __________________ No such thing as a stupid question. What is stupid is not asking it.

February 4, 2013, 09:07 AM	#30
Picher Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Maine Posts: 2,328	On larger eastern yotes, I like my .243 Win because it shoots almost as flat as my .270 Win, but shorter and lighter. I've shot them at ranges from 40 yards to 250 and the 6mm is a killing machine, using mostly 75-90 grain bullets. __________________ If I can't be with the rifle I love, I love the rifle I'm with!!

February 4, 2013, 02:27 PM	#33
john136 Junior Member Join Date: February 4, 2013 Posts: 1	best rifle savage 110 in 30-06

February 3, 2013, 11:10 AM	#28
kutz Senior Member Join Date: September 24, 2012 Location: New Mexico USA Posts: 158	Ruger American in .270.

February 4, 2013, 09:57 AM	#31
reloader28 Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: nw wyoming Posts: 849	If you have a 243, you have the perfect gun. Plenty big enough for all deer and small enough to be great for coyotes.

February 4, 2013, 11:49 AM	#32
Saltydog235 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2010 Location: Pawleys Island Posts: 956	I really like my Savage 10 Predator .243 for yotes and pigs but I normally see more yotes during deer season than not. I use whatever is at hand to take them out.

February 5, 2013, 05:25 PM	#34
SauerJackson Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2011 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 117	It sounds to me that you just wanna like the scout rifle..... Well, if weight isn't an issue, they make AR-10s with 20 round mags as well!

February 13, 2013, 01:10 PM	#35
barnettamb Member Join Date: February 12, 2013 Posts: 25	Thompson/Center dimension in a .204 ruger or 22-250 rem. you can change barrels and use .204 ruger, 22-250 rem, and .223 with the same bolt. $599

February 15, 2013, 08:01 AM	#36
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 2,859	My daughter bought a used (like new) Savage 111 "flat top" for $250.00 in 25-06, I pillar bedded the synthetic stock and camo painted it, put a Luepold one-piece base and extention ring set on it, and mounted a Simmons Whitetail Classic 6.5-20x50 on it. Took it to range last sunday, and with two factory 117 grain Hornady shells I sighted it in at fifty, then took a target out to 100 yds and shot some test loads, the very first test loads were 5 rnds of 85 grain Ballistic tips with 4831 powder, you can cover the group with a nickle, ( if I could figure out how to get my pics to load, I'd post em) Id say it'll do nicely for coyotes.! __________________ Thanks for coming!

February 16, 2013, 03:22 PM	#37
horatioo Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2008 Posts: 332	will a 22 long rifle kill a coyote at 100 yards? Will it kill a coyote no matter how far out if you manage to hit it in the right approximate spot?

February 16, 2013, 06:40 PM	#39
4runnerman Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2010 Location: Minnsota Posts: 1,849	I sit in a Deer house on top of a hill and the house is 12 feet in the air.Visability is about 2 miles all directions. That being said,when i go i take the 223 and the 6MMBR. Most rifles will work just fine,223,243,308 ect ect. All depends on the range you are going to be shooting __________________ NRA Certified RSO NwCP- Performance Isn't Optional

February 17, 2013, 02:32 AM	#40
militant Senior Member Join Date: August 12, 2012 Location: USA Posts: 312	Mosin nagant. __________________ A hit with a .22 is better than a miss with a .44

February 17, 2013, 08:37 AM	#41
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 4,575	One of my AR's is my coyote gun. All of my bolt rifles are .30 cal or larger. I considered buying a bolt rifle in 223 or 22-250, but already had an AR. Put a good scope on it and it shoots just as accurately as my bolt rifles. I could see the advantage of a few quick repeat shots. After using it a while I agree. A properly set up AR is about the perfect coyote rifle.

February 17, 2013, 11:13 AM	#42
Keg Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2011 Location: Freestone County, Texas Posts: 885	I agree with ya jmr40...a good AR is hard to beat for yotes.... __________________ Hog Hunters never die........They just reload.........

February 17, 2013, 11:22 AM	#43
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 608	Yup, I'd agree with Keg The AR with a scope is about as good as you can get.

February 17, 2013, 11:38 AM	#44
Hunter Customs Senior Member Join Date: March 26, 2005 Location: Osborn, Missouri Posts: 1,282	Yes sir it's hard to beat an AR sporting rifle for quick repeat shots on mutiple yotes. I love mine and use it quite often. Best Regards Bob Hunter www.huntercustoms.com

February 17, 2013, 05:57 PM	#48
kutz Senior Member Join Date: September 24, 2012 Location: New Mexico USA Posts: 158	Ruger American in .270.

February 17, 2013, 05:59 PM	#49
Jack O'Conner Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2005 Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Posts: 1,339	I've had very good luck with my plain 12 gauge pump shotgun shooting 00 buckshot. The choke tube that I use is M.A.D. Super Max Waterfowl choke. Great kill patterns all the way out to 60 yards. Jack __________________ Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release.

February 17, 2013, 06:07 PM	#50
Keg Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2011 Location: Freestone County, Texas Posts: 885	Yes Jack..12 gauge is a good coyote buster..when they come in close....Heck..that is the choke I use for waterfowl.... __________________ Hog Hunters never die........They just reload.........