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270 for coyotes
« on: February 09, 2011, 08:49:44 PM »
ive heard many people saying they use there .270 for coyotes i am looking at getting a new gun possibly a .270 would you guys use this for coyotes at all?  :dunno: give me your thoughts

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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2011, 09:11:19 PM »
I use mine for coyotes part of the time just because I really like shooting it, but other times I'll use my .243. A lot of guys will say a .270 is a little too much gun for a coyote, but it's a good all-around cartridge and I don't see a problem with using them on song dogs.  :twocents:

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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2011, 09:21:57 PM »
I use a .223 wssm. its a great gun for yotes and even bobcats. plenty of knock down power but wont ruin a pelt

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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2011, 05:44:34 AM »
Are you looking to get a dedicated yote gun or are you looking to get a big game rifle and use it on yotes?

The .270 is a great cartridge, but not an ideal dedicated yote round. It will kill a dog that is for sure.




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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2011, 06:34:01 AM »
There are some great 110gr bullets out there that are like a laser beam out of a .270 and will not do too much damage to the pelt.  :bfg:
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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2011, 07:33:57 AM »
I killed a coyote very dead with a .270 once. I also blew the offside front leg clean off of him and it landed in a bush behind him.

If you just want to make a coyote dead....it will work great. If you want to save the fur, I would find something smalled with better fur-saving bullets.
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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2011, 07:56:13 AM »
The dog I shot a couple weeks ago with a handloaded 150 grain Grand Slam had a almost non-existent entrance hole and a very small and easily repairable exit hole, so that shouldn't be a problem. There's a picture of it in one of the threads on here titled "Capital Forest dog down" or something similar.

It's all in what bullet you use. If you reload you can load something specifically for shooting coyotes. But there are plenty of good options with factory ammo as well. It might sound backwards but with factory ammo you could use any of the "premium" bullets that are designed for controlled expansion for big game. Bullets like the Nosler Partition, Nosler Accubond, and Barnes tsx. These should go right through a coyote without expanding much, if at all.

Another great option would be Remington's "managed recoil" loads. They have a 115 grain core lokt bullet at 2700 feet per second. I haven't shot them but I'd guess recoil would be similar to a 243, and at the slightly lower than standard velocity, I'd imagine it wouldn't be likely to blow to big a hole in a coyote. They should be plenty good for coyotes out to 250 yards.

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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2011, 08:03:42 AM »
I should have added that I have no clue what bullet I was using at that time. I was using that rifle because I forgot didn't have my .222
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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2011, 08:25:18 AM »
My nephew uses a .270 with sierra 110 gr sp handloads for coyotes. If you don't care about the pelts it is very effective. If you want to save pelts, try NOT hitting any bone.  ;)

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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2011, 08:31:28 AM »
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Re: 270 for coyotes
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2011, 08:46:41 AM »
By personal experience...it's a little much if you want a nice clean pelt. I use my 270 for deer hunting
and plugged a "yote" with it after I already filled my tag and it did a wee bit more damage than i wanted because I had planned on keeping the pelt. I now use a 17HMR and totally love it!

 


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