Best Caliber for predators?????

[yorketransport]

.204 

   Love those .20's!    Small entry hole--no exit hole, but the critter's insides look like they were worked over with a chainsaw! 

I don' know, the last porcupine I shot with the 204 didn't look so good.


Andrew

[actionshooter]

How have the 204s been doing on putting coyotes down?  My buddy has one that is awesome on the chucks, but I was wondering if it was comparable to the 22-250 or .223.

[bowhunterforever]

How have the 204s been doing on putting coyotes down?  My buddy has one that is awesome on the chucks, but I was wondering if it was comparable to the 22-250 or .223.

Most of the coyotes I shoot with mine are bang flop, that's if you hit them in the kill zone. very small entry hole and usually no exit. So I say it would hold it own comparing them all

[jyerxa]

I must applaud the knowledge here on Hunt-Wa once again. I'm just a regular Joe you might meet at the rifle range now and then with Boxed ammo and an over the counter rifle or pistol. I just like to shoot. Get me to the range and I'm a happy guy.

I like the 223 being launched out of the Ruger Mini platform. It's fun to plink with. That is the real reason I got a mini. Just for plinking. I know there are a lot of negative opinions about the mini. And I have a thing for wood stocks. I love wood work. So for that reason as well.

So I'm just a dime store shooter compared to some of you guys. But for all I know and have time for. The 223 is a blast and effective. 

[Biggerhammer]

I don't know??? That quill pig looks good to me.

[AdnaHunter]

17 REMINGTON!

[jay.sharkbait]

.218 Bee

[Heredoggydoggy]

.218 Bee

Believe it or not, that round is making a comeback! 

[AWS]

The 218 Bee is a great cartridge for called coyotes and bobcats, but ammo and brass can be hard to find and expensive.  I handload for mine so no problem.  It isn't a cartridge I'd suggest for someone looking for their first predator rifle,  the 204 or 223 sound like the best bets.  I bought my first 223 in 1966 and killed a ton of fox in the Midwest with it and coyotes out here.  Hard to go wrong with one..

[jay.sharkbait]

How about .225 Winchester?

[Heredoggydoggy]

The 218 Bee is a great cartridge for called coyotes and bobcats, but ammo and brass can be hard to find and expensive.  I handload for mine so no problem.  It isn't a cartridge I'd suggest for someone looking for their first predator rifle,  the 204 or 223 sound like the best bets.  I bought my first 223 in 1966 and killed a ton of fox in the Midwest with it and coyotes out here.  Hard to go wrong with one..

Yup, the .223 is great, but if you really have your heart set on a .204, get a 20 Tactical.  It's a .223 case necked down to .204, so brass is cheap and plentiful.  I shot one, and was very impressed!  And if you lose some brass in the sagebrush, no biggie....

[Heredoggydoggy]

How about .225 Winchester?

Also an obsolete and hard to find ammo for gun.  My buddy has dies, and reloads for one of his neighbors who has one...

[AWS]

225 Win, not enough different than the 224 Weatherby  or 22-250 to bother running an obsolete caliber.  Now if you can find a 224 Roy in a ultra lightweight varminter, that's a different story.

The rifle in my avatar is a 5.6x50R Mag.

[jay.sharkbait]

How about .225 Winchester?

Also an obsolete and hard to find ammo for gun.  My buddy has dies, and reloads for one of his neighbors who has one...

I'm kidding and kinda having fun here.

I shot my first coyote with a Mod 70 in .225.  If your buddy needs any brass I still have a couple boxes of once fired.

I think you can make .225 brass from 30-30 BTW

[AWS]

So am I, I know doggy and I think he is too.

That really is a 5.6x50R Mag.  Great coyote round but if you think 225 Win are hard to come by this thing is near impossible but Huntingtons imports brass so can keep on killing coyotes with it.