Best Caliber for predators?????

[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...

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

I'll keep that in mind....He also has a book on how to make obsolete brass out of easily available brass.  Or even specs on how to turn brass on a lathe if it's not available at all! 

[Heredoggydoggy]

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.

Yep--This is the most fun topic in a long time!  It's true that there's nothing new under the sun.  When I was at the range working up a load for my 20 LBC, (A 6.5 Grendel case necked down to .204) an old benchrest shooter asked why I didn't just get a 20 PPC.  I replied:  "because this is more fun!".  He laughed and said:  "I can relate to that!".    I have 5 AR's and only one of them is a .223!

[demontang]

The odd ball rounds are fun and id love the 223wssm just for kicks. I love the 22-250 and 223

[204chucknorris]

I would take a 204 over a 223 any day. My 204 typically drops them were they stand- no runners- or flopping! My 223 has let many get up and run. Otherwise a 22-250! My buddy has one and it does great (yes it does make a mess from time to time) but no runners! Nothing more frustrating than to have a runner after dropping him!


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[demontang]

Man I had the opposite luck with the 204. Had spinners and runners a lot and my 223 would just drop them. I did have a bad batch of 40gr vmax in my 223 that let a few run off 

[Biggerhammer]

Man I had the opposite luck with the 204. Had spinners and runners a lot and my 223 would just drop them. I did have a bad batch of 40gr vmax in my 223 that let a few run off 

Same here, out past 250 yards with a .204 you have to make a good hit to the boiler room or it's spinner city. Not the easiest thing to do when shooting at a running dog. Even a bad hit at that distance with a .223 will slow them down enough to put another hit on them.

[demontang]

I really want to try a 25cal 87gr on coyotes.

[mountainman]

Shot some with the 257 and the 25/06 with 87 grainers, both Ackley's. instant lights out! Bloody work tho! In my book, the 22-250 is hard to beat!

[Heredoggydoggy]

Man I had the opposite luck with the 204. Had spinners and runners a lot and my 223 would just drop them. I did have a bad batch of 40gr vmax in my 223 that let a few run off 

Same here, out past 250 yards with a .204 you have to make a good hit to the boiler room or it's spinner city. Not the easiest thing to do when shooting at a running dog. Even a bad hit at that distance with a .223 will slow them down enough to put another hit on them.

They look like a big animal, but the vital area on them is about the size of a 1-liter pop bottle.  That makes them hard to kill.

[JohnVH]

6.5grendel FTW  none walk away from that thing. If the animal gets away, your not hitting it right.

[Heredoggydoggy]

6.5grendel FTW  none walk away from that thing. If the animal gets away, your not hitting it right.

Coyotes are tough.  About the time you think they're dead, they jump up and run off!

What the heck is FTW, anyway??

[TheHunt]

Hmmm, if you careless about the hide...

338  250 or 300 grain sierra matchkings

7 MM Mag   168 grain VLD.

Those are all fun rounds to shoot at predators.

[snowpack]

East side yotes get pretty big and tough.

[Biggerhammer]

Hmmm, if you careless about the hide...

338  250 or 300 grain sierra matchkings

7 MM Mag   168 grain VLD.

Those are all fun rounds to shoot at predators.

I agree, when a coyote shows up. You run what you brung.

This one took a 260gr Accubond from a .375 Ultra Magnum (3050 fps) at a hair over 300 yards. His heart left through that "Little" hole.





Texas heart shot with the trusty 7x57 and a 139gr Hornady, no exit. I was calling bear up Mission, he showed up. I had to stand to shoot, only had a north end shot of a south bound dog.

[JJB11B]

The 22-250 will blow big holes bobcats and coyotes unless you handload solid bullets.

Noslers Hold together well and make a nice exit.