Help me pick a new caliber

[adamR]

So 243 sounds like the general consensus, what factory round for saving coyote pelts?

[carpsniperg2]

7mm-08 you can do anything with it. Just by switching bullets. From yotes to elk it will do it all for you.

[Huntbear]

.257 Roberts.

[Bofire]

any good deer bullet

[D-Rock425]

7mm-08

[huntnphool]

just because phool posted 7mm08 I will say .270 !

7mm-08 you can do anything with it. Just by switching bullets. From yotes to elk it will do it all for you.

And FYI for the OP, 7mm-08 uses the same case as the .243, but you have a better BC bullet, and way more bullet options. 

[MHWASH]

If you do not already own a .22 center fire get one! Forget a dual purpose rifle for now. The .22s are so much more fun to shoot than the .243 you will not believe it. In my case when I first got my 22-250 it turned me into a dedicated predator hunter. Since I could only use the 22-250 for coyotes, I wanted to get out there more just to use my new gun.

[starbailey]

One more for 243.

[DRobnsn]

Another vote for 243.

[Fishhuntmike]

I vote for a 22-250 since youll have to get that AR some day and the 308 is a perfect deer round.

Ive shot coyotes with 17 ackley hornet, 17 rem, 22lr, 221 fireball, 223, 22-250, 7-08, 30-06, 300 win, bow, muzzleloader, and shotgun. 

I like how the 22-250 smokes them with no recoil and boy does the fur fly!  More fun with the 22-250 in my opinion.

[jasnt]

So 243 sounds like the general consensus, what factory round for saving coyote pelts?

With the 58gr vmax I have not had one exit. Chest shots. Even at 40 yards no exit and tiny hole going in. All dogs hit with that bullet was a bang flop.

[demontang]

I have a 243 and its good for yotes but I want a 25cal 

[whackmaster]

243 awesome round 

[deltaops]

If you have not decided yet, I would go for the .243

If you have, what did you choose?

[Mike450r]

Go get yourself the latest edition of the Nosler reloading manual and read the testimonials and check out the data on all of the calibers.  That is how I tend to choose my next caliber.