10/22 hunting

[James Bosley]

do you think that i will be able to go hunting for coyotes with a 10/22???

[rasbo]

SURE long as they arent to far out,I pop them in the head with my 22 mag

[@RCHER]

I hunted varmints with 22 long rifle a bunch of times when I was young and never had good luck with killing power - other than a few head shots.

I don't recommend it unless it's the 10/22 Mag. I love using my 22 Hornet for small game, but it's about as small as I feel comfortable using to make sure I get a good amount of energy and cavitation in there. Coyotes are a little big for the 22 long rifle.

If you do use a LR for song dogs, then here's what I suggest...
1) Close range only - inside of 50 yards
2) Use CCI Stinger ammo
3) Be ready for successive, accurate followup shots (goal being a quick kill)

[dirty.dan4]

I have killed many of coyote with my 10/22.  I treat them like terrorists, 2 to the dome

[rasbo]

I hunted varmints with 22 long rifle a bunch of times when I was young and never had good luck with killing power - other than a few head shots.

I don't recommend it unless it's the 10/22 Mag. I love using my 22 Hornet for small game, but it's about as small as I feel comfortable using to make sure I get a good amount of energy and cavitation in there. Coyotes are a little big for the 22 long rifle.

If you do use a LR for song dogs, then here's what I suggest...
1) Close range only - inside of 50 yards
2) Use CCI Stinger ammo
3) Be ready for successive, accurate followup shots (goal being a quick kill)

Ruger makes a 10-22mag?

[@RCHER]

Yeah, well they did till a few years ago. Can be tough to find.
http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/l/aast1022magnum.htm

If you've ever seen the Verminators vids, Rick Paillet uses one quite a bit. I think it's my next rifle project.
http://www.verminatorpredatorcalls.com/