.22LR enough for coyotes?
02-18-2003, 06:21 PM
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: rochester mn USA
Posts: 182
RE: .22LR enough for coyotes?
im with emular on this oe trade it in and buy a NEF hadi-rifle its a break action .223 and its only $215. but if your intent on useing a .22lr buy some cci veolocitors (they have 30% more enery than a normal .22lr bullet) and aim for the head
02-27-2003, 11:07 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gypsum KS USA
Posts: 1,289
RE: .22LR enough for coyotes?
If your Ruger is like most, it shoots straight, and fast.
I' ve taken several coyotes with different .22lrs, and have had good success, that is, not one has ran away, I shoot them under the ear (where the skull is thinnest) or through the heart with a quartering away shot when I can enter the body through the " floating" ribs. I' d never shoot one over 50yrds away, and more often than not I double tap them just in case...which isn' t for everyone, I can bump fire my marlins, 10rnds in under 3 sec, or 17rnds in under 5, I can hit the same can three times before it falls off the fence. WHen Iknow I have a good shot, I don' t do that, but when they are good sized and I' m trying to go through the ribcage, it' s easier to let one bullet lead the other in.
I' ve taken several coyotes with different .22lrs, and have had good success, that is, not one has ran away, I shoot them under the ear (where the skull is thinnest) or through the heart with a quartering away shot when I can enter the body through the " floating" ribs. I' d never shoot one over 50yrds away, and more often than not I double tap them just in case...which isn' t for everyone, I can bump fire my marlins, 10rnds in under 3 sec, or 17rnds in under 5, I can hit the same can three times before it falls off the fence. WHen Iknow I have a good shot, I don' t do that, but when they are good sized and I' m trying to go through the ribcage, it' s easier to let one bullet lead the other in.
03-04-2003, 07:33 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: warwick ND USA
Posts: 1,082
RE: .22LR enough for coyotes?
i have taken yotes with a 22LR but i didnt have any other gun with me and it was only a 10 to 15 yrd shot. took him down good. but i agree. i am going to try and buy a 223 for them. i most of the time use the smallest load for 30-06.
