243 for coyotes?

[dennis]

my friend would like to use his 243 for coyotes and would like some advice on how to get out to 500 yards with it. could anyone help him?

[Triggernosis]

What do you mean "get out to 500 yards with it"? With a 100 gr. bullet, just lay down and shoot it!

[mopwi]

would it be better to drop to a 55 grain bullet?

[roninflag]

i have killed over 250 coyotes most of them with a .243 85 grain bthp.. the farthest 492 yards with a 70 balistic tip. to consistently hit coyotes at 500 yards your rifle must be very accurate. 5 inches or less at 500. if you have shot targets at 500 yards you will learn. i would say you must have a good range finder. put a krieger barrel on a remington action get a leup 6.5-20 or 8 to 25.

[mopwi]

ok, what I'm trying to do is be cheap. I have a rem .243 laying around since my daughter stopped gun hunting. So far I put a bi-pod on it, 4.5-14x leup. the farthest shot is 485 yrds. We have yotes all over the ridges, but haven't killed any this year yet. thye are preying on the turkey population. I have one on camera catching a hen in an open field. Just bought a foxpro and are now looking to go to work.

[britz]

I'm not an expert, but I will help you as much as I can.
The first thing is to practice shooting at range!
What model? seven, 710, 700, 7400?
Remington uses a 1 in 9 1/8 twist (you should check this out by marking a cleaning rod and measureing how many inches it takes for the rod to make one full revolution). The reason I say this is because, generally speaking, you want to have the heaviest bullet that you can stableize for your longest shots - less wind resistence and more power. In order to stableize bullets over 100 grains in a 243 you should have a 9 twist or an 8 twist. Pobably getting too technical and your gun should will work very well with the 75 - 95 grain bullets at range. Make sure the barrel is free floated ( you can do this yourself) and if possible have the chamber bedded (@$80). Have the trigger set as low as you feel comfortable with (700 only)(@ $40). Use the best glass you can afford and practice.

[dennis]

does he need a reticle scope?