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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Best bullet for coyotes outta my .243?
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<blockquote data-quote="elmerkeithclone" data-source="post: 1414128" data-attributes="member: 104345"><p>I am still shooting 58 grain VMax bullets at about 3800 fps. I am zeroed about an inch and a half high at 100 and that zero will swing a softball that I have tied to a rope out to 300 by shooting right at it. I loaded about 500 of these 3 three years ago so I probably won't run out anytime soon. I am at my office right now so don't have my manual with me but the powder that I use is IMR 4320 and I'm thinking it was 44.5 grains...real close to whatever is listed as max on Hodgdon's website. The gun is a beat to heck Remington 783. It wears a Leupold 3x9x50 scope and the whole thing scope and all was painted flat white back when the 783 first came out. I paid $275 for the rifle new and got a $75 rebate. The perfect candidate for a behind the seat knockaround truck gun. However after I developed the above load and it was shooting 1/2 inch groups it became my go to gun. James Wayne FireArms in Texas sells Howa 1500s on gunbroker. They recently had the Howa with the Hogue stock listed with a buy now price of $329 so I bought one. It is sitting in the gun safe waiting to be zeroed in. Last night my wife went to an old lady's church social so I made the 5 mile trip to Brownells fancy new store just to look. There an the shelf was a brand new "Winchester model 70 Coyote" When I read the numbers on the barrel and it said 243 I felt my heart skip a beat....it skipped another beat at the $1000 dollar price tag. In the winter between coyote hunts I cut and sell firewood to stay in shape and give me some fun money. I have a couple of my best customers that wait until they get their tax refunds to pay me. If that rifle is still there when the money comes home then I'm going to own it if not then it wasn't meant to be. I am going to try the 87 VMaxes in the Howa soon just to see how they do out to around 400 yards.</p><p></p><p>I have owned a lot of guns in my life but can't remember ever paying a grand for a gun however I went to bed with that Winchester on my brain. I'm a simple man and these days most of my guns have been passed on to my son, son-in-laws(and there are 3 of them) and my 7 grandsons. Heck I am so simple that I shot 40 pheasants last fall with a H&R single shot shotgun. I have an over and under and a couple of nice pump guns but that single shot carries so easy and I have a very good bird dog. Neither the dog or the pheasants seem to notice that I am using a 100 and 25 dollar gun. Pheasant hunting is leisure time where I take coyote hunting very serious. I may just be talking myself into that fancy Winchester.......I'll let you know!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elmerkeithclone, post: 1414128, member: 104345"] I am still shooting 58 grain VMax bullets at about 3800 fps. I am zeroed about an inch and a half high at 100 and that zero will swing a softball that I have tied to a rope out to 300 by shooting right at it. I loaded about 500 of these 3 three years ago so I probably won't run out anytime soon. I am at my office right now so don't have my manual with me but the powder that I use is IMR 4320 and I'm thinking it was 44.5 grains...real close to whatever is listed as max on Hodgdon's website. The gun is a beat to heck Remington 783. It wears a Leupold 3x9x50 scope and the whole thing scope and all was painted flat white back when the 783 first came out. I paid $275 for the rifle new and got a $75 rebate. The perfect candidate for a behind the seat knockaround truck gun. However after I developed the above load and it was shooting 1/2 inch groups it became my go to gun. James Wayne FireArms in Texas sells Howa 1500s on gunbroker. They recently had the Howa with the Hogue stock listed with a buy now price of $329 so I bought one. It is sitting in the gun safe waiting to be zeroed in. Last night my wife went to an old lady's church social so I made the 5 mile trip to Brownells fancy new store just to look. There an the shelf was a brand new "Winchester model 70 Coyote" When I read the numbers on the barrel and it said 243 I felt my heart skip a beat....it skipped another beat at the $1000 dollar price tag. In the winter between coyote hunts I cut and sell firewood to stay in shape and give me some fun money. I have a couple of my best customers that wait until they get their tax refunds to pay me. If that rifle is still there when the money comes home then I'm going to own it if not then it wasn't meant to be. I am going to try the 87 VMaxes in the Howa soon just to see how they do out to around 400 yards. I have owned a lot of guns in my life but can't remember ever paying a grand for a gun however I went to bed with that Winchester on my brain. I'm a simple man and these days most of my guns have been passed on to my son, son-in-laws(and there are 3 of them) and my 7 grandsons. Heck I am so simple that I shot 40 pheasants last fall with a H&R single shot shotgun. I have an over and under and a couple of nice pump guns but that single shot carries so easy and I have a very good bird dog. Neither the dog or the pheasants seem to notice that I am using a 100 and 25 dollar gun. Pheasant hunting is leisure time where I take coyote hunting very serious. I may just be talking myself into that fancy Winchester.......I'll let you know! [/QUOTE]
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