NDR - .22 Hornet for Coyotes

Those are pretty nice guns. The trigger pull may be pretty heavy for target work and the price is more of a collectors price in my mind. I think you could get one of those "Handy Rifles" from H&R or New England Firearms. I like old Savage guns though.
 
You might take a look at the .17HMR small light round with good ballistics, more to a shorter range gun on yotes though.
 
You'll be under gunned, get a 223 I've racked up many western dogs with a 223. All the Government Controls guys shoot 22-250 or swifts. Learn there language and don't use the old dying rabbit. My fav is the 22-250 Ackley.

As they come in shoot the furthest one first since that one has no balls and keep calling. If you get a few in shoot the first one behind the ribs, as he's dying he'll give the death cry and they just can't help themselves to come in giving you another chance to shoot another.
 
Rocky,
cool rifle. I bet it would give some coyote a headache. I think lee is right. The price seems high. I do not think that is one of the "Classic" 4x or 6x Weaver scopes. I don't think you should add much value for it being on the gun. Look in the optics section of the web page to see what they bring used.
I like the idea of the break action single shot. Safe and handy. Reloads with the Hornady A-Max or the Nosler Balistic tip would be very cool in that gun, and could be seated out closer to the rifling due to no magazine length restriction. Check with the Hodgden web site for load info.
 
Hi Rocky,

I agree with them on this one, first clue of the guns value is that it's been up for bid for several days with NO BIDS at $295. That telss you the buyers think the gun is over-priced same as Lee does.

I've had 'em all over the years, .218 Bee's, Kilborn .22 Hornets and even a Winchester Model 70 Super Grade in .22 Hornet. It's a fun cartridge, but IMO it really lacks the knock-down power needed to anchor Coyotes at anything over 50 yards.

My old friend Rick Ketcham had a Ruger 77 in Hornet for years, but after teh last two years of our hunting in Montana he gave up on teh Hornet cartridge and took my advise and bought a T/C Encore in .223. This year he took it to Montana and never lost anything he shot at including many Coyotes at over 200 yards. He is now sold on that little .223.

I have one the NEw England Firearms "Partner" rifle in .223 with a Bushnell Banner 6-18X50mm that has AO & Fast Focus rings and it is a real tack driver. I really like it on those Montana prairie dogs. I have yet to lose a Yotey and it did well on badger this year. I sight mine dead on at 200 yards and at 300 it's still a dead Coyote.

The recoil is so mild with the .223 you don't have to spend an arm and a leg on a Leupold, etc. Just about any sccope with halfway decent optics will do. A 3-9X50 would be fine for all around use. I paid $150 for my .223 on auction arms w/o a scope.

I have the Savage Model 93 heavy barrel bolt action with 5 shot clip in .17 HMR and I love it for prairie dogs out to 150 yards and it will kill coyotes with corectly placed shots at under 100 yards, but IMO it is not a good choice for succesfull Yote hunting. Too light a bullet and it is not much good in the wind for anything out there a ways.

But, I wuill have to admit that my all-time favorite Coyote gartridge for teh past 40 years has been (and probably always will be) the Remington .22-250. This old ".22 Varminter" as it was called when new as a "Wildcat" round made by necking down the old .250 Savage cartridge . It has excellent ballistics with very little drop. Sighted in at 200 years, it is right there at 300 and with just a little hold-over it's still outstanding at 400 years and further. With it's mild recoil and all day long capability of shooting one-hole groups at 100 yards, it is my all-time choice for varmint shooting. Over the years I have taken 12 deer and 2 bear with it and they were all one shot (neck shot) kills.

I've never met a gun-man who did'nt like the .22-250 and you can get it in the New England Partner!

Dave
 
Can't argue with that.Dave's got it going on,right here,right now.First gun I'd buy for varmits would be a 22-250,then 223,then 6mm/284.I already have a 17HMR Ruger,then.........
 
Rocky, if you reload, the .223 will be your best bet. You can load them down to Hornet velocitys or max them out for bear...like Dave does.
 
A rimfire is not coyote medicine. As stated you will never see a Government Control Trapper calling with a rimfire.

Here's a nice read, Vern E Dorn out of WY was one of the best coyote men ever hands down. Between Vern and Bill Auston they made coyote calling what it is today. All these johnny come lately callers on these DVD don't have a clue about calling and one should use caution on what they say in them.

If this link doesn't come out go to google and do a search for Vern Dorn. Look at the google books link.

www.books.google.com/books?id=dadgNmY5x0sC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=vern+dorn&source=web&ots=c8oixSMzdF&sig=aGVleIZOS-UmPtDAQEhfIs5DRLY#PPA18,M1
 
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