New rifle 223wssm

[stackenem]

Need some help. I'mm thinking about a new varmint rifle. I need some input. I'm thinking either a 223 wssm or a 204 or should i just use my 243 and keep resighting it in. Riight now the 243 is sighted in for 200yds with 100 gr. and my varmint loads are 55gr and shoot very high at that range. What do you think? thanks Stack

I think this going to be the new toy. Found a Winchester for $375. Still have to check it out closer but I think this is the caliber I'm going to get.

[beesobrien]

if you got a .243 and yer shooting at 200 yds with 100 grn i think your right where you need to be. I wouldn't change a thing.....anything within 200 should be as good as dead

[stackenem]

Isn't a 100 g a little big if you want to save the fur??

[Win Mag]

Your 243 is a good vermin cal. I have taken yotes out past 400 yds with mine.
Giving the chance though i would pick up a 223 wssm a new gun is always good in my book

[beesobrien]

>:(Win Mag is right i wish i could go get me a .223 wssm, but I use a .243 for yotes mostly........dont shoot a 100 grain lead but it doesnt rip things up too bad. (Nothing that cant be sewed up!

I also have a NEF Handi-Rifle in .223 rem. and the 55ers really sting them. I generally use this when I'm foxin around

[levergun]

A NEF would be great. Get it and send it in for extra barrels. Than you can have all the different calibers dirt cheap.

[tomtalker]

Stackenem! Sounds like you are using those 100 gr bullets for Deer then switching back. Deer season only being a week or two out of the year I wouldn't sweat resiting. Heck it's range time that puts you knowing your rifle. However the new gun idea is a good one too
I don't usually shoot anything heavier than 85's in my .243's and more often anymore it's 58 and 65 grain VMax's. The 58's do some devestating damage on chucks. I shoot 58's in my Remington and the 65's in my NEF. The 65's are the lightest bullet I could get seated out far enough in the NEF to shoot with any accuracy. (it still aint a Remington by quite a shake)
I'd let the budget decide on the new gun/tt

[beesobrien]

i got the .375, .45 and the 22-250 barrels to go with the .223 barrel in NEF. DISCLAIMER- the .357 mag barrel is rough on yote fur! bad experience! lol

[stackenem]

I'm partial to the bolt actions. Never really spent much time with the single shots. But you don't get many follow up shots on yotes anyway. I might look into the NEF.

[beesobrien]

you cant beat the price for NEF's Rifles

[joeypii]

A new rifle is a wonderful thing, but your .243 is adequate as set up. personally I either use an AR. I also use a 223 over a 12 gauge in a Savage 24F.

[midrivers]

What is a coyote pelt fetching these days? We see a few now and then deer hunting, but never really considered going after them specifically. Don't you need quite a bit of ground to up your chances? I hunt in N. Missouri a good deal, there a quite a few around, I hear big packs of them at night, but we look for them during daylight and they are always split up. WE may see a single or a pair on occassion, but nothing in any numbers. Are landowners more open to letting you coyote hunt than other types of game?

[stackenem]

We have alot of state owned land around here and we are allowed to night hunt. So we have some pretty good yote shooting.

[midrivers]

I posted this in campfire, thought you all could clue me in as to what this story means to ya'll

I watched a pack of 7 coyotes work off an opposite ridge from me one morning. They moved off up the hoolow and souded like they were fighting when they bedded down. I really kind of forgot about them until I hit my bleat call later that morning, two came in straight downwind. Pinpointed that sound within 20 yards from a distance of over 200 yards Iwould think. They are really neat animals. Glad I was in the tree when they came looking for food though! I guess they are eating some little deer in our area!

[stackenem]

Means at least two on strechers for me.