Re: 222 Remington for Coyotes
[Re: andrews1958]
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10/20/20 06:03 AM
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illinideer
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I use an old rem mod 722 for night hunting. 50gn vmax handload with h322 or imr4198. J
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Re: 222 Remington for Coyotes
[Re: andrews1958]
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10/20/20 04:43 PM
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GROUSEWIT
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Shot a lot or deer with one in 243. Had 18.5" bbl.Very handy and light. Should b great for yotes in .222. What length bbl?
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Re: 222 Remington for Coyotes
[Re: GROUSEWIT]
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andrews1958
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Shot a lot or deer with one in 243. Had 18.5" bbl.Very handy and light. Should b great for yotes in .222. What length bbl? 18.5"
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Re: 222 Remington for Coyotes
[Re: andrews1958]
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10/20/20 08:17 PM
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Shot a .222 for years. Very accurate rifle but for coyotes, it was a 300 yards gun at best. 250 yards is really its effective limits. Most older ones had a slow twist barrel. Regulated to 50 grain bullets and lighter. Mine shot incredible groups with 50 and under no matter what brand. Tried 60 grain partitions once and groups were minute of elephant at 100 yards.
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Re: 222 Remington for Coyotes
[Re: bucksnbears]
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10/21/20 04:25 PM
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Mine shot incredible groups with 50 and under no matter what brand. Tried 60 grain partitions once and groups were minute of elephant at 100 yards.
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Re: 222 Remington for Coyotes
[Re: andrews1958]
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10/21/20 06:33 PM
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I've been shooting a .222 Rem for over 40 years. I switched out to a .220 Swift for a couple of years; went back to the .222. As several have said 50 or 55 grain spire points were always golden with 19.5 grains of 4198. I used to buy factory seconds at the Speer plant in Lewiston, Idaho for next to nothing; I think the 50-grain were a penny apiece. With lots of shooting, 300 yards was good; 350 was mostly luck. Shot many coyotes, a few foxes, some wolverines, and wolves. Switched over to the .25-06 for wolves. Within 150 yards (I'm not a long shooter any more) it's still my gun of choice for white-tails and black bears because of it's accuracy. Eyeball shots are pretty lethal. Although ammo is relatively cheap, .223, in my opinion, simply isn't as inherently accurate. I've never seen one, I don't care what make and model, that would compete with a run-of-the-mill .222 Rem. (That ought to get some hackles up; I'll start the popcorn).
Jack
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Re: 222 Remington for Coyotes
[Re: andrews1958]
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10/21/20 09:34 PM
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I also belong to the .222 Remington fan club for whatever reason I shot mostly 52 or 53 gr HPBT match Sierra bullets in front of some IMR 3031 powder that caused many a coyote fox and deer and antelope to ride back to town with me ha ha
It's a great caliber in my way of thinking I never tried stretching it's legs out much past 200 yards though. Allan
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