243 bullets for Coyote

[tecumseh]

I'm getting a Savage mod 10 Predator in 243 and wanted to know what bullet weight the 243 shooters are using for yotes? I plan on using 100 gr bullets for deer. I'm not very concerned about pelt damage.

 

[jmad_81]

55gr BT! loaded to close to 4000 fps, it's like a death ray!

 

[.280 Remington]

I use the 70gr BT. Wanted a little heavier boolit. Small holes so far and no pelt damage to speak of.

 

[SJB358]

I'm getting a Savage mod 10 Predator in 243 and wanted to know what bullet weight the 243 shooters are using for yotes? I plan on using 100 gr bullets for deer. I'm not very concerned about pelt damage.

That 95 BT is usually accurate and should swat coyotes pretty hard.. Or you could use the 90 grain AB for both deer and coyotes.. Should be pretty fast..

 

[JD338]

I have used the 70 GR BT in the past.
Today I would load either the 90 GR AB or the 95 GR BT and use it for both deer and coyotes.

JD338

 

[mcseal2]

70gr BT works good on most shot angles. The best I've ever used for yotes only is the 75gr V-max. It is just enough to break one down from any angle and not exit most times on broadside shots. The 100gr Sierra gameking has also worked well for me on both yotes and deer. I'm REALLY hoping for a long range AccuBond in the 6mm to try someday. I haven't yet got the standard 90gr AccuBond tried but the larger ones work well on yotes from my 264WM, 270, and 7 Mag. Overkill but they open fast enough to be effective.

 

[Thebear_78]

If your not worried about pelt damage I would go with your deer load. I have shot many whitetails with the 100gr Sierra game king sbt. I have also killed a few coyotes with that same load. Pelt damage wasn't bad and getting really familiar with one load is never a bad idea.

 

[tecumseh]

I'm going to run a couple boxes of factory ammo through it while breaking in the barrel. I'm going to try Federal premium with a 85 gr triple shock and probably Nosler ammo loaded with ballistic tips.

 

[6mm Remington]

I would just use the load that you have worked up for deer with the 100 gr. bullet weight, especially if you aren't overly concerned about pelt damage. Doing it in this manner has some added benefits. You won't have to sight in for the different bullets you might choose just for a coyote load, and you would get real world practice with your deer and game bullet at different yardages. You will only get better shooting with your hunting load doing it this way. I just use my 100 gr. Partition load in my 6mm Remington and it works great, and I know where it hits at different distances, and how the wind effects it, or how much.

David

 

[Mighty Peace]

I use 95gr BST's in my 243 for wolves and coyotes. I have some 55gr loads but use the 95's.

I would stick to 95gr for everything.

 

[mcseal2]

If you plan to use the rifle for deer and yotes the 1 bullet for everything idea is a very good one. The heavier higher BC bullets will have less wind drift also which can help there. For big game where I usually have more time to shoot and range animals I like a high BC bullet at around 3000fps like a 243 with 100gr bullets can provide.

I'll throw out what has worked best for me on yotes though. I'm not a huge fan of bullets under 65gr because I shoot many yotes running or trotting away from me and need a little more bullet weight to break them down. Also it is often pretty windy where I hunt. I shoot somewhere between 30 and 40 coyotes most years around the ranch. I keep a record of when I kill them, the range, etc on my computer. Last year my average shot was 267yds on 49 yotes. This year I'm at an average range of 240yds on 25 yotes so far. Where I'm going with all this is that a 70 or 75gr bullet can be zeroed to a longer maximum point blank range for longer distances going into these averages. None of the yotes in the averages were shot past 450yds, but many were in the 250-350 range. Where I hunt I seldom have time to range a yote before shooting it so just being able to hold center and shoot, or at least hold on hair helps my hit percentage greatly. My favorite yote gun is my 6mm Rem pushing a 70gr BT at 3824fps with Superformance, but a handy 22" 243 is a close second. A 70 or 75gr BT or V-max at around 3400fps requires less hold adjustment than a 95-100gr bullet at 3000fps out to 450yds. For what it's worth I zero for a maximum rise of 2.8" in the middle of my trajectory and then find out where the bullet drops below 2.8" and I need to start adjusting. Any higher and I overshoot on mid-range shots. Anyway, run the numbers on a ballistics program and see what you think, then see what your gun likes.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Ihave always used the 80 grain Ballistic tip varmit bullet in the .243 for Coyotes. I have killed coyotes out to 400 yards with ths bullet because it is accurate and hits harder than the 55 grain bullets at longer renges.

 

[Guy Miner]

Not a 6mm, but I was surprised at how little pelt damage occurred on the coyote I clobbered with the .257" 115 gr Ballistic Tip. Hit him in the back, out the chest. Relatively little damage, other than a very dead coyote. That was at about 420 yards though. Slowed down some - and those heavier Ballistic Tips are pretty heavy duty bullets.

The 115 Berger I used on coyotes really tore 'em up on exit.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I shoot the 85 grain BT in the .257 Roberts at 3395 fps. I am sure that would be super coyote medicine at that velocity. I have killed many prairie dogs with this bullet.

 

[onesonek]

55gr BT! loaded to close to 4000 fps, it's like a death ray!

No doubt about that, and one of my favorites for PD's as well.

 

[rjm158]

I'm gonna take a slightly different approach. I'm going to load some ammo with 55 or 70 gr BT's and see which one shoots best out of my rifle.

For deer, I want to work up some 90 gr AB loads.......and I plan to get a second 243 or 6mm to use them in. After all this creates a NEEDED extra rifle................

Ron