Dale a 9 twist 243 is anything but a slow twist, they come from the factory in 9.25, and no bolt head swap and factory ammo should be easy to get, and don't listen any rumors that I may or may not have exceeded recommended load data, as a pillar of they savage community I have to set an example and follow all reloading guidelines and maximum chamber pressures,
Dean
WOW what a bunch of horse manure that was.LOL
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
Well Dean you know what I need as far as a varmint gun goes so when you get barrels just let know and we'll decide on a caliber. I'm checking into 22-250 reloading stuff now.
.243
6mm Rem
.250 Savage
.257 Roberts
.25-06
.257 Wby
.264 Winchester! All my favorite calibers for coyotes.
I use a 257 Roberts for nostalgia sake it was my grandfathers Winchester model 70
With a .270 in hand and wanting to stay with factory ammo, much of our fun with gratuitous suggestions is stolen!
The .270 will work fine for coyotes unless the recoil and noise with the more frequent shooting makes ears and shoulders sore.
The .243 is not bad.
Assuming you shoot 130 grain bullets in the .270, an excellent choice would be 60 - 70 grain bullets in the .223 with similar action and same make and model scope. Sight both rifles into the same point of impact at 300 yards and you will have the same sight pictures out to at least that far. (for more see http://shootersnotes.com/articles/paired-rifles/)
I thought about just sticking with the 270 for coyote hunting but I love a project and having multiple calibers on one frame is exciting. I wanted the 22-250 bad but availability of factory ammo has me a little leery but I'm trying to find a used reloading press now because I also have 300 savage model 99 takedown that is also tough finding ammo for so if I start reloading I can buy dies and then it opens up all kind of possibilities. Right now for the 110 build it's probably down to either 22-250 or 243....I've had a couple .223 mini 14's and wasn't to impressed with those. I was thinking 204 ruger but nobody seems to prefer that caliber for coyotes so I'll listen to the ones that do a ton more shooting than I get to.
Get a barrel chambered in 243AI and shoot some 70-90 grain...wont be sorry...ammo is readily available and you get fire formed brass to boot...factory 243 is still very accurate too...Originally Posted by dale1386
25 / 06.
Just pokin fun your way, Dean. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings :)
Originally Posted by keeki
Guess it doesn't really matter. If ya cant afford $15, you won't be buying much anyways
Somebody's gonna have to get a shovel.
It just got real deep in here...
'Scuse me while I whip this out...!
What are you trying to say, some forum members may not be buying my wheelbarrow full of malarkey.LOL
Spanky
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
Corectamudo
Dean
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks