220 Swift has been my "go to" gun for coyotes for the past 30+ years. Currently shooting a Remington 700 VSSF topped with a Leupold 6.5-20 50mm with the Leupold Dot reticle. On these coyotes I used the Barnes 36 gr Varmint Grenades at over 4400 fps and love the performance of this bullet. I shoot a lot of different bullets, weights and velocities depending on the conditions/varmints I am hunting. If you reload your own shells, the Swift is darn hard to beat!
220 Swift has been my "go to" gun for coyotes for the past 30+ years. Currently shooting a Remington 700 VSSF topped with a Leupold 6.5-20 50mm with the Leupold Dot reticle. On these coyotes I used the Barnes 36 gr Varmint Grenades at over 4400 fps and love the performance of this bullet. I shoot a lot of different bullets, weights and velocities depending on the conditions/varmints I am hunting. If you reload your own shells, the Swift is darn hard to beat!
I'm rather fond of my Hoyt(s) for varmit hunting.....
But.....if the requirement is cover open range with distance, I lean hard on my .270 Weatherby Magnum - Winchester Model 70 chambered in .270 Weatherby Magnum. Glassed, floated and tuned with a Leopold VII 3x9 spitting 100 grain softpoints at a speed of 3790 FPS. Dead on at 200 yards with a 15 inch drop at 400 yards = no brainer shooting....if I'm dialed in that day.
The beauty of this gun is simple....100 grains to 180 grains.....I can cover the entire North American continent with this one rifle...flatly! A quick scope adjustment and bullet change out = coyotes - elk on the same hunt with the same gun! Range work between bullet weights - I can dial in my scope for 100 grain pills and quickly adjust to shoot 150 grain pills with a couple of clicks. SIMPLE - EASY - ULTRA FAST\FLAT and DEADLY! Expensive to shoot but....it's cheaper than shooting 2 rifles, one for varmits and the other for big game.
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