270 for coyotes

[californiahunter93]

Does anybody use a 270 but me i take a lot of long shots and don't like tracking the extra knock down and big holes don't bother me. I am also wanting to know what loads you use?

[manofthe45]

I have used a 30/06 for yotes.  With a premium bullet it left small holes going in and only slightly bigger holes coming out.  All yotes hit in the vitals pretty much dropped on the spot.  Excellant practice for game animals.  Be wary of the one gun man.

[Siskiyou]

Frankly I believe that for long range shooting the 130 bullets hold up better then the 110 grain bullets in the .270 Win.  A near maximum charge of H4831 pushing a C-L at 3000 f.p.s. does a lot of damage to coyotes and other critters.  The same goes for a number of other brand name 130-grain bullets.  I have shot woodchucks, digger squirrels, jackrabbits, and coyotes with them. 

I still hang on to a boxes of 110 grain Sierra bullets for light recoil rounds for grand kids.

[californiahunter93]

What distances are you shooting at?

[manofthe45]

Just an idea I was at wally world last night and was looking at the remington managed recoil rounds for my 06 for the brother and thought maybebe for yotes too.  lighter rounds than norm in cal.

[onecoyote]

Californiahunter9, I've killed alot of coyotes with a 270 back when I hunted in Mexico. The rifle I took down there was what I called a junk gun, ( just in case they took it ) an old heavy barreled mod 70 Win not worth alot of money, but did it ever do the job. By the way, I had gun permits and a Mexican hunting lic, I was legal.

The 270 knocked the heck out of the coyotes, I was hunting on competition hunts at the time and was taking no prisoners, just bringing back a proff of kill to prove I did it.
If I remember right I used 130 gr bullets, never had a runner in the years I used that 270. Most of my predator hunting was done with a 22-250 a 220 swift or a 243, but that 270  was a great caliber if you don't care about pelts.
Another thing, when the action heats up, you'll never notice the recole.

[Siskiyou]

A few shots out to 300 yards, but most where I50 to 200 yards. 

At that range there is not a big different between the 110 gr. Bullet and the 130 grain bullet except under windy conditions.  I liked using the 130-grain bullet because it created consistency across the board when it came to hunting. 

Consistency went out the window for coyote hunting because I went from being a one-rifle hunter.  I intentionally went with the .243 Winchester because it can be used for deer and varmints.  But I have loaded nothing but 80-grain bullets in it for years for varmint hunting. 

The advantages of the lighter weight bullets in the .243 and .270 are they cost less, take less powder, and offer lighter recoil.  A couple other advantages are the bullets break up more on the target and present less of a risked beyond the target, and the report is not as loud. 

The last coyote I collected deer hunting was a skinny one about a year old.  It did not present much of a target, but it fell within the point of aim for the .270 and it was history.

The big miss came in March when I was out for a ride and spotted a nice coyote at around two hundred yards.  I like to hunt them that time of year and early summer because they are hammering the deer herd.  It was moving and that day I had a 30-30 carbine with a 4x scope.  My three shots caused it to put on a little speed and because of the wet soil and snow I could not tell where I was hitting.  I am sure I was shooting low.  It would have been point blank shooting for the .270.

[californiahunter93]

My 270 is what i use on deer and pigs too. I have smaller caliber barrels for the encore but like to use the 270 and some times the 30-06.