308 for coyotes. What ammunition ?

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musky01

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Good morning I have a 700 in 308 and really like the rifle. I would like to use it for coyotes any suggestions on what ammo to use. I dont reload.

Thanks Bob
 
Pretty much anything you shoot out of a .308 is going to kill a coyote. If you have a basic deer load that shoots accurately in your rifle, just use that. Or just buy some inexpensive 150 grain soft-points and have at it!
 
A while back I was going to do the same just to do it. I had settled on the 110gr Varmagedon's. In the end, I didn't do it because I didn't feel like switching scopes again.
 
I've used 110 v-max, 110 varmagedon, and some 168gr gold medal match like someone said above, almost anything out of that rifle is going to destroy them. A spicy 110gr varmint bullet makes a real mess. You can shoot them bad and it will still nearly cut them in half.
 
musky01 said:
Good morning I have a 700 in 308 and really like the rifle. I would like to use it for coyotes any suggestions on what ammo to use. I dont reload.

Thanks Bob
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Don't Handload . use TAP Hornady 110 vmax, it was a good factory 308 Varm. load .. also, Federal has factory 110 vmax .308 ammo .
to mimic the TAP 110 factory with Handload use 110-Vmax's . . 43.7 Reloader 10X .. it's a comfortable 3150 Vel. . 22" 5r out my rifle.
you dont want to handload but, 125 grn. Speer TNT's work real well also .
Light bullets work great. They will start dropping off good on your downrange holdovers after 300 yrd. but still friggin accurate and energy for dropping them on the spot.
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What he said. What does your rifle like? Mine shoots best with 168gr CoreLokts, so that’s what I feed them. I’m not worried about fur, I just want them to die.
 
The only other consideration would be a lower chance of ricochet with the light varmint bullets in that caliber vs something in the 150-168 class. FWIW I don't think I've ever had the 110 Vmax NOT shoot well in anything I tried it in. Very easy bullet to load.
 
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The only other consideration would be a lower chance of ricochet with the light varmint bullets in that caliber vs something in the 150-168 class. FWIW I don't think I've ever had the 110 Vmax NOT shoot well in anything I tried it in. Very easy bullet to load.
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Hey man, you peaked my curiosity and I started doing some research and ordered a couple boxes of the Nosler Varmageddon 110gr bullets. Expensive jokers, but can’t wait to see how they shoot.
 
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Hey man, you peaked my curiosity and I started doing some research and ordered a couple boxes of the Nosler Varmageddon 110gr bullets. Expensive jokers, but can’t wait to see how they shoot.
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I guess I'm just lucky; I have two extremely finicky .308's. A savage scout that will only shoot MOA w/125 gr. NBT's and a BAR that only shoots 110 VG's. You'll like the VG's, Mark. It is the only bullet I've been able to get MOA or real close out my BAR and it's the hammer of Thor on coyotes. Heck you don't even have to skin 'em w/the 110's, they are delivered sin pelo w/that load.
 
if you're going to use your deer rifle, use what you shoot for deer. its really great practice for deer season.
i use to hunt groundhogs with my 30-06, i figured if can hit one of them, i can hit a deer.
 
musky01 said:
Good morning I have a 700 in 308 and really like the rifle. I would like to use it for coyotes any suggestions on what ammo to use. I dont reload.

Thanks Bob
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Anything. You are talking 110-180gr bullet, its killing a coyote no matter what its is. So whatever the gun shoots well, probably the bullet for whatever you bought the rifle for (deer?).
 
Thought I’d post up about the 110gr bullets. I’d ordered a couple of boxes of Nosler Varmageddon’s to try out. Got the scope hitting where I wanted and all I needed was a target.
First target happened to be a hog. 100yd shot in the neck area and it dropped on the spot. Yeah, anything would drop a hog with that shot, but there was a bullet sized hole for the entry and no exit.
Next target came in the form of a coyote last night. All I could see was its head so I aimed where the neck area should be and touched the trigger.
Again, probably any caliber and round would’ve dropped it, but this was different for me due to no blood…anywhere. I had to hang that joker upside down to find the hole (.308 bullet size) and no exit. Gonna be honest, if I’d been using the CoreLokts I normally use at 165gr, it would have been close to a decapitation.
I’m currently in search of target number three and hope to take a shoulder or behind the shoulder shot to see the outcome. So far I’m liking these bullets. Now this may be in my head, but I swear these rounds are quieter and have less recoil than the CoreLokts.
 
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So far I’m liking these bullets. Now this may be in my head, but I swear these rounds are quieter and have less recoil than the CoreLokts.
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faster powder, lighter bullet weight , 'not all in your head' ,110's definitely are So Smooth on the recoil pulse popping out the 308 . It like night and day between the 175smks with reloader15 . and the 110's and reloader 10x .
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This one here was a .308 nosler ab while deer hunting. The other side didnt look quite so pretty.
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musky01 said:
Good morning I have a 700 in 308 and really like the rifle. I would like to use it for coyotes any suggestions on what ammo to use. I dont reload.

Thanks Bob
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I agree any bullet you wanna sling through a 308 is going to do the job that’s like shooting white tail with 338 it’s not gonna be friendly at all
 
I started out pretty much the same way though with model 700 270 until I got into competition hunting and weight might be the difference between first and second place so went to 22hornet bullets are to hard to find 223 then 22-250 and it stuck now I will take another leap and see what the 22 Arc will do
 
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