Limited to my 7mm Mag

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MI Varmint Buster

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Good afternoon,

I recently sold my Win Coyote .223 to pay off my remaining debt. I am left with a 22mag then the next caliber is my 7mm Rem Mag. I understand it is serious overkill for song dogs, but the 22mag just does not have the range I need. I know there are TNT HP out there in the 100-120 grain, and Hornady makes a 120 V-Max. Barnes Makes a 100 grain solid.(I am worried this might have some residual pass through hazords). What should I shoot? (I am not worried about pelt damage). And am I the only one that uses the 7mag for this? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
I think you are going to spend the money from the .223 sale on rounds for the 7MM, dude. If you're not worried about pelt damage (I assume you're not selling them) then shoot whatever round is the most accurate through your 7MM - regardless of weight or type. Heck, if I didn't want to keep the pelts I'd shoot my .338 Win Mag just so I could see a nice, fat cloud of red mist when my bullets punch through those varmints!
If it were me (and I know, it's not me) I would be shooting the 22 Mag instead of the 7MM . . . most of your kills should be inside 100 yards and the 22 Mag will bust 'em down from that distance easily enough. Good luck and God bless.
~Scott
 
I agree with Troy. Use what ever loads you alreay use in the 7mm for deer and the like. Those heavier constructed bullets for big game will probably cause less fur dammage anyway.

songdogslayer , I have used my 338 win mag for coyotes. This one was shot at about 40 ft using 200 gr nosler balistic tips.
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Ah, Crapshoot, the man who creates the "red mist" is the happy man! I have 180 grain NBTs for my .338 Win Mag and I am considering using it this wk/end . . . but I want to keep the pelts so I doubt I'll bring it along. Man, you ripped that coyote up REAL good with yours . . . I've seen roadkill that looks more whole than that coyote you shot /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
~Scott
 
Hi, Crapshoot that pic looks almost identical to one I shot last week with the 300 Win Mag 178 gr 300 yds. It was laying on it's back with the front legs crossed over chest when I got to it. Picked it up by the hind legs and it sounded like marbles in jello.
 
You think that one looks bad, you should see the one i shot the same day using my 221 fire ball and 40 gr Barnes HP's.
 
Hey Crapshoot,

That is an incredible exit wound on that yote. I take it he did not run very far LOL. I never thought twice about using my .338. However, I shoot the Barnes 210 XBT out of mine. I think that would blow right through it and leave a .338 hole on either side of it. Anyhow, thanks for all the info. I think I am going to try the light V-Max or TNT. Because I shoot the 140 Barnes XBT right now. I don't need that bullet traveling any further than it has to.
 
I sometimes use a 7 mag and i think it works fine. They don't run far. I usually use a shotgun because here in missouri its better to hunt the brush. When i use the 7 mag i shoot 139 grain Hornady's. its a smaller bullet than core loks and they shoot flatter.
 
Sierra makes a 130 gr HPBT matchking bullet. You could get good velocity. flat trajectory and not have the bullet blowup. I do not recommened matchking bullets for hunting, but if you don't want to distroy the hide they could be used for this application. As for me, I shoot the Sierra 100 gr HP in my 7mag, I don't much worry about what the hide looks like when I'm using the 7 mag. One thing you can do if you want to sell the hide is, prep it for fly tying. You can only use the back, belly, tail and head area, so if you shoot it in the shoulde/rib area you won't waste the prime areas.
 
At the age of fourteen I recived a 7mag in a sako fin bear. I used that gun for years to shoot ground squirrels for years. Now I shoot them with a rem 40x in 300win mag. I would use the 7mag untill you can get a nother gun. Have all the fun you can thats what I say.
 


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