Looking for a good coyote rifle in 243 Win

I'm from Mcpherson, and it seems like the coytes are scarice this year are you having good luck out west?
 
I had good luck in October but once bird season and deer season started it slacked off quite a bit. I hunt a lot of public hunting ground around Dodge City so competition is heavy. I went out Sunday and didn't manage any responses. Now that it is really getting cold I look for things to pick up a bit. I usually get most of my coyotes in February and Early March. I usually call at least one day every weekend from now until the end of March but I go back to Stafford and Barton counties and call the sandhills... and I plan to do at least one day in the Coldwater area. Pelts are very good this season. I've yet to drop a mange... which is unusual for SW Kansas.
 
Tikka T3 and don't look back! And no, I don't own one . My .243 is an older 700 ADL but my 2 huntin' buddys each just bought one. Shootin' machines. They've just barely started working up loads and their getting well under MOA. In fact one friend is loading the 70 grain Nosler Balistic tips and shot a couple of groups that were just under 3/8". Out of a sporter weight gun, I'll take that anyday!
 
I now own two tikkas and I am a accuracy nut and the tikkas 22-250 varmint and 243 hunter in wood they are my dream come true! Just sold my Winchester coyote lite 22-250 and bought the tikka 250 and dont regret it. I dont want a savage because I dont wont a dual stage trigger! I want a crisp light trigger with no creep! The tikkas have that!
I dont want a rifle that has a bolt that feels like pushing a square brick through a round hole like my win. and my last ruger target model had! The tikka action is butter smooth!
I also like a free floating barrel! The tikka has it! I also want a rifle that will shoot under half moa with hand loading! Both my tikkas will! Now take a Rifle put a good trigger on it install a premier barrel on it then float it and you have a shooter! The tikkas already have all that!

 
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I now own two tikkas and I am a accuracy nut and the tikkas 22-250 varmint and 243 hunter in wood they are my dream come true! Just sold my Winchester coyote lite 22-250 and bought the tikka 250 and dont regret it. I dont want a savage because I dont wont a dual stage trigger! I want a crisp light trigger with no creep! The tikkas have that!
I dont want a rifle that has a bolt that feels like pushing a square brick through a round hole like my win. and my last ruger target model had! The tikka action is butter smooth!
I also like a free floating barrel! The tikka has it! I also want a rifle that will shoot under half moa with hand loading! Both my tikkas will! Now take a Rifle put a good trigger on it install a premier barrel on it then float it and you have a shooter! The tikkas already have all that!
'WOW'!



 
If you are going to use it primarily for calling and want quick response for a backup shot, you might consider a Browning BLR. They are pretty expensive anymore, but I have had one for years. They are fast and very accurate. I once killed six coyotes at one stand with mine using a couple extra mags (which aren't cheap either). For close-in calling I loaded Hornady 70 gr sx down to 2300 fps and hammered coyotes without much damage with a quarter-sized exit.
 
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If you are going to use it primarily for calling and want quick response for a backup shot, you might consider a Browning BLR.



That's a great recommendation. I just got back from the gunshop where I handled a BLR. I shouldered perfectly and it almost followed me home. I even liked the open sights on it, too.
 
BLR's have a a reputation for being scary accurate as well. I recently traded for a BLR in .358 Winchester, and the more I handle it and shoulder it, I am convinced that it will go deer hunting with me next year.

Find one of those dudes in a .243 and it would be a coyotes nightmare.
 

More than half of the 12-14guys I hunt coyotes with up here
in ontario shoot the BLR in .243. It seems to be the gun
of choice, we hunt behind the hounds. The BLR is quick to the shoulder and seems to be really accurate and it gives
that all important fast second, third or forth shot for
yotes on the run. Which is about 90% of the shot opportunities. They have a clip which adds to the fire power. It is quick to load and unload, especially when you are in and out of the trucks all day long. I dont have one yet but I will for sure for next winter, they are a little hard on the wallet. But for all of the above I don't think they can be beat.
 
I real like the accu-trigger on my Savage. I believe most rifle are very good so it depends on how much you want to spend.
 
I purchased a Savage in .243 and was so pleased with the groups it shot that I purchased one of the left hand models for my son and his is a tack driver too.
 
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