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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Hammer performance on coyotes
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<blockquote data-quote="Naymola" data-source="post: 2408911" data-attributes="member: 3843"><p>Back to the photo of the Chrono and loaded round, it is a 20-250, a necked down 22-250 to a 20 caliber.....</p><p></p><p>This is a dedicated Calling rifle for predators. Seldom will it get shot more than once at a time unless multiple coyotes make themselves available, the throat never gets overheated. If I were to use it on prairie dogs with constant shooting, that barrel would be toast real quick. If a guy was to shoot enough successive rounds to get the lands hot enough (BTU's) too were they are becoming somewhat "soft" and continually running bullets over those hot lands, that equates to big time erosion.</p><p></p><p>I've killed well over a 1000 coyotes with this barrel and still has plenty of life left. I do measure wear prior to re loading, to set up OCL</p><p></p><p>I originally was ill advised to use a 1:12 twist barrel. It would not stabilize 40 grain NBT bullets, and therefore changed it to a 1:11. </p><p></p><p>Bullet selection at 4200-4300 fps narrowed it down to the Ballistic Tips. I firmly believe the solid base design keeps them from "splashing". I tried all the varmint bullets, custom bullets, and all of them would splash (explode on the surface and not penetrate). The other problem is the bullets spinning apart upon existing the barrel.</p><p></p><p>So here we are with the perfect solution, cnc solid copper machined bullets, life is good!</p><p></p><p>Are these 31 grain bullets ideal for coyotes? </p><p></p><p>When the day comes to re barrel, I'd build the gun around the Hammer Hunter 39 grain bullets with a faster 9.5 twist. </p><p></p><p>I have two dedicated calling rifles, one is always backing up the other, 22-243 Middlestead. It's been shot a lot, plenty of life left in it too. Again, shoot once and done. </p><p></p><p>Barrel burner you say! I'm betting on a least 2000 rounds for my two rifles before replacing the barrels. Even if I got only 1000 rounds before the throat was burned out, that's a lot of dead coyotes. Like Bean said, it'll last a lifetime (for most folks)</p><p></p><p>I was pleasantly surprised to find the 31 grain Hammers and the 40 grain Ballistic tip's didn't require any scope adjustment between the two of them for a 200 yard zero.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Naymola, post: 2408911, member: 3843"] Back to the photo of the Chrono and loaded round, it is a 20-250, a necked down 22-250 to a 20 caliber..... This is a dedicated Calling rifle for predators. Seldom will it get shot more than once at a time unless multiple coyotes make themselves available, the throat never gets overheated. If I were to use it on prairie dogs with constant shooting, that barrel would be toast real quick. If a guy was to shoot enough successive rounds to get the lands hot enough (BTU's) too were they are becoming somewhat "soft" and continually running bullets over those hot lands, that equates to big time erosion. I've killed well over a 1000 coyotes with this barrel and still has plenty of life left. I do measure wear prior to re loading, to set up OCL I originally was ill advised to use a 1:12 twist barrel. It would not stabilize 40 grain NBT bullets, and therefore changed it to a 1:11. Bullet selection at 4200-4300 fps narrowed it down to the Ballistic Tips. I firmly believe the solid base design keeps them from "splashing". I tried all the varmint bullets, custom bullets, and all of them would splash (explode on the surface and not penetrate). The other problem is the bullets spinning apart upon existing the barrel. So here we are with the perfect solution, cnc solid copper machined bullets, life is good! Are these 31 grain bullets ideal for coyotes? When the day comes to re barrel, I'd build the gun around the Hammer Hunter 39 grain bullets with a faster 9.5 twist. I have two dedicated calling rifles, one is always backing up the other, 22-243 Middlestead. It's been shot a lot, plenty of life left in it too. Again, shoot once and done. Barrel burner you say! I'm betting on a least 2000 rounds for my two rifles before replacing the barrels. Even if I got only 1000 rounds before the throat was burned out, that's a lot of dead coyotes. Like Bean said, it'll last a lifetime (for most folks) I was pleasantly surprised to find the 31 grain Hammers and the 40 grain Ballistic tip's didn't require any scope adjustment between the two of them for a 200 yard zero. [/QUOTE]
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