coosbaycreep
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I was looking at midwayusa earlier, and seen that they have .30cal bullets in 100-110 grains. I plan on going to eastern Oregon a little later this year and shooting rabbits and hopefully coyotes, and was wondering if these little bullets will work good for that purpose in a .30-06?
I've got a little over 500 rounds of .223 ammo leftover from selling my AR, and was thinking about just buying a cheap bolt action in that caliber, but all of that ammo is FMJ (not sure if fmj is good enough for coyotes in that small of caliber), and I already have a .30-06, and wouldn't have much use for the .223 once I got back from east.OR.
I plan on taking a .22 mag for sure, as that caliber works awesome on jack rabbits. I'll also be taking a mark II for bicycle shooting. I've never even got to take a shot at a coyote before, but I'd really like too, and I don't know if .22mag is adequate for most of the ranges that I've ever seen them at.
So will 110gr bullets in -06 do the trick? Should I consider just getting a .223 instead? Would the .22mag be just fine for what I'm doing? (Especially since I might not even get a shot at one).
I don't have dies in -06 yet either BTW, and I still haven't got a brass trimmer. I do have dies and bullets in .308 and .223 though. I also considered a .308 with light bullets for varmints, but I'd have to find brass for it, and my PTR screws the brass up too bad to reload them most likely. Besides 500+ rounds of .223, I also have a little over 100 good brass in that caliber. I'm not sure how much -06 brass I have, but it's mostly greek M2, and I don't know if there's any tricks to reloading milsurp brass.
I've got a little over 500 rounds of .223 ammo leftover from selling my AR, and was thinking about just buying a cheap bolt action in that caliber, but all of that ammo is FMJ (not sure if fmj is good enough for coyotes in that small of caliber), and I already have a .30-06, and wouldn't have much use for the .223 once I got back from east.OR.
I plan on taking a .22 mag for sure, as that caliber works awesome on jack rabbits. I'll also be taking a mark II for bicycle shooting. I've never even got to take a shot at a coyote before, but I'd really like too, and I don't know if .22mag is adequate for most of the ranges that I've ever seen them at.
So will 110gr bullets in -06 do the trick? Should I consider just getting a .223 instead? Would the .22mag be just fine for what I'm doing? (Especially since I might not even get a shot at one).
I don't have dies in -06 yet either BTW, and I still haven't got a brass trimmer. I do have dies and bullets in .308 and .223 though. I also considered a .308 with light bullets for varmints, but I'd have to find brass for it, and my PTR screws the brass up too bad to reload them most likely. Besides 500+ rounds of .223, I also have a little over 100 good brass in that caliber. I'm not sure how much -06 brass I have, but it's mostly greek M2, and I don't know if there's any tricks to reloading milsurp brass.