.17rem and coyotes

[jmarriott]

I had a rem 700 in 17 rem. I got it used and loved the first five or six shots out of it and then it went from .5 moa to 2.5 moa and keep shooting like that untill i cleaned the crap out of it.

I think the round is fine for Indiana Coyotes as you will get no exit hole and don't have to worry about it bounching of rocks in the field. Most of my shots are under 222 yards and i don't see the need to use a 22-250 if i am not shooting from the truck (ILLEGAL IN INDIANA). if a Fox comes along you might get a big hole in the exit side if under 50 yards. The wind can whip the little pills about quite a bit also.

I would still have mine if I could have gotten more than five shots without a major barrel cleaning. Traded it for a 700 in rem 222 and use it still. I could (I would not) not clean that barrel for 4 years and it would still group sub moa.