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Ive heard good and bad things about Calhoon zinc bullets. I was hot to get a 19 Calhoon, just because. Then I talked with a couple folks that have had them and been around them alot. Seems that zinc coating gets in the rifling and is next to impossible to get out.
One guy had worked on a few that just quit shooting. I guess the guys thought they had just shot the bbl out. Kind of unlikely with such a low powder charge. Come to find out, it was just badly fouled. Looks clean when you run a patch thru but no solvent will touch it. He said it took 30 hours with some sort of electronic cleaning rod ( I had never heard of it ), taking the rod out and cleaning it every 8 hrs or so.
Like I said, this is second hand info, but came from one of the most reliable sources in all things gun on the net. Possibly anywhere. Im not going to mention his name, but most know and respect him.
As for the coyote shot, that is a good shot. Im going to play devils advocate a little though. You admitted to never shooting that rifle that far. What if you had blown a jaw off or hit a leg or gut shot? Were you prepared to go track him down and finish what you started? Or were you just going to high five each other and be proud you drew blood? Just curoius. Pretty irresponsible in my book to take shots you dont think you can make and take a chance of leaving a wounded animal out there.
JMHO.
Andy
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