unluckiest coyote

[pistolchamp]

I was out with a friend this morning, popping a few crows with my Ruger #1 in 218 Bee. We shot 4 crows and they caught on to our game and left.

As we were driving out my buddy told me to stop the truck he saw a coyote. Okay I stopped and couldn't see that darn dog, he said look farther out... holy cow that coyote is in the next county.

Using his whiz-bang lazer rangerfinder we determined him to be 414 yards away. You gotta be kidding, I've shot lots of stuff at 300 yards with this rifle, but, 400 is way past its ability. He told me to take a shot and he would spot it for me.

Having NO idea what to do or where to hold I added about 2 feet of Kentucky holdover and kinda/sorta casually let one fly. Jim yells "you got him"... I swear it can't be and assume the dog just ducked and got away.

We walk out there and the darn coyote was dead as a wedge... no kidding. A solid hit right about where the heart should be and no exit wound.

I use a 46 grain Calhoun zinc plated double hollow point over 17.0 grains of AA-1680 for about 2,950 at the muzzle. I would never believe this shot if I hadn't done it myself... the unluckiest coyote on the planet... and I've got a witness.