I have used everything you could imagine to shoot coyotes and have hunted and called/trapped for over 35 years here in Southern Idaho. I reload and found the absolutely ideal gun to shoot coyotes with and very accurate cheap to shoot and very fast. I use a 17 Remington center-fire and it is the best varmit gun I have every used or owned. I have used my 220 swift, 223, 22-250, 5mm mag, 270, 243, 6mm, and the 17 center fire is the best for not blowing a hole and saving hides. I have never lost a coyote yet with it and have shot 100's of coyotes with this gun. Most of the time you can't even see where the bullet entered the hide other then when you move the coyote around some blood might trickle out of the pencil lead size hole. The damage to inside of the coyote is awesome and explains why they are dead when hit by this stick of dynamite. I can't say enough about it. DEADLY!!!!!! 204 is every bit as good a gun.