2 of 2 kills @ 50 yards with a .22 magnum pistol is pretty darn good shooting!
Anyway, good info. I don’t recall how much energy delivered the 22 Magnum carbine would have (will have to look up again), and wound volume is limited, but with that scope on it, it might be just the thing for coyotes, as they tend to be at longer range (80-100 yards) and if one runs off and dies a few minutes later, no owner is going to accost me later.
No gun shop near me has .22 Mag ammo in stock - so that works against one of my major “preferences”, however.
Our local shop got in a bunch of Hornady ammo and i bought several boxes, normally I shoot CCI. I’m not recommending a 22 mag for hog hunting but in this case I don’t care if they go down or not, in fact I’d just as soon they run off and die so I don’t have to haul them off.
Back in the 70’s when the price of hides were good I made a lot of supplemental income from coyotes, bob cat’s and fox. My old Marlin 22 mag paid for itself several times over. A few years ago I got a 17 WSM and it’s taken quite a few yotes and several pig’s. With that little round you need to head shoot the hog’s. That would have been the perfect round back in the 70’s, very little pelt damage.