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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: mitchfiling on January 24, 2013, 07:45:37 PM

Title: favorite predator hunting gun....go!
Post by: mitchfiling on January 24, 2013, 07:45:37 PM: I've only hunted Yotes for about a year now, but have taken two with my Stevens 94 .410 (slug) at 35 and about 50 yards(vitals shot)
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on January 24, 2013, 08:00:09 PM: I use a Howa 1500 Axiom in .243....love it.
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on January 24, 2013, 08:00:50 PM: Wish I could get them in that close. Lately I've been carrying my AR in 20 LBC. (6.5 Grendel necked down to .204).
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Post by: duckmen1 on January 24, 2013, 08:07:32 PM: 270 90 gr hollow point 3250 fps extremely good accuracy at 1/2 inch groups or higher load same bullet at .80 inch groups average at 3500 fps. Either way it destroys coyotes.
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Post by: Kola16 on January 24, 2013, 08:08:42 PM: Remington 760 .30-06 with a 180 grain bullet. Stops em' dead in their tracks at 15 yards :tup: :chuckle:
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Post by: coachcw on January 24, 2013, 08:16:16 PM: Remi 700 stainless fluted .223 with a 3x9 leupod
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Post by: mitchfiling on January 24, 2013, 08:25:15 PM: Quote from: coachcw on January 24, 2013, 08:16:16 PM
Remi 700 stainless fluted .223 with a 3x9 leupod
Couldn't agree with you more, my father used a Remington 700 (.223) in the ranger battalion and told me it could drop any Taliban soldier within 500 yards! :chuckle:
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Post by: huntandjeep on January 24, 2013, 09:38:33 PM: Remington 700 stainless fluted in 22/250 or AR in .223
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Post by: buglebuster on January 24, 2013, 09:48:03 PM: Quote from: DBHAWTHORNE on January 24, 2013, 08:00:09 PM
I use a Howa 1500 Axiom in .243....love it.
:tup: i shoot the same in .223
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Post by: snowshoes22 on January 24, 2013, 10:44:50 PM: Rem model 700 LVSF, 17 Rem, 20gr Z-max. Savage model 12 LRP, 6.5 Creedmoor, 140gr Berger VLD
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Post by: KFhunter on January 24, 2013, 10:47:47 PM: Quote from: DBHAWTHORNE on January 24, 2013, 08:00:09 PM
I use a Howa 1500 Axiom in .243....love it.

Seen that in Big R the other day, looked interesting but the Howa name scared me off.
Maybe I'll look closer next time.
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on January 24, 2013, 10:54:37 PM: Quote from: KFhunter on January 24, 2013, 10:47:47 PM
Quote from: DBHAWTHORNE on January 24, 2013, 08:00:09 PM
I use a Howa 1500 Axiom in .243....love it.

Seen that in Big R the other day, looked interesting but the Howa name scared me off.
Maybe I'll look closer next time.

They used to make the Japanese made Weatherby's. I haven't known anyone to be dissatisfied with the Howa 1500.
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Post by: KFhunter on January 24, 2013, 10:57:21 PM: I didn't know anything about the Howa's other than some entry level bargan priced youth guns I've looked at.
So I seen the Howa sticker and kept walking.

Kind of like the early Savage guns.
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Post by: buglebuster on January 25, 2013, 08:45:21 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on January 24, 2013, 10:57:21 PM
I didn't know anything about the Howa's other than some entry level bargan priced youth guns I've looked at.
So I seen the Howa sticker and kept walking.

Kind of like the early Savage guns.
Far, far from a savage. Even todays savage.
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Post by: KimberRich on January 25, 2013, 09:09:36 AM: I've got a Kimber M84 Varmint model with a 24" Stainless fluted match barrel and 3 lb. trigger in 22-250 topped with a VX-III in 8.5-25.

Just got the scope recently and removed the cheap crappy BSA that I had on the gun. Night and day difference in clarity obviously.

Can not wait to shoot some prairie dogs in Montana in May.
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on January 25, 2013, 10:15:50 AM: Remington 788 in .22-250 with Simmons 4x12 on it for now or Marlin XT-22 in .22 mag with Leupold 1x4.
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Post by: mitchfiling on January 25, 2013, 01:59:30 PM: how much range do you have on that .22 mag?
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on January 25, 2013, 08:01:07 PM: Quote from: mitchfiling on January 25, 2013, 01:59:30 PM
how much range do you have on that .22 mag?

100ish yards with no worries, but prefer 50 to 75 as a max, that's why I have the .22-250.
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Post by: hillbilli on January 26, 2013, 10:26:44 AM: i've always used my .308's.. whichever one I had in hand.. killed one with the Abolt '06 when I had it(7 paces), and one with the mossberg turkey load when I called one in turkey hunting(40 paces). I finally have a match grade .223, so I suppose I'll have to try it...
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Post by: motg9_6 on January 26, 2013, 10:32:54 AM: rem 788 22-250 3x9 leupold vxII 55 grn ballitics tips 26.5 grns varget. shoots amazing
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Post by: KopperBuck on January 26, 2013, 10:59:00 AM: Win Mod 70 in .225. Bout ready to lay my hands on a .222.
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Post by: mitchfiling on January 26, 2013, 07:24:18 PM: Quote from: Blacktail Sniper on January 25, 2013, 08:01:07 PM
Quote from: mitchfiling on January 25, 2013, 01:59:30 PM
how much range do you have on that .22 mag?

100ish yards with no worries, but prefer 50 to 75 as a max, that's why I have the .22-250.
I wanted to try my marlin .22 with 4x32 tasco scope but am worried about wounding the damn thing but not killing it
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Post by: jyerxa on January 26, 2013, 07:48:08 PM: My plinker. A mini-14 :yike:
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Post by: Arnbo on January 27, 2013, 07:41:13 AM: Marlin VRX 17 HMR Harris Bipod ,Bushnell 6x24x50 Limbsaver deresonator
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on January 27, 2013, 08:17:06 AM: Quote from: mitchfiling on January 26, 2013, 07:24:18 PM
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Quote from: mitchfiling on January 25, 2013, 01:59:30 PM
how much range do you have on that .22 mag?

100ish yards with no worries, but prefer 50 to 75 as a max, that's why I have the .22-250.
I wanted to try my marlin .22 with 4x32 tasco scope but am worried about wounding the damn thing but not killing it

Are you talking about a .22 LR or a .22 mag? If just a .22 LR I would keep it at 50-75 yrds max, depending on which shells you are shooting.

Wounding is a possibility with anything you shoot at them with. Right behind the shoulder into the chest and they are done.
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Post by: brush hunter on January 27, 2013, 08:31:56 AM: use to be .300 Mag/w 110gr bullet, but I sold all my guns, DID YOU HEAR THAT OBAMA....I SOLD THEM ALL! :peep:
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Post by: AWS on January 30, 2013, 02:15:32 PM: In closer cover I use a12ga over 5.6x50R Mag. Combo gun with a 1x4 leupold on it. The shotgun handles the close in stuff and the rifle barrel is good for 300+ yrs on coyotes.

Out in more open countru I use a 22--204 or 6mm-204 both on savage actions with 1.5x6x40mm scopes one by Burris and the other an Alpen optics.
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Post by: gottatree on January 30, 2013, 02:21:20 PM: Until recently it was a 22/250 savage 12 lrpv with a 5-22 nightforce scope. :bash: :bash:. Now I will be back to the .220 swift pre 64.
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Post by: ebusa on February 14, 2013, 04:47:29 PM: Quote from: Kola16 on January 24, 2013, 08:08:42 PM
Remington 760 .30-06 with a 180 grain bullet. Stops em' dead in their tracks at 15 yards :tup: :chuckle:

x 2 !! Got this big male yote with my 760 Gamemaster 30-06 during deer season last year. He was chasing a doe and fawn.

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Post by: bosshogg112 on February 14, 2013, 04:55:32 PM: Quote from: mitchfiling on January 26, 2013, 07:24:18 PM
Quote from: Blacktail Sniper on January 25, 2013, 08:01:07 PM
Quote from: mitchfiling on January 25, 2013, 01:59:30 PM
how much range do you have on that .22 mag?

100ish yards with no worries, but prefer 50 to 75 as a max, that's why I have the .22-250.
I wanted to try my marlin .22 with 4x32 tasco scope but am worried about wounding the damn thing but not killing it

i almost always use my marlin model 60 (.22)when hunting yotes, and have yet to have one leave woonded. i use the CCI Velocimax when doing this. those things turn their insides to goo...
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Post by: mitchfiling on February 14, 2013, 11:25:35 PM: Thanks for the tip! I have 700 hollow point .22 rounds stocked up :)
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Post by: madmack76 on February 15, 2013, 12:50:28 AM: just picked up a ruger American in .243, I am in love with this gun pulled it out of the box threw a scope on it bore sighted it, first three rounds about a quarter size group, 2 inches high and 1 inch to the left, adjusted and fired 6 more rounds was in the same grouping just dead on at 100 yards, cheapest rifle I have ever bought its my new farm gun love it, looking forward to killing some yotes and deer in the upcoming season.
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Post by: jyerxa on February 15, 2013, 08:06:11 AM: I use the Rugar Ranch Rifle. (AKA Mini 14) I just like wood and Iron sites. I wish I could shoot it like my 22 I had as a kid. Rats. ;)
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Post by: wence5 on February 16, 2013, 08:38:45 PM: I'll buck the tiger and go with my Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag and #4 buck shot.
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Post by: MadHatter on February 16, 2013, 08:53:56 PM: I love my custom .25-06 built around a Mauser 98 action... Its like coyote dynamite...