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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: Special T on November 05, 2009, 05:10:00 PM

Title: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Special T on November 05, 2009, 05:10:00 PM: I'd really like an AR for killing yotes but way out of my budget... Does anyone hunt with single shot break opens like Newengland firearms, TC's ect for yotes? I met one guy that did and he loved it... I hunt in the Basin area ( S moses lake) for song dawgs, and my 06 isn't quite cutting it, and can't find anymore Accelerator rounds to try out!
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Special T on November 05, 2009, 05:14:15 PM: Kinda a Varmint rifle on a budget... 300-400 yd shot max the guy i talked to had a NEF ultra varmint fluted with a barska scope... he said he stackem up but wanted to know what you all think?
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 05, 2009, 05:15:44 PM: i used a new england hadi rifle in 243 for my first deer and many yotes. i am way to loving of my ar's to ever switch back for yotes and bobs often times have more than one come in or mess up on my first shot and all you can do is :ACRY: with a single shot more than one shot with a single you are wastin money not my ideal choice. :twocents:
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: jdb on November 05, 2009, 05:16:55 PM: I shoot a t/c encore for all predators and have never regreted it my son shoots a nef .243/22hornet and same story the shoot just fine and the single shot thing has never been a problem
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Buckmark on November 05, 2009, 05:18:04 PM: Yup, just the one i was going to suggest, Ultra Varmit Fluted. i would get it .243 and pop for the best scope i could sqeeze out of myself..
I think the single shot makes you a better shot in you will try and make it count and not rely on filling the air with lead.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 05, 2009, 05:19:35 PM: buckmark not lead all copper :P :P :P :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: you can be a great shot with a single shot but try getting 2 3 4 yotes to line up for one shot :chuckle:
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: stumprat on November 05, 2009, 05:21:35 PM: Whatever is in your price range will work great :twocents:
If the .06 isn't cutting it, pick up an Inexpensive Handi Rifle. I had one that shot great.
Single shots sure beat sitting at home.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: rasbo on November 05, 2009, 05:23:22 PM: one shot is great why not...
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Buckmark on November 05, 2009, 05:27:33 PM: Quote from: carpsniperg2 on November 05, 2009, 05:19:35 PM
buckmark not lead all copper :P :P :P :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: you can be a great shot with a single shot but try getting 2 3 4 yotes to line up for one shot :chuckle:
Sorry, yes copper. I did not mean anything malicious. I shoot more ground squirrels than yotes these days so the single is fun (but i will admit getting one on the run and following behind it and spraying dirt like in the old fighter pilot movies is fun) :brew:
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Swiftkid on November 05, 2009, 05:46:23 PM: My buddy shoots a 243 ruger no1, the gun has cost him 2 bucks since he's been huntin, not sure how long that has been but atleast 10 years i assume. Last year he shot at a buck 500yds plus and before he could get another shot off it was way out of range. This year he told me he's missed the biggest buck in his life that wasn't dead or on a wall 30+"s. he's not one to exagerate so i know he wasn't BS'n he claimed it would be top 3 in washington. He shot at it once missed and it was raining he tried to put another bullet in but it slipped out of his hands cuz of the rain. He's been pissed for 2 weeks now
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: washingtonmuley on November 05, 2009, 05:49:02 PM: I have a t/c encore with a heavy .223 barrel that I hunt dogs with and flat out love it.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: jdb on November 05, 2009, 05:52:56 PM: anyone who shoots at a deer at over 500 yards with a .243 should have to sit down and right an essay on how irrisponsible it is to shoot a game at extended ranges with a .243 :twocents:
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: markts on November 05, 2009, 05:55:49 PM: Quote from: adnahoundsman on November 05, 2009, 05:21:35 PM
Whatever is in your price range will work great :twocents:
If the .06 isn't cutting it, pick up an Inexpensive Handi Rifle. I had one that shot great.
Single shots sure beat sitting at home.
What did you do with it :chuckle: :chuckle: Mark
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: stumprat on November 05, 2009, 06:21:09 PM: :chuckle: ;)
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: demontang on November 05, 2009, 06:36:11 PM: nothing wrong with a single but if u look around howa weatherby an savage bolt guns arnt much more.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Gringo31 on November 05, 2009, 07:20:40 PM: I'd buy a single shot in a second if it meant I was waiting to afford something else and not being able to hunt. Call a few dogs in with archery equipment or a shotgun, and a 22mag will seem like a dream. Nothing wrong with a single shot, when calling, very few follow up shots are necessary.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: jjhunter on November 05, 2009, 08:03:29 PM: I know they are expensive, but I shoot a Cooper single shot bolt action rifle in .204. I keep rounds in my shirt pocket and have gotten doubles with it. I have also killed yotes' way out there on the second shot. I don't view the single shot part as a handi-cap at all.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Machias on November 05, 2009, 08:25:34 PM: I shoot a .223 NEF single shot with a synthetic stock and have taken more then a few doubles with it.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: satchel3006 on November 05, 2009, 09:08:50 PM: theres nothing wrong with shooting a single shot for predators(or anything else for that matter) i went from a .30-06 to a H&R ultra varmint (not the fluted one though) it worked just fine
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: CoryTDF on November 05, 2009, 09:17:52 PM: :hunter:---------miss-------- :bash: :(

OR

:mgun:---------miss--- :mgun:-------kill------ :)

Seems pretty easy to me!
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: wastickslinger on November 05, 2009, 10:52:02 PM: Quote from: Swiftkid on November 05, 2009, 05:46:23 PM
My buddy shoots a 243 ruger no1, the gun has cost him 2 bucks since he's been huntin, not sure how long that has been but atleast 10 years i assume. Last year he shot at a buck 500yds plus and before he could get another shot off it was way out of range. This year he told me he's missed the biggest buck in his life that wasn't dead or on a wall 30+"s. he's not one to exagerate so i know he wasn't BS'n he claimed it would be top 3 in washington. He shot at it once missed and it was raining he tried to put another bullet in but it slipped out of his hands cuz of the rain. He's been pissed for 2 weeks now

That gun did not cost him those two bucks!!! Yer friend needs to leard how to shoot that there gun.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: rasbo on November 06, 2009, 04:44:05 AM: One shot! One Kill ! Love that
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Special T on November 06, 2009, 07:07:52 AM: I also forgot to mention I am left handed.. L hand bolt guns are harder to come by and tend to be more $$$. I've tried shooting a Rh bolt but can't do it very quick. :bash: My rem 700 06 cost about 200 bucks more than if it was a RH gun.. :bash: For those of you in the getting close thread do you think a shotgun across the lap and a single shot would do the trick? Or do you think i should just man up and shoot :bfg: I have? the diff in drop between a 22-250 and a 06 at 300yd is 5" and 400 is 10" Accelerator rounds have about the same ballistics as a 22-250... can you reload a accelerator? if so some info?
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: Straight Shooter on November 06, 2009, 07:23:29 AM: Starting at about age 5, I learned to shoot/hunt with a single-shot .22. I really feel that a single-shot teaches you a lot more because you have to discipline yourself to make that first shot count. Took numerous doubles of jackrabbits/grouse with a $75.00 NEF 12 gauge. I have many more guns of all action types, but that old NEF is still one of my favorites. Discipline... Discipline... Discipline.

I have a few NEF and H&R single-shots in .223, .243, .25-06, .30-30, and .45-70... all great shooters.
Title: Re: What do you think about single shot rifles for Yotes, Bobs, Ect.
Post by: dontgetcrabs on November 06, 2009, 07:25:50 AM: Quote from: Machias on November 05, 2009, 08:25:34 PM
I shoot a .223 NEF single shot with a synthetic stock and have taken more then a few doubles with it.

That's what my nephew and cousin shoot. Very accurate and compact. I really enjoy shooting them.