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Looking to put together an (semi-custom) ultimate calling rifle for coyotes during the off season. Predominately to be used in the sage country of E. Washington. Here are some of the mandatory parameters.
- Remington action
- Sporter weight barrel
- Caliber good to 300+ yards, prefer light recoil to observe impact. (17fb, 221fb, 204 ruger, 223 rem, or others,) No wildcats please
- Camo finish, could be dipped or a custom stock with coated metal.
- optics, prefer leupold or nikon
Would appreciate some input to get the project started.
Thanks, Nelson
Well, you could do as I did and buy a Remington Model 7 Predator chambered in .17 fireball.
It fills the remington action, light recoil to observe impact and camo requests. You might get 300 yards out of it with reloads or more( I am not going to shoot any coyotes that far anyway so that part is less important and I have a .243 if the need arises.
And Nikon just came out with a 4.5 x 14 power scope called interestingly enough the coyote special that is available in mossy oak brush camo to match the gun. They also have matching rings.
There are an infinite number of possibilities but this probably gets you darn close right off the shelf.