Your idea of the perfect coyote rifle



One that is light as feather.
One that you can never drop.
One that no body can steal.
One that kills with one shot.
One that never miss feeds.
One that my scope doesn't fog.
One that never leaves it's ammo home.

Until; I find that One, my 220 swift will have to do.
 
Originally Posted By: willy1947

One that is light as feather.
One that you can never drop.
One that no body can steal.
One that kills with one shot.
One that never miss feeds.
One that my scope doesn't fog.
One that never leaves it's ammo home.

Until; I find that One, my 220 swift will have to do.


Good one, Willy! Us Swift lovers is special people aint we?

Got my first one (pre-production Ruger M77V) in 1975. Never killed a coyote but sure have sent a few prairie dogs to pasture heaven with it. My first varmint rifle and the last one I would ever sell.
 
I've gotta agree with the above posts. A Swift is mighty hard to beat. Mine is a Savage VLP with a 12 twist Criterion barrel with a really sweet modified accu-trigger. It is a bit on the heavy side but sure does shoot very well.
 
mine is my kimber hunter 243 with a leupold vari x iii 1.5-5. It's super fast handing and easy to carry. I shot a doe with it up in wyoming last winder at about 100 yards as it was taking off through thick junipers and i felt the lower power scope was a benefit.
 
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Not perfect, but my all time favorite so far, .17 Predator. Model Seven, Neil Jones worked 28 oz. factory trigger, #4 Lilja 9T which spent most it's life at 24" but got chopped to 22" when threaded, McM Rem Classic and nowadays sports a TBAC Ultra 7. Use 30 Gold's, used to be ~4100 fps, now ~4000. In the neighborhood of 600 coyote killed with it to date.

When it was brand new, very first morning afield with it:

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And a few more recent days afield...

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I have put considerable time and money into trying to find something I like better, but haven't found anything so far.

- DAA
 
Thanks, that makes two of us
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That is an old school Leupold 4.5-14x40. I have a few of them on rifles with that same stock, barrel profile and trigger pull. The others are full size 700's though, they don't quite handle as crisp as the Model Seven does with mostly all the same stuff hung off it.

- DAA
 
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