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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Building an AR-15 for Coyote - 24" barrel?
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<blockquote data-quote="sscoyote" data-source="post: 820851" data-attributes="member: 1133"><p>Sounds like you're deep into it with that AR. Sure are fun ain't they? I went a bit different route than most of the guys here for a predator hunting AR. I wanted as much downrange performance as i could get out of it so had mine chambered in 223AI, with a 9-twist 26" Hart[shoulda' been an 8-T though]. I also scrounged up a couple of the old DPMS VLD magazines they used to make so i could shoot 75 A-Maxes efficiently in the magazine. Worked great. My best load gave me .75 MOA accuracy at 2940ish fps. I also tried the 65 JLK Low Drag with fantastic long-range accuracy, but have moved away from that bullet for hunting and now use the 65 Sierra GK for most of my AR hunting these days, as i feel it gives me the best ALL-AROUND performance at both short and long-range out of a 22 cal. AR.</p><p></p><p>IMO the longest practical range for shooting/killing predators efficiently is 500-600 yds. with a 22 caliber AR. That's the best i've been able to accomplish anyways with any degree of consistency/accuracy in the field on basically a 6" live target.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s157.photobucket.com/user/sscoyote1/media/HPIM0120_120_030.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/sscoyote1/HPIM0120_120_030.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sscoyote, post: 820851, member: 1133"] Sounds like you're deep into it with that AR. Sure are fun ain't they? I went a bit different route than most of the guys here for a predator hunting AR. I wanted as much downrange performance as i could get out of it so had mine chambered in 223AI, with a 9-twist 26" Hart[shoulda' been an 8-T though]. I also scrounged up a couple of the old DPMS VLD magazines they used to make so i could shoot 75 A-Maxes efficiently in the magazine. Worked great. My best load gave me .75 MOA accuracy at 2940ish fps. I also tried the 65 JLK Low Drag with fantastic long-range accuracy, but have moved away from that bullet for hunting and now use the 65 Sierra GK for most of my AR hunting these days, as i feel it gives me the best ALL-AROUND performance at both short and long-range out of a 22 cal. AR. IMO the longest practical range for shooting/killing predators efficiently is 500-600 yds. with a 22 caliber AR. That's the best i've been able to accomplish anyways with any degree of consistency/accuracy in the field on basically a 6" live target. [URL=http://s157.photobucket.com/user/sscoyote1/media/HPIM0120_120_030.jpg.html][IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/sscoyote1/HPIM0120_120_030.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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