pdavitt
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Wheeler. It's cantilever, one piece mount .
800yd Coyote/ varmint rifle
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pdavitt
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When reviewing some of the comments to this post, I realized that I had left out some critical environmental information.
The altitude will be 4,000 to 6,000 feet above msl. Very low humidity [10 to 25] %. With the load I'm using, the numbers at 800yds are 1842fps and 791 ft-lbs of energy.
Pat
The altitude will be 4,000 to 6,000 feet above msl. Very low humidity [10 to 25] %. With the load I'm using, the numbers at 800yds are 1842fps and 791 ft-lbs of energy.
Pat
Good to see you're into coyotes, how many do you generally take a year? Can't wait for you to take, out your first dog @ 800.
I used to beat on the yotes pretty hard, my calling partner and I would take 35-50 a winter. Farthest I took one was a skosh over 600, he sat up and bitched and barked at me. I set my 600 yard dot on top of his head and he tipped right over.
My general goal was to take out 90% of the dogs that I shot at to 300 yds or less. For me they're a pretty small target and much past 300 they get darn tough to put on the turf.
I used to beat on the yotes pretty hard, my calling partner and I would take 35-50 a winter. Farthest I took one was a skosh over 600, he sat up and bitched and barked at me. I set my 600 yard dot on top of his head and he tipped right over.
My general goal was to take out 90% of the dogs that I shot at to 300 yds or less. For me they're a pretty small target and much past 300 they get darn tough to put on the turf.
Hmm...I think I have my data set for 4500', and the 800 yd speed is 1586. Wonder where we're off? I was using 59 degree's
pdavitt
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That's why I wanted a simi-auto and put a large MuzzleBrake on it. My hypothesis is that, with training, I can get off 3 shots in less than a second, with one moa corrections for wind or target movement.
Some may think that's crazy, but it's going to be fun to try.
Pat
pdavitt
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Temperature was 89 degrees when tbe calculations were made. If you were referring to latitude, it's about 30.5 N.
Pat
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800 yard yotes, I would go with 6/6.5 creed in a AR-10. 18 or 20 inch barrel
Just to be sure I'm tracking, your plan is a volley each time you shoot?
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pdavitt
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No. Am only talking about questionable shots at extremely long range or extreme environmental conditions. Using a rapid fire volley increases the probability of a hit.
Remember, we are talking about varmints, not game animals. I would never use this technique against a game animal.
Pat
I've been wanting a 6 or 6.5mm AR of some flavor for coyotes and wolves.
Thought about an AR10 but the increase in the weight and bulk turned me off.
A long pack in with a 10 doesn't seem like a fun day.
264WM
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Why not plug in a 264WM 85gr HP at 3827fps which is what I get with my Shilen 30" barrel. Could go faster just haven't tried as that is the old book load.
FireFlyFishing
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Fascinating. 800 yard 3 round bursts.
As I mentioned before…get better at calling and you can make chip shots on the yotes on the reg. Shooting them at extreme distances will usually yield a miss…which means you now have an educated dog that won’t come to calls.
