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Coyote Caliber Dialing Long Distance

....If you have a hard time finding a new action try going to the pawn shops to see if you can find a rifle there that has the action you want to use that isn't badly abused because a lot of people will buy a rifle intending to start hunting then need money for something else ...

That's pretty decent advice, my 6-284 is built on a used 700 action. Just gotta remember that it'll take a little extra cash to have it cleaned up and trued but good deals are still out there.



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A few years back a friend of mine brought a rifle over because he bought it at a pawn shop for two hundred dollars as the trigger didn't work . It was a P.O.Ackley rifle custom made and had little use just had a broken screw in the trigger there are good deals out there if you take the time to look . The guy that had it built only used it to hunt elk when it broke he kept it but was too old to hunt elk and when he passed his kid didn't know what he had and pawned it instead of getting it fixed and the pawn shop owner obviously didn't either .
Yes another place to look for sure, it's a bit harder for me being in the North country, but maybe worth the trip to go to a few and give them my name and #.
 
Outlaw 6.0 , I had my 6.5x284 built by Hazer at Bison barrels between Gillette and Spotted Horse .
 
Outlaw 6.0 , I had my 6.5x284 built by Hazer at Bison barrels between Gillette and Spotted Horse .
Don't recall where Spotted Horse is?.
Mainly traveled between Gillette and Buffalo when I was in that area.
Lot's of Antelope
 
Hey Dogz, I'm not hunting them as of now, wanting to build a rifle too.
I've hunted them in the past, I just like shooting long distance, which I thing holds an advantage when hunting coyotes.
totally understand, calling yotes/bears/cats is the juice for me!

Back when I was working them hard my goal was to get 90% of the ones that were sub 300 yards. The one's I shot at further I was ok on out to 500 give or take. They're a darn small target for this fella as poor a shot that I am.

My furthest was 634 on a big old male that decided that was as close as he wanted to get to me. So the bugger just sat there and barked at me:), until I center punched him with a 95 NBT out of my 24/06.

Please give serious consideration to the big 6's, and 6.5's.

If you've skinned many yotes you'll know that the kill target is about the size of your fist.

Just a thing or three to consider.
 
Yes Sir
totally understand, calling yotes/bears/cats is the juice for me!

Back when I was working them hard my goal was to get 90% of the ones that were sub 300 yards. The one's I shot at further I was ok on out to 500 give or take. They're a darn small target for this fella as poor a shot that I am.

My furthest was 634 on a big old male that decided that was as close as he wanted to get to me. So the bugger just sat there and barked at me:), until I center punched him with a 95 NBT out of my 24/06.

Please give serious consideration to the big 6's, and 6.5's.

If you've skinned many yotes you'll know that the kill target is about the size of your fist.

Just a thing or three to consider.
most of all of my hit's are the same, lol
But seriously I've been doing head shots on all of my deer and big game, you don't have to track them.
 
Bison Barrels was north of Gillete on US highway 14-16 . Spotted horse only has 2 residents now and is unincorporated Bison Barrels is closed now I think . Hazer's father-in-law owned it he was a retired airline pilot and once told me that Hazer needed to learn how to tell people no sometimes .
 
Bison Barrels was north of Gillete on US highway 14-16 . Spotted horse only has 2 residents now and is unincorporated Bison Barrels is closed now I think . Hazer's father-in-law owned it he was a retired airline pilot and once told me that Hazer needed to learn how to tell people no sometimes .
One of the biggest issues in Business
We made water beds back in the late 70's early 80's and my brother ran the sales end, we supplied most of Colorado, and he couldn't tell people no as well as told them he'd have beds for him in a week, when we were back ordered over a month.
Spotted Horse sounds like my kind of town, is it for sale, lol
 
My 20" 6 Creed just stacked three 105 Hornadys right on top of three 87 Vmax… the whole group was under 3/4".

87s (@ 3200+) for most shots out to 400-500, further than that, it's the 105s (@ 3k) until I run out of turret.
 
Redfoot Ranch , do you fire your brass a couple of times before you set the shoulders back a couple of thousands . Or do you just neck size from start to finish of the brass life expectancy or full length size which I really doubt as you are looking to wring the best accuracy from your loading . Are you running Savage or Remage actions or do you take them in to do barrel changes ?

I don't set the shoulder back until I begin to see the headspace on 80% or so of the cases in that batch becoming uniform in length or when a fired case feels tight closing the bolt back on it. I have a GO gauge for each cartridge I run and headspace barrels myself. I don't care to work my brass any more than necessary so I prefer to run a bushing that is no more than a thou under the mandrel I plan to use for my desired neck tension based on testing and tuning. I anneal every firing so the cost of premium brass isn't bad when you can fire it many times. I also load all new brass with a charge that's right at 90% of Quickload max to harden up the case heads for longer primer pocket life. I prefer the slower node over the fast for better barrel life.
 
Redfoot Ranch , very good info thank you . There are so many good things yet to learn about getting the best out of your rifles and brass .
 
Redfoot Ranch , very good info thank you . There are so many good things yet to learn about getting the best out of your rifles and brass .
You're correct, as for the many people out there shooting is the make up of many options that are presented.
The beauty of a forum is different perspectives bringing to mind things we might not have thought of, or at least for some time.
Here we can get information at hand a lot quicker than when I first started shooting.
The gun shows or ranges were your best hope for information.
 
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