Coyote

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2nd this fall... iam begining to question the 243 Winchester for anything larger than coyotes though

[Fowler]

The best elk hunter I have ever known told me he killed 8 elk with a 243 growing up on the ranch before someone told him it wasn't a elk rifle....

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He's a better shot than I. This coyote took a 100gr. softpoint from stem to stern and still ran 200yds.

[Flatlander]

Scott - try the Nosler Ballistic Tip ... don't recall if it is 95 gr or 100 gr. I will give spectacular performance on coyotes and whitetail. Nice rifle. I have one exactly like it in 30-06 I use for hogs ... right down to the sling

[Markbo]

If it went stem to stern, then it did it's job! What more can you ask of a bullet? Just darned tough animals. All the coyotes I ever shot with a .243 were broadside and it always blew a huge hole in them... I thought it was too much gun.

Beautiful gun BTW... love that Mannlicher!

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Yeah Mark... that rifle was stolen from one of your pics about 1.5yrs ago... sorry.

[Markbo]

Maybe another Mark... not me.

[Flatlander]

Scott - I was out with mine last evening ... it has a 4x33 Leupold on it now and, except for one embarrassing series of shots in which my scope had apparently been knocked out of commission, has never missed a shot on game. That 18.5" barrel just makes for one DANDY jeep gun.

Are you in Texas or some other part of the plains?

[Tom Richardson]

Mark,
I have seen the rifle, hat, and boots, before but I have never seen that Scott jasper.
Looks to be one of those high plains runners.

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Guilty as charged. Iam right north of Beaver, Ok... on the Kansas side. 77rsi's are about as handy and shiny as it gets. I find it with me alot of the time. Although the #1's can get lonely fast if one is out with the bolt gun all the time.

[Flatlander]

Simple solution. I keep the 77RSI between the seats of the Ford for those quick necessaries, and at least one #1 cased in the back seat. I can never remember WHICH #1 is cased, though, so wind up having such a wide variety of ammunition floating around the truck it is something of an ordeal to sort it out.

Have you seen the new Ruger Hawkeye RSI?

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I have seen the new Hawkeye Rsi... well I like the pad color, but that is about it. I had a 77Rsi 30-06 also, that particular rifle did'nt shoot worth a hoot, traded it for a 1A '06. These unique Rugers are so addictive. Do you have a #1 Rsi in 7x57? It is my favorite {i think?}

[Tom Richardson]

Scott
I have the full stock CZ 527 in .223 Rem and the CZ 550 in 6.5x55 both with set triggers.
They look good and shoot better.

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Tom... I've looked at the CZ's. Do your rifles have a "backwards" safety?

[Flatlander]

I have been wondering whether I'd like the Hawkeye treatment on the RSI ... I am starting to think that particular rifle really looks better with the high gloss blue.

My 77RSI 30-06 is a shooting son of a gun, lucky me. My 1-A 30-06, not so much ... but did some forearm switching around among my #1's and it is doing better.

I don't have a #1RSI in 7x57. My RSI#1 is a 30-06. I have a 1-A 7x57 that is one HECK of a shooter and is my favorite rifle ... well, along with my 1-A 243, 1-V 25-06, 1-V 22-250, 1-S 45-70, 1-B 270 ... I swear I may be missing one or two. Ah ... I have a 1-A in .223 that just doesn't get used much.

When I find something I like, I tend to get in a rut about it

Oct 21, 2009 13:29:20 GMT -5 @scott said:

I have seen the new Hawkeye Rsi... well I like the pad color, but that is about it. I had a 77Rsi 30-06 also, that particular rifle did'nt shoot worth a hoot, traded it for a 1A '06. These unique Rugers are so addictive. Do you have a #1 Rsi in 7x57? It is my favorite {i think?}