COYOTE102076
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- Jan 18, 2008
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I have been looking at geting a "ranch rifle". But not the kind that Ruger builds. ( WAY too expensive just to get beat up )
I want a rifle that is very light weight, in eather .22 mag. , .223, or .243 win.
Primary targets: Groundhogs (And lots of them around here), coyote's, (and WITH a State issued permit) deer & turkey's.
We run a little 1900 acre farm here. It is about 600 acres of pasture for our cattle, 1100 acres of crop land, and 200 acres of woodland. It's like a freaki'n
wildlife refuge around here! There are soo many deer, groundhogs & turkeys around here, there is no "hunting" them. Just walk out to the edge of practically any field or pasture at dawn or dusk and start shooting. They are allways there! And they will wipe out a field of soybeans in a hurry!
SOOOOO,
I want a rifle that is very very light weight. Rock solid reliable. 3 moa or better accuracy to 150 ish yards. I thought about cutting down the barrell and stock on some cheap Savage at a pawn shop, but then Ran into the H&R Handi-Rifle Superlight. (5.35 lbs ! ) And since it will spend many a days riding beside me on the AC tractor, or in the 4-wheeler rack, At $220 I would not feel bad about it getting scratched. (Plan on cammo taping it anyway just for extra protection) Question is, are the Superlight Handi rifles any count? And wich caliber of the three mentioned above? Had an SKS for this job last year, but hated it. Inacurate, muzzle heavy, and jam, jam, jam, jam! I owned 2 wood stock Handi-Rifles in the past ( A .243 for my wife, and a 26" barrell .280 remington for me) Loved them both, but we had a real bad financial spell a few years ago, and sold all but 2 guns just so we could get by.
I want a rifle that is very light weight, in eather .22 mag. , .223, or .243 win.
Primary targets: Groundhogs (And lots of them around here), coyote's, (and WITH a State issued permit) deer & turkey's.
We run a little 1900 acre farm here. It is about 600 acres of pasture for our cattle, 1100 acres of crop land, and 200 acres of woodland. It's like a freaki'n
wildlife refuge around here! There are soo many deer, groundhogs & turkeys around here, there is no "hunting" them. Just walk out to the edge of practically any field or pasture at dawn or dusk and start shooting. They are allways there! And they will wipe out a field of soybeans in a hurry!
SOOOOO,
I want a rifle that is very very light weight. Rock solid reliable. 3 moa or better accuracy to 150 ish yards. I thought about cutting down the barrell and stock on some cheap Savage at a pawn shop, but then Ran into the H&R Handi-Rifle Superlight. (5.35 lbs ! ) And since it will spend many a days riding beside me on the AC tractor, or in the 4-wheeler rack, At $220 I would not feel bad about it getting scratched. (Plan on cammo taping it anyway just for extra protection) Question is, are the Superlight Handi rifles any count? And wich caliber of the three mentioned above? Had an SKS for this job last year, but hated it. Inacurate, muzzle heavy, and jam, jam, jam, jam! I owned 2 wood stock Handi-Rifles in the past ( A .243 for my wife, and a 26" barrell .280 remington for me) Loved them both, but we had a real bad financial spell a few years ago, and sold all but 2 guns just so we could get by.