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What's your go to Predator Rifle?

My rifle started out as a Remington 700 ADL 223. With a 24in barrel. I had it cut to 18.5", Duracoted (before cerakote was cool) and added a LVSF take off stock.

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Here is a video of a 212 pound boar hog I shot at 236yards, with the same rifle.

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Cooper model 21 Classic in 223 - never met a coyote or badger it didn't like

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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

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Lately it has been an RAR-P in 204 with a Weaver V16 installed with Warne rings on the factory base. Before that it was a Remington 700 parts gun, 700 ADL action, McM Sako Hunter stock, 700 LVSF bsrrel in 223 with a VX-II 4-12x40 in Warne bases and rings.

Most shots are within 100 yards, some as close as 10 yards, and a very few, usually 'cats, that hang up over 100 yards away due to bad karma or something.

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Rem 700 "build" in .222

3x9 SIG Whisky scope with illum reticle


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25-06, Rem 700 CDL, 6x Leupold.

Usually 115 gr Berger VLD or 115 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. It's convenient using the same rifle as I use for mule deer & pronghorn antelope. Kinda rough on coyote hides sometimes.

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One of my big .22’s.. a 22-250, 22-250AI, or a Swift.. Try to rotate through them.. For gophers and volume p. Dog shooting, a .223 and .222..


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The vast majority of the time it's a Remington AR-15 topped with an 80's Simmons 2.5x10 Aetech scope with 50 gr hollow points. Most my shots are under 200 yards and this has worked well so far.

Longer shots are handled by a DPMS LR-260 with a 2.5x10 Burris firing 120 gr Ballistic Tips or 123 gr SST.

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Little 20" barreled CZ 527 chambered in .17 mach4, has killed a truck load of coyotes over the years.
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.223 remington model 7 predator

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700BDL in 17Rem with a T10 Weaver occasionally, love the rifle and cartridge but need to put some different glass on it for calling.

Most likely it’ll be my 18” PSA 223AR with a 1.25-4 Firedot Leupold. I might be shooting 40gr Varmeggedons or Vmax, 50 or 55 Btips, 53Vmax, 75gr HPBT Hornadys, or 77TMKs or something else just depending on the day. They all kill coyotes and more often than not pigs, I like them all and use whatever I have loaded up.

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LVSF in .17 Remington. McMillan Compact. Shilen Trigger.

There ain't nothin' more better.


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It depends on the country I'm hunting and the mood I'm in.

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Sako Vixen 222 Rem Leupold Compact 2-7x32mm(not shown)

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Savage 11 22-204 Sightron 1.5-6x40mm

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Brno Combo 12ga/22 Sav. Highpower Monarch 1.5-4.5x20mm

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Wilkes Drilling 16ga/16ga/6.5x58R Sauer Leupold 1-4x20mm

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I've had this one for awhile and it was my goto combo rig until I got the Brno

Bernardelli 12ga/5.6x50R Mag. Leupold 1-4x20mm(Weaver V-3 in pic) Now that I'm in the SW I might load it down for cats and fox.

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After the first shot the rest are just noise.

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i always have my Ruger #1 220 swift in my truck ,but many times for callin in Minnesota i use a 204 Ruger /Savage rifle,when i go out west i take my AR-10 custom 243 Winchester with 24 inch barrel 4-14.5x56 Nightforce scope, Pete Noreen built the AR-10.when callin i always bring a single shot 12 gauge with 3 in BB`s too.

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My three...

Tikka T3SL 223
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T/C 17Rem
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T/C 17Hornet
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marlin 22 mag bolt action tube fed wears a 3-9 leupold rimfire


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[Linked Image] 22x47 Lapua last winter, 17 Hornet last week.

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My .22/6mm built on a Interterms Mark X action. It has a Leupold 3-x on and the stock is a thumbhole B&C.
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Rem 700 stainless short action, BDL
Action trued
26” Lilja #4 contour barrel
Chambered in 220 swift
Mcmillan Sako hunter stock
Leupold 4.5-14x scope
Ammo is hand loaded 50 grain ballistic tips at about 3980 FPS


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Most of the time it's my Tikka SL 223 8 twist.

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But this upcoming winter I think I'll be running this RAR ranch rifle more.

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Depending on the mood that strikes me on that particular day....current favorite has been a Remington Model 7 Predator in 22-250, sometimes it's a Model 7 Predator in 223, sometimes an LVSF in 243, and sometimes a Model 7 stainless in 223.
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