My Wife is gonna....

[Dick Reece]

hug me anyway and say,"honey,if that's what you want,go for it", when I show her the new rifle I just charged at the local gunshop where I buy most of my stuff.I couldn't resist,I'm a sucker for a nice rifle.I swear I believe this thing might even kill a coyote,I know a guy who was killing vicious stray dogs at 200 yards with model just like it,head shots too!

SOMEBODY STOP ME,I'M GUNPOOR ALREADY

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[mtmiller]

Good luck with the wife.

Tell me more about this 'yote killin' gun.

 

[Dick Reece]

Don't know if it'll hold up as a yote killer,but it has some awesome accuracy at some longer ranges. It's a Remington auto model 597 magnum,shoots the new .17hmr.

heck,it only shoots a 17grain hornady vmax

like a superpowerful pellet gun almost,hehehe..

I'll have to take it to the range to see what it'll do.The bullets probably won't hold up in the brush for yotes,but in the open....

 

[Dick Reece]

according to most predator hunters,this would not make a good yote gun, it's too light.oh well,I can still hunt turkeys and stuff with it.

Seems odd though,many of them say it's ok to hunt a deer with a .223.I always thought that was a bit light for a tough old buck ?

Can't understand the logic in there thinking.

 

[brad h]

Yeah I would hesitate using a 17 HMR on a coyote. Fox or bobcate maybe, but not a coyote. It would kill one if the shot placement was perfect, but thats not always an option. It is a neat gun though, fun and cheap to shoot. And you're right, lots of deer walk off after being shot with .22 cal bullets.

Brad