What is you call and carry gun?

[Maineiac the original]

1. What gun do you use when you call?

2. What calibur do you have?

3. What calibur doj you want for your next call gun?

 

[Blaine Eddy]

My all time favorite Calling Cal is the .17. Currently I am shooting the 30gr Gold out of my.17DT or (.100" short) .17PPC. The Action is a Rampro SS with a 4 0z Jewell HVR. 24" #5.5 Shilen 1-10" twist. 3-9x Zeiss optics. Pillar bedded into a Wenig laminated Varminter (scaled down). Myself and Barrelmaker Jeff Lawrence out of Montana are currently working on a .15 cal cartridge (.15 SLV) which will also be based on a shortened PPC case,More than likely it will be the next one i experiment with, in 22-25gr bullet weights!

 

[1_pointer]

Holy Be-jeezus Blaine, you have some nice toys! Looks like I need to stop by and 'borrow' a brace or two!!

1&2. Marlin MR-7 30-06 with 125gr Sierra's Here's the mojo

3. I'm thinking a 223AI, Tact 20, 6mm BR (or PPC), or one of Blaine's 17's will be my next one. I want something that is FUN to shoot, requires little poweder (~30-32gr powder), has the stuff for coyotes outwards of 300yds or more, and can perform on targets out to 5-600yds. This gun will be built in a slightly heavy sporter configuration (~9-10# all up) so as to be good practice for big game hunting. Any comments?

 

[Dick Reece]

Well,I took Blaines advice and bought a 17rem barrel for my encore.That and the Tact 20 I ordered will probably be my main predator guns.Neither one is in my hands yet,still waiting on the manufacturer.

 

[crapshoot]

223 and a 24" heavy target upper in tactical 20 being made as we speak.

 

[snake river rufus]

Generally one of my AR-15s. I like the 52 gr speer as well as any other bullet. My next gun might be an AR-10 type in .243.

 

[Maineiac the original]

My current coyote gun is a Rem model 700 BDL 24" heavy barrel in a 222 rem.

My wife has decided that she likes to shoot the 222 and that I need another rifle for coyotes. I am still decideing just what calibur to get. With all of the Tact 20's being built, how am I suposed to be different? The story of my like too little too late.

 

[Crow Woman]

me? I'm just a simple gal with simple needs...

But I sure can dream and

at you all... sigh

 

[Maineiac the original]

My next call gun that I get I want one that has up to 500 yrds range. But that is fur friendly as one could possibly expect with something with that kind of range.

Any suggestions for caliburs?

 

[varmit hunter]

Maineaic, 25-06.....

 

[Maineiac the original]

That is one of the front runners. How much pelt damage do you get less than 150. I am thinking with say a Barnes XLC.

 

[Calif. Hunter]

CZ 527 American in .223

 

[Delw]

If I am doing any calling in open range where the shots are a long ways.. my gun or choice will be a 300 win mag with a 180 balistic tip(thats the only bullet I shoot with this gun)

If the calling is med to far its my .243 with a 90grain ballistic tip...


If its short under with a few shots of being over 50 yards its my bushmaster shorty, or shotgun, sometimes a pistol...


Delw

 

[Danny Batastini]

Geezzz, I shoot a 220 swift, killed more coyotes then I can remember with it. I BS alot, so don't believe this old fart ok lol. The real truth is a 222, 22-250 and the old swift has probably killed more coyotes in the last 40 years then a 223 and a 17 put together well do in the next 50 years. Only my opinion boys lol.

 

[Lone Howl]

Always been a 22-250/ 52 grain Speer or Starke(out of biz) hollowpoint. I used a 243 and 25-06 a couple of seasons but really more bloodshed than needed. The ol'25-06 would really reach out and whack em though with 85 grain Ballistic tips.
I did shoot a .17 Rem for awhile but I just couldnt rely on it to anchor em.
Ive always switched back to a 22-250, nowdays a Rem ADL that will be tricked out in the future.

 

[Danny Batastini]

Lone Howl, I don't remember if I told you this already. I saw what looked like a albino coyote ( pure white ) in Pixley, that's not to far from you. You guys have alot of coyotes out there and I can see why, they feed them real good in Pixley lol.

 

[yotecaller]

My Main call gun is my Savage 340 in 222.I also use my Browning A-5 12 Gauge.And I have a Savage model 11 in 22-250 that I am getting ready just in case.

 

[Lone Howl]

Danny,
Yep, I used to hunt pheasants every year in Pixley.Lions club releases birds in farmland around the area.
These days I skip the birds and shoot fat ass coyotes.Amazing they still come in after eating pheasant all night.
But yes, Ive seen a couple of em here.But of course no one believes me.

I need to come out your way sometime and poke around the desert. I love it out there.Except for the wind, dirt, cactus, critters etc

 

[SONG DOG]

My machine is a Remington 700 VS w/ a 6x18x50ao Bushnell scope and Harris bipod. I load a 50 grn V-MAX MOLY ontop of VARGET.
My next machine would be another 22-250. Which I already got. I love that caliber enough not to go anywhere else.

SEE YA,

SONG DOG

 

[MULE]