Can anyone recommend a good 'yotin rifle?

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Hi All!

I was looking to buy a good rifle to go hunting some coyotes on my property. I was thinking of something along the lines of a 22-250. Can anyone recommend a good brand under $1000?

Thanks for all your help and comments!
 
I am hoping that the Tikka T3 SS in 22-250 is going to be the cat's a-er-meow! I have one coming soon-I Hope-and am looking forward to blasting some 'yotes with it.
I won it so $$$ were not an issue. If you are on a budget, check out the Stevens 200. Do a search here, and you will find DAYS of reading.
I am thinking about getting one in 223 for chitz and giggles, and wife, daughter (she already thinks she has nibs on the Tikka), and as a "loaner".

Hope you find one that "fits" you.

LeRoy's .02 cents ;)
 
For a man with a budget, I'd also recommend the Stevens 200. I've got one in .243 I used with success whitetail hunting last year, and I've just gotten one in .223 that I'm gonna use for coyote hunting.

Check out wxw.Cabelas.ca (formerly known as wxw.sirmailorder.ca ) They have them in 22-250 as well. List price is $299 Can - after shipping and tax I paid $340.66 delivered to my door.

That leaves plenty of room in you $1000 bucks for scope etc. :D
 
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Close range, multiple targets
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Further out, 204 for min pelt damage

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another 223 for backup

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25-06AI for reaching way out there

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Pretty much got the yote situation covered in my neck of the woods IMO:rolleyes:
 
My first pick would be a Rem. 700 of one type or another, std. weight barrel if you plan on walking alot or a heavy barrel if mainly stationary and calling. I like the .222 because of superior accuracy, but i don't know if they even chamber it anymore. If you don't want the pelt, I'd take a .220 Swift or 22-250. If it turns out that there is something you don't like about the 700, say the trigger, you can buy any number of factory replacements, same goes for stocks, bolts,barrels, bolt internals. Gunsmiths also love to work on 'em, in fact I was told by a very good gunsmith that he wouldn't work on accurizing any other rifle!
 
Geez...I thought the title said "votin rifle"!

Voting with your rifle...that'd be a bit extreme, wouldn't it? Better not say any more though or I'm going to get into trouble...
 
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joe-boy said:
Check out wxw.Cabelas.ca (formerly known as wxw.sirmailorder.ca ) They have them in 22-250 as well. List price is $299 Can - after shipping and tax I paid $340.66 delivered to my door.
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Can't beat that price. Get a .243 and that will be good for deer as well. Otherwise a .223 will leave you prenty change for ammo to practice with.
 
Looked at a savage in 22-250 today,nice pointing gun.nice lines.The salesman tried to talk me into a 204,or a 223.Use a 243 which works great,still thinking and looking.
 
depending on what scope you want to put on it.. a "good scope" can be up to $800 or more...

(rings, base, bipod, rifle, scope covers... it adds up)

$1000 is not much to work with.. (assuming it's "out the door")
 
If you buy a $300 rifle, chances are you wouldn’t be mounting a scope costing in excess of $600 on it. However, there is nothing preventing you from buying an $800 scope either.

On the other hand, you rarely see someone mounting a Tasco scope on a Sako.

While there is no right or wrong answer to this one, most people tend to spend somewhere from 75% to 125% of the cost of a rifle on a scope. What do you think?
 
Danny Boy said:
On the other hand, you rarely see someone mounting a Tasco scope on a Sako.

While there is no right or wrong answer to this one, most people tend to spend somewhere from 75% to 125% of the cost of a rifle on a scope. What do you think?
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Every rifle I have the scope cost as much or more than the rifle with one exception, my Cooper.
 
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