Inexpensive 5.56/223

saskcop said:
So, you shot one and managed 12 MOA so everyone's mini must be 12 MOA?

So what exactly then is "ethically dispatching" a coyote? An instant kill headshot? What if the coyote runs 20 yards after hit? Is it no longer ethically dispatched? What are you inferring here? A dead coyote is a dead coyote. Poor ethics in hunting may perhaps be taking a shot that you know you cannot make.

If joe blow can hit a coyote all day long at 200 meters with his mini or any other gun for that matter, than a shot taken at a coyote at that range is only un-ethical if he is deliberately trying to wound it rather than kill it. You cannot call someone's ethics into question just because a rifle you shot was not up to the task. You are assuming people's motives.
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Look, i’m not going to debate this with you further.
If you think you can take coyotes at 200m with a mini-14 then have at it.
Personally, I know what a mini can and can’t do at 200m and taking coyotes with one at that distance is, imho dumb and irresponsible.
It’s my opinion as someone who has shot coyotes with a Mini-14. Feel free to disagree.
If you’ve managed to hit the proverbial pot of gold in the accuracy department with one, congrats.
 
Murray 3-D said:
BUT did u have a tactical version tho ??
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A friend of mine has the FX version of the SU-16, the one that looks like an AR anyway if I got the FX part wrong. It was a lot better feeling rifle than the other SU-16's I've shot and it actually seems to be not a bad rifle. I'd still take an WK180-c over any SU model any day of the week though.
 
beltfed said:
Look, i’m not going to debate this with you further.
If you think you can take coyotes at 200m with a mini-14 then have at it.
Personally, I know what a mini can and can’t do at 200m and taking coyotes with one at that distance is, imho dumb and irresponsible.
It’s my opinion as someone who has shot coyotes with a Mini-14. Feel free to disagree.
If you’ve managed to hit the proverbial pot of gold in the accuracy department with one, congrats.
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I shot coyotes with a mini 14 for 25 years. "Dumb and irresponsible" is casting judgement. You know what YOUR mini can do - not necessarily someone else's mini or all mini's in general. I have owned minis that couldn't hit the broadside of a barn and sold them. I have had a few that were as accurate as needed. You don't own some kind of moral high ground here.
 
saskcop said:
You don't own some kind of moral high ground here.
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I never claimed to hold higher moral ground, as indicated by my use of 'ymmv' and 'imho'.
If someone is actually reading this thread, and looking for a .223/5.56 rifle capable of taking coyotes at 200m they should, imo, know that there is debate whether the Mini is a suitable tool to do so.
 
Coyotes are a fragile creature.... I find more often than not, me and many others I know will just aim for center of mass and just hope for a hit anywhere (using anything larger than .22.... That's usually all it takes to out right kill them or at least slow them down for a follow up shot. Think needing a follow up shot is unethical? Just watch a video of a coyote being killed by wolves, dont worry, mother nature has a much more nasty plan for their demise.
 
Time to satrt my very own new thread.

What is the most expensive fire arm that you would feel comfortable clubbing a baby seal with?
Accuracy is not a part of the discussion.
:rolleyes:
 
beltfed said:
I never claimed to hold higher moral ground, as indicated by my use of 'ymmv' and 'imho'.
If someone is actually reading this thread, and looking for a .223/5.56 rifle capable of taking coyotes at 200m they should, imo, know that there is debate whether the Mini is a suitable tool to do so.
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My apologies beltfed. I didn't mean for this to go south.
 
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