Waterboy3313
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I'm getting old and I've never actually been hunting. Some friends from work are into hunting pretty serious and they have been talking about predator hunting. They talk about shooting foxes, bob cats, coyotes.
I was told if I got my hunting license they would be happy to let me go with them. So now my dilemma is what riffle should I be using. I was told they usually shoot out to about 75 yards at night. One guy usually uses a 22-250 and one guy usually has a shot gun for anything that wanders in close.
I normally punch paper and ring gongs so I'm not set up for dropping live animals. On top of that I live in California so no lead will be used. I have several AR rifles in .223/5.56. and a 7.62X39 rifle. One guy told me he has seen a lot of these animals get away after being hit with a 223 round.
I've been thinking about buying a 308 bolt action rifle but with the scamdemic I don't know if I will be able to actually find something. That leaves me three options. I can shoot .223 out of an AR platform, use my Russian SKS in 7.62X39 which I would rather not, or build/buy another AR upper in something better than 5.56.
Copper bullets are a must and I do reload for everything I shoot other than 7.62X39. Any good recommendations are greatly appreciated.
I was told if I got my hunting license they would be happy to let me go with them. So now my dilemma is what riffle should I be using. I was told they usually shoot out to about 75 yards at night. One guy usually uses a 22-250 and one guy usually has a shot gun for anything that wanders in close.
I normally punch paper and ring gongs so I'm not set up for dropping live animals. On top of that I live in California so no lead will be used. I have several AR rifles in .223/5.56. and a 7.62X39 rifle. One guy told me he has seen a lot of these animals get away after being hit with a 223 round.
I've been thinking about buying a 308 bolt action rifle but with the scamdemic I don't know if I will be able to actually find something. That leaves me three options. I can shoot .223 out of an AR platform, use my Russian SKS in 7.62X39 which I would rather not, or build/buy another AR upper in something better than 5.56.
Copper bullets are a must and I do reload for everything I shoot other than 7.62X39. Any good recommendations are greatly appreciated.