anyone have a winchester coyote wsm?

[jeffsig220]

i'm thinking of the winchester coyote in a wsm caliber. not sure wich one yet. i'll be hunting deer sized game at long ranges sometimes. i held one last evening in a 7mm wsm. they're a little chunky. 9 lbs. to be exact. does anyone feel this is too heavy to lug around all day? i'll mostly be still hunting/sitting with it. stoney point shooting sticks will also aid in my shooting. any info would be helpful. thanks! jeff

 

[cratz2]

I like the weight of the Coyote. I consider a sporter weight rifle with a 24" barrel and a wood stock to be about 7.5 - 8 lbs without scope. And I consider a heavy barrel rifle to be at about 10.5 lbs without scope. The Coyote is 9 lbs. Definately right about in between. It seems pretty heavy to just hold in the store, and I admit I've never carried one up a mountain or even walked much further than about 1.5 miles with one, but compared to my 13 lb (with scope) Winchester Varmint .308, the Coyote is quite a bit lighter.

Plus that extra weight will go quite a ways in taming the magnum recoil a bit. My heavy barrel 7mm Rem Mag was a pussy cat to shoot. My wife shot it just fine. I doubt she would have enjoyed it as much if it only weighed 8lbs with scope.

 

[Smoke]

I don't have one in a Magnum round; but I have one in .243 that I love. I wouldn't hesitate getting one in a larger cal. It would have to be better than that light weight .300WinMag I bought. can you say "Ouch"?

 

[jeffsig220]

coyote

i think that i am realy sold on the coyote rifle. still not sure what wsm cartrige to get it in though. i'm waiting to get the money from the 300 win mag (freekin howitzer) i sold a buddy of mine. as soon as he takes delivery,i'll be at the gun shop with duckets in hand. thanks guys! jeff

 

[Art Eatman]

The last half-dozen years have seen a bunch of slow-down in my cross-country walking around, but I've toted my 9.5 pound '06 for beaucoup 5- to 12-mile hunts. By sundown, I think my right shoulder is about two inches lower than my left...

But if you're in halfway decent shape, and not doing a lot of walking at elevations a mile above your home territory, a nine-pound rifle is no big deal. Millions of GIs toted Garands for lots of miles in a day.

What hits a lot of folks is living at 2000' or below, and then trying to walk and hunt at 8,000' and above. There ain't any air in the air, up there! That's when you quit thinkin' about recoil, and pray, "Lord, make this POS LIGHTER!!!"

, Art