Blaze
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Thought I would try to share some pictures of my favorite calling rifle with you. It's been a work in progress over the past three years and has culminated into it's current state.
My rifle is a T/C encore in .256 Win-Mag that I bought while deployed during OEF/OIF. I had it built to order by Virgin Valley Firarms before they went out of business and has provided me with a lot of satisfaction.
I don't get to hunt as much as most because I am in the service and deployed to Korea right now but when I do get to take leave I hunt hard while I am back. Last year some of you might remember the coyotes, fox, and Mt Lion I took with this rifle in Arizona. This year I was really looking forward to pounding the Southern Arizona desert but actually never hunted a day there. I came back to find my significant other didn't find me so significant anymore (another story entirly) so I did what anyone in their right mind would do... I cut my losses loaded my car with the rifles i cherished the most and made my way up to Idaho to be with family and friends.
While Idaho may not hold as many coyotes as AZ, it does have a few and I was determined to call one in with my Dad before the big game season started. I left my hometown of Orofino and headed up out of the valley to the south and called an area around Nez Pierce which is a prarie farming region this is what it looks like coming out of the valley.
Once on top my Dad and I used his new FX3 caller and were able to hustle up this coyote who tried circling around me and i dumped at about 150 yards with a single shot. The 75gr Hornady HP folded her up like a cheap set of blinds.
My rifle is justabout the same as last year with a few exceptions. If you're not familiar with a .256 it's a .357Mag handgun case necked down to .25 cal and is easy to reload for. Here is a line up of a .223, .222 and a pair of .256's the first with an 87gr Speer TNT HP and the second a 75gr FN.
I love this little rifle and it's just been a joy to load and shoot with here is a full length shot of it. It's stock is Kevlar but has a 15.5" LOP because I am very tall. I also added a 16oz mercury recoil reducer in the stock and a Darrel Holland brake on the end that cut's recoil to about a bump. Watching impacts through the scope is no problem.
The only thing else I did was that I was tired of holding an extra round or two between my fingers especially when cold. I made this shell holder from an old radio controlled model servo and then attached it with 3M double sided tape it works awesome. The O-rings I put on it hold the rounds snug no matter how I carry the rifle but are still easy to pull out in the heat of things with gloved hands.
Anyway, I thought I'd share and hope you enjoy.
Blaze
My rifle is a T/C encore in .256 Win-Mag that I bought while deployed during OEF/OIF. I had it built to order by Virgin Valley Firarms before they went out of business and has provided me with a lot of satisfaction.
I don't get to hunt as much as most because I am in the service and deployed to Korea right now but when I do get to take leave I hunt hard while I am back. Last year some of you might remember the coyotes, fox, and Mt Lion I took with this rifle in Arizona. This year I was really looking forward to pounding the Southern Arizona desert but actually never hunted a day there. I came back to find my significant other didn't find me so significant anymore (another story entirly) so I did what anyone in their right mind would do... I cut my losses loaded my car with the rifles i cherished the most and made my way up to Idaho to be with family and friends.
While Idaho may not hold as many coyotes as AZ, it does have a few and I was determined to call one in with my Dad before the big game season started. I left my hometown of Orofino and headed up out of the valley to the south and called an area around Nez Pierce which is a prarie farming region this is what it looks like coming out of the valley.
Once on top my Dad and I used his new FX3 caller and were able to hustle up this coyote who tried circling around me and i dumped at about 150 yards with a single shot. The 75gr Hornady HP folded her up like a cheap set of blinds.
My rifle is justabout the same as last year with a few exceptions. If you're not familiar with a .256 it's a .357Mag handgun case necked down to .25 cal and is easy to reload for. Here is a line up of a .223, .222 and a pair of .256's the first with an 87gr Speer TNT HP and the second a 75gr FN.
I love this little rifle and it's just been a joy to load and shoot with here is a full length shot of it. It's stock is Kevlar but has a 15.5" LOP because I am very tall. I also added a 16oz mercury recoil reducer in the stock and a Darrel Holland brake on the end that cut's recoil to about a bump. Watching impacts through the scope is no problem.
The only thing else I did was that I was tired of holding an extra round or two between my fingers especially when cold. I made this shell holder from an old radio controlled model servo and then attached it with 3M double sided tape it works awesome. The O-rings I put on it hold the rounds snug no matter how I carry the rifle but are still easy to pull out in the heat of things with gloved hands.
Anyway, I thought I'd share and hope you enjoy.
Blaze