Remington 788 in .243 for coyotes......
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yotebuster10
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My 2 favorite things.A rem 788 and the good ol 243. Got to love em .The 243 is a straight shooting and good all around Caliber .My choice to shoot coyotes for a long time .243 will straight put a coyote down . It's a bit messy for hides but every now and then I get lucky with a 58 grain V MAX.
kswaterfowl
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Originally Posted By: BowhuntAsk Randy Anderson's buddy Glen zink how well that rifle works on coyotes. LOL. My favorite 243 coyote load is Win brass, WLR primer, 40.5 grains of Varget, and a 70 grain NBT. You won't find anything that kills them any deader! Most of the time they don't even twitch. Lol. Extremely fur friendly with well placed shots. Don't recall ever getting an exit on a frontal shot and i usually can't find the entrance until I hold them upside down and some blood comes out.
Gotta love 70gr noslers and some varget out of a 243. It absolutely hammers coyotes.
Gotta love 70gr noslers and some varget out of a 243. It absolutely hammers coyotes.
ihuntducksalot72
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Originally Posted By: Airedale56My first rifle was a 788 in .243.
Worked my butt off for it washing dishes in a restaurant at 16 in 1972.
Paid $102.97 (tax included) for it with a factory included 4x scope.
Service Merchandise on May Avenue, just North of NW Highway in Oklahoma City.
How I can remember all that 43 years later is mystery.
Oh, the serial number is 6150666.
Killed a lot of stuff with it. I loaded the Hornady 75 grain Spire HP.
Amazing how that works, I can't remember things I did yesterday but I can remember every gun I bought and from where! Lol
Worked my butt off for it washing dishes in a restaurant at 16 in 1972.
Paid $102.97 (tax included) for it with a factory included 4x scope.
Service Merchandise on May Avenue, just North of NW Highway in Oklahoma City.
How I can remember all that 43 years later is mystery.
Oh, the serial number is 6150666.
Killed a lot of stuff with it. I loaded the Hornady 75 grain Spire HP.
Amazing how that works, I can't remember things I did yesterday but I can remember every gun I bought and from where! Lol
Bowhunt
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Originally Posted By: ihuntducksalot72Originally Posted By: Airedale56My first rifle was a 788 in .243.
Worked my butt off for it washing dishes in a restaurant at 16 in 1972.
Paid $102.97 (tax included) for it with a factory included 4x scope.
Service Merchandise on May Avenue, just North of NW Highway in Oklahoma City.
How I can remember all that 43 years later is mystery.
Oh, the serial number is 6150666.
Killed a lot of stuff with it. I loaded the Hornady 75 grain Spire HP.
Amazing how that works, I can't remember things I did yesterday but I can remember every gun I bought and from where! Lol
Funny!.......and soooooo true! LOL
Worked my butt off for it washing dishes in a restaurant at 16 in 1972.
Paid $102.97 (tax included) for it with a factory included 4x scope.
Service Merchandise on May Avenue, just North of NW Highway in Oklahoma City.
How I can remember all that 43 years later is mystery.
Oh, the serial number is 6150666.
Killed a lot of stuff with it. I loaded the Hornady 75 grain Spire HP.
Amazing how that works, I can't remember things I did yesterday but I can remember every gun I bought and from where! Lol
Funny!.......and soooooo true! LOL
gord mccoo
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Love the 243 for coyotes one of my favourites ( 75g vmax and 4064).Had a 788 years ago nice rifle shot well.
My old man and I are both big fans of the ole’ 788’s. Our experience is that they are very accurate rifles, albeit they were made cheap and feel fairly raw. I have one in a .223 and put a Boyd’s laminate on it and was extremely happy with the result. Dial it in and put fur down with it period.
Airedale56
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Originally Posted By: BowhuntOriginally Posted By: ihuntducksalot72Originally Posted By: Airedale56My first rifle was a 788 in .243.
Worked my butt off for it washing dishes in a restaurant at 16 in 1972.
Paid $102.97 (tax included) for it with a factory included 4x scope.
Service Merchandise on May Avenue, just North of NW Highway in Oklahoma City.
How I can remember all that 43 years later is mystery.
Oh, the serial number is 6150666.
Killed a lot of stuff with it. I loaded the Hornady 75 grain Spire HP.
Amazing how that works, I can't remember things I did yesterday but I can remember every gun I bought and from where! Lol
Funny!.......and soooooo true! LOL
Even funnier is I was making $75.00 cash, working 6 days a week: 68 hours. Averages $1.10 an hour. Had a 1962 Beetle that filled up on $2.00 worth of gas. Burgers and movies were cheap. $300.00 a month was good money for a kid with no bills. Always had money in my pocket that summer.
Grousewit, thanks for the comment.
Worked my butt off for it washing dishes in a restaurant at 16 in 1972.
Paid $102.97 (tax included) for it with a factory included 4x scope.
Service Merchandise on May Avenue, just North of NW Highway in Oklahoma City.
How I can remember all that 43 years later is mystery.
Oh, the serial number is 6150666.
Killed a lot of stuff with it. I loaded the Hornady 75 grain Spire HP.
Amazing how that works, I can't remember things I did yesterday but I can remember every gun I bought and from where! Lol
Funny!.......and soooooo true! LOL
Even funnier is I was making $75.00 cash, working 6 days a week: 68 hours. Averages $1.10 an hour. Had a 1962 Beetle that filled up on $2.00 worth of gas. Burgers and movies were cheap. $300.00 a month was good money for a kid with no bills. Always had money in my pocket that summer.
Grousewit, thanks for the comment.
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