Want to try Coyote Hunting - Looking for advice on AR's

I think I need to get out and test my psa from a bench and see what it can do. I just feel rushed to make a decision due to the Biden administration. Hopefully his push for gun control backfires and I'll have plenty of time to buy more guns.
 
I've been shooting a 20" 1-9 since the 80's. 50 to 55gr will work fine. AWS is shooting a good bullet. Realistically 500 yards is asking a lot for clean kills on coyote with a 223. You'd need time to dial a scope or get lucky at that range. 200 or less is ideal. IMO 223 doesn't have the punch for miss placed shots even at 200.
 
Originally Posted By: ThePackmanHi all, thanks in advance for anyone who takes the time to respond!

I am looking to buy an RRA upper for Coyote hunting and pairing it with a PSA lower. I was thinking of going with the RRA Coyote rifle. It has a 20" barrel with a 1:9 twist and a free floating barrel. MY only concern is the 1:9 twist. Is 1:9 Ideal for coyotes. How large do folks go up in bullet size and does the 1:9 have substantial loss in range compared to 1:8 or 1:7 due to bullet length limitations. I live in Colorado and might have the opportunity to take some pretty long shots. Is this upper over kill? Will my PSA 18" CHF FN 1:7 (no free floating barrel) do almost as good a job? The AR community sometimes splits hairs on this and I just don't want to blow a bunch of money and not see any gains. Your opinions and advice are much appreciated! Any recommendations on uppers and even lowers are welcome!

Shoot your 18" PSA with a 60 gr Vmax and don't look back. 200 and in, you are golden. Free floating an AR for hunting, especially at 200, you will notice no difference.
 
Originally Posted By: baitpile Free floating an AR for hunting, especially at 200, you will notice no difference.

This isn't my experience at all. My last and only un floated carbine had rather large shifts going from sandbags to a bipod. Test it before you trust it.
 
Absolutely, test everything when you go to a bipod. I have just had no issues in that regard with AR15's.I own 5. Mostly RRA, both floated and non floated.Even my non floated Colt carbine from the early 90's didn't show issues. Now, of course, remember, I did say "hunting inside 200 yd". Not 600 yd benchrest!
 
My PSA shoots fine. Due to the continued threat on the ar platform by statistically illiterate lawmakers (youre more likely to get stabbed to death then shot by an ar) I decided to go ahead and get the 20" coyote rifle anyway. I just bought 6 lower receivers and am slowly building a few rifles.
 
Originally Posted By: baitpileOriginally Posted By: ThePackmanHi all, thanks in advance for anyone who takes the time to respond!

I am looking to buy an RRA upper for Coyote hunting and pairing it with a PSA lower. I was thinking of going with the RRA Coyote rifle. It has a 20" barrel with a 1:9 twist and a free floating barrel. MY only concern is the 1:9 twist. Is 1:9 Ideal for coyotes. How large do folks go up in bullet size and does the 1:9 have substantial loss in range compared to 1:8 or 1:7 due to bullet length limitations. I live in Colorado and might have the opportunity to take some pretty long shots. Is this upper over kill? Will my PSA 18" CHF FN 1:7 (no free floating barrel) do almost as good a job? The AR community sometimes splits hairs on this and I just don't want to blow a bunch of money and not see any gains. Your opinions and advice are much appreciated! Any recommendations on uppers and even lowers are welcome!

Shoot your 18" PSA with a 60 gr Vmax and don't look back. 200 and in, you are golden. Free floating an AR for hunting, especially at 200, you will notice no difference. Not in my case!
Even with a 20" H-Bar shooting with your hand under the forearm in the front or back makes a difference of several inches at 200yds. If you leave your hand in the same place & always make sure to shoot with the same hold it works ok. But you soon learn esp. using legs that upward pressure causes the POI to be higher, a little at a hundred and it gets higher past that.

Take some sighter shots with your hand close to the mag from the bench, now take some with left hand curled up under back of stock with legs down or the front resting on bags, now you see.
 
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