ok i am looking for a rifle for long range coyote/groundhog gun and i was wondering what you guys suggest. i am a 15 year old kid so it cant be too expensive. i am going to start coyote hunting and we are always seeing groundhogs all over the place. any suggestions would be great. thanks.

p.s. i am putting this in here because nobody responded on the predator forum

A 22-250 would fit the bill very nicely Kshafer. Plenty of range and very light recoil. Very good coyote medicine but not to much for the ground hogs either. As far as actual rifles, you could go with the H&R single shot. Very inexpensive, accurate and well made. You could go with a bolt action too. There are many different brands to chose from but I have no experience with any of them. If it were me I'd go with the H&R. One shot is usually all you get on a coyote anyways. Good luck, Scott Woody

Try the GUN forum.

You cannot go wrong with a remington model 700 .308 (for loooong ranges go with the PSS model)....it will do a number on theground haawgs and mess up a yote to boot. With a heavy grain round you can drill em at 800+ yards. The pic is a modified .308 rem 700...but you can still do great with an off the shelf PSS.

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best of luck

I use a .223 and a 22-250, but long range with wind can be tricky. For long range coyotes I'm partial to my 260 Rem with 120 bullets, or even my XP100 in 308 Win. The larger, heavier bullet is better in high wind out past 250 yards.

.223 outta be pretty good. or better yet a .243

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A Tompson Contender or Remington 700 in 223 or 243 should do you just fine. If you are going to shoot long distances don't go cheap on the scope.

ADD: Depending on the laws in Indiana, you may want to look at AR-15's.

If I am correct NE Indiana can be flat and reasonably populated. (I am just across the border in OH)
I would use a 222 or 223 with a Hornady SX type bullet with a thin jacket to reduce the chances of the bullet bouncing somewhere you don't want it to go.The thin jacket bullets will not hold up at more than 3500fps (or somewhere near this) so using them in a 22/250 will not work unless you back things down abit.
Sometimes when woodchuck hunting I carry a 22/250 and have passed up shots that I would have taken with a 223 and the thin jacket bullets.

How about a .220 swift, 6.5X284 those two can get way out there.