Best coues rifle ?

[BowhuntCoues]

A Martin Razor X bow 63lbs with a Carbon Tech Cheetta arrow and a 100gr Ironhead XP broadhead....... Ooops, thats not a rifle but it sure works. So I guess its whatever you have in your hands at the time.

[JVS]

I have said this before, and I'll say it again, but 30 cal is overkill for coues. Go ahead, trash my post. I'll tell you why it's overkill. All you need for coues is ~120-150 grains, right? (some hunter even go lighter...~100 grains) OK, look at the ballistic coefficient for smaller calibers at those grains. You get much more efficiency and a flatter shooting bullet with the .25 to .28 caliber with the same energy. Get a mag or ultra mag at that caliber range and you will have a flat shootin rifle. If you use a 130 grain .30 cal bullet, you have to push it alot faster to keep it as flat as a smaller caliber bullet at that same bullet weight. If you want to use a 165 to 180 grain bullet, go 30 cal. I'm not saying .30 cals shouldn't be used, I'm only saying they are not the most "efficient" coues rifle...

[Chef]

I used a .444 Marlin.

 

 

Chef

[COOSEFAN]

I use a Win. mod.70, Classic Featherweight, .270 and shoot 130 grain ballistic tips. I just put a 4.5x14 leupold with the B+C reticle on it and love the set-up. I believe the perfect rifle is one that you are most comfortable with and the most accurate with. Shot placement is whats most important! I've killed more with my 22-250 than any other gun becuase I'm very confident with it and it is pin-point accurate. You can develop that with any caliber/rifle with alot of trips to the range and in field conditions. I believe the longer the barrel, the better for long range shooting. If you get the Win. have the trigger lightened up! Don't know if it's common with all Win. but the trigger is very hard, accuracy really suffers. IMO JIM P.S. Using a small caliber gun, you HAVE to be more accurate, If i'm going to make a bad shot, I want to hit him with the biggest bullet possible! That's a good reason to go big! my 2 cents!

[Red Rabbit]

Surprised that no one has mentioned the 257 Weatherby. Could be about optimum, IMO, for coues. For long range, you want an acurate rifle and one light in recoil. A heavier kicker would require a heavier rifle, and that may not be what you want huffing up the mountains all day.

 

RR

[DEERSLAM]

As some have said the best coues rifle is the rifle that you shoot the best and have the most confidence in. That said the rifle I use for coues is a rifle I had custom built for hunting mule deer in areas where I'm shooting across canyons. It is a 7mmstw built on a remington 700 action with a 28" Hart barrel, Mcmillen stock and jewel trigger( set at 2 1/4 lb.) It shoots a 160gr. bullet at 3400fps and groups .324 at 100yds. It gives me the confidence to make that long shot when the time comes.

[coueshunter]

I really like my .257 wby mag. Looking at all the ballistics it really seems to be a good match for coues especially long distance with a 115 ballistic tip.........I am like most guys that know accuracy is the key and topped with a leupold 4.5x14 with the premier reticle system out to 600 makes the shots more precise........Allen........

[matthewp45]

You could argue on calibers all day. It comes down to what you have seen with your own eyes do a good job. The best coues bullet is the one that you can put in the heart lung area and make a clean kill from a good distance.

[daryl_s]

I shoot a .243 100 grain and I'll shoot out to about 350 yards confidently with it. It has worked out great for me.

[Shiras]

I have been contemplating the same thing for myself. I shoot a .30-06 but need a straighter flying bullet if I am ever drawn to AZ. I was actually thinking of the

.25-06 myself. The .270 is incredibly hard to beat. Good choice.-Shiras

[firstcoueswas80]

Shiras, i have a 7mag for sale if you want to check it out.

[bullwidgeon]

Weatherby Mark V action shooting a .300 Weatherby. You can kill everything from Hualapai pigmy rock voles to giant bull Pachyderms with one shot out to 1000 yards every time.

 

Bret M.

[.270]

a .270. Lark.

[TAM]

I'm sticking with my .270 Weatherby Mag. 130 grains at 3400 fps out the barrel is like hitting those little guys with a bolt of lightning! They never take another step.

[wetmule]

338 win. mag