Bolt vs Semi for Coyote/Thermal

[wildwilderness]

What type of action do you prefer for a general all purpose day and night (with a thermal) predator (mainly coyote) hunting setup?

 

[waspocrew]

I'm sure you'll hear both sides - in general, I prefer a bolt gun for both daytime hunting and thermal at night.

An AR is definitely nice for quick(er) follow up shots, but I feel I'm better with a bolt gun (probably from doing 98% of my shooting with one). I have an AR in 6 ARC I've been using for thermal lately and it's been a lot of fun.

 

[weekender7]

Depends on if you are a one shot one kill guy or a mag dumper. Some folks call in two, kill one, then dump 20 rounds at the other as it high tails it outta there. They like AR's. If you like to wait till they stop then kill them, a bolt is fine.

 

[coyotekilla]

I like my bolts, feed easier, more caliber choices, I run a can so the ar15's ammo gets really dirty, bolts stay clean.

I picked other cause my new coyote rig is a beretta brx1 straight pull in 243