Which gun would you put a thermal?

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5.56 or 6.5 grendel? No hogs. Will only hunt bobcats and coyotes.

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I would go 223 cheap and easy to get more bullets. If I’m shooting hogs and yotes I want to go ham and shoot till I can’t see anything else to shoot at!!

The bias in me wants to say 6.5 Grendel because I love that caliber, but the 5.56 is plenty of gun for what you describe, and the ammo is cheaper

For the animals listed, 5.56/.223 all day. For larger game, either 6.5 or 6.8. The same dynamic exists between these two calibers as the creedmore and 7-08. One's better ballistics lends itself to also being a great long range target round, where the other makes a slightly larger hole to let more red stuff out.

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5.56

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This will shoot flatter and have a more precise MPBR. Though it will have less energy than the Grendel and will lose energy more quickly, it matters not, as you don’t need much energy to cleanly take those animals you mentioned.

If the targets ever become larger and tougher, move it to your Grendel.

5.56. I’ve bounced my thermal between 5.56, 300blk, .308, etc. and it’s been on 5.56 for awhile

For coyotes and bobcats try the 53gr vmax.

ETA: My thermal is 14.5lbs with a 10rd mag and can. Get a good arca Swiss mount for a decent tripod and it’ll make life a lot easier. It’s extremely easy to sling the gun and tripod over your shoulder and carry it that way. Weight doesn’t matter at that point.

5.56 that's what I run and it smashes coyotes and pigs. Right ammo is key. I came from the 6.5G to the 5.56. The 5.56 is easier target acquisition due to less recoil. Cheaper ammo when you shoot 2k rounds a year like I do.

I'm at 390 pigs and 81 coyotes this year so i have a pretty large sample size. Killed these yotes this week 50-300yd shots

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5.56 with an 18"-20" suppressed pipe dialed-in balanced and blueprinted.

NVDs are for one thing ... owning the night. Might as well be able to reach out and touch something from at least a half a klick away in the pitch black dark.

5.56 in 75, 77 grains is all you need to deliver multiple send its, suppressed in the dark ... and then E & E or whatever, didi mao.

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