17 Remington Coyote Rifle Build: Precision &
17 Remington Coyote Rifle Build: Precision &. AP2020 Outdoors builds the ultimate 17 Remington coyote rifle on a Howa Mini action with thermal optics, suppressor, and precision load development. Watch sub { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/nontypnito_channel#person", "name": "AP2020 Outdoors", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/nontypnito_channel", "description": "AP2020 Outdoors is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/fdc542ca-5021-498d-82f3-3599d940a8b6.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/17-remington-coyote-rifle-build-review#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/17-remington-coyote-rifle-build-review" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/17-remington-coyote-rifle-build-review", "headline": "17 Remington Coyote Rifle Build: Precision &", "name": "17 Remington Coyote Rifle Build: Precision &", "description": "AP2020 Outdoors builds the ultimate 17 Remington coyote rifle on a Howa Mini action with thermal optics, suppressor, and precision load development. Watch sub", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "The .17 Remington coyote rifle Nido built at AP2020 Outdoors started as a kid's want list from the 1970s and ended up as a Howa Mini Action wearing a 24-inch McGowan barrel, an MDT Oryx chassis, a Pulsar thermal, and a suppressor. In his build-and-test video on Greyhive, he walks through the parts, the load development, and the groups it printed on a quarter-scale coyote target at 208 yards. The short version: it works. Nido put four shots into roughly an inch and a half at 208 yards with 30-grain Blackhole bullets, shooting off a tripod through a thermal optic — not a benchrest with a daytime scope. For a varmint rifle meant to be carried into an Ohio field after dark, that's the number that matters. What follows is the full build list, the powder and brass combination behind those groups, and an honest look at where a .17-caliber centerfire makes sense for predator work and where it doesn't. Key Takeaways The action is a Howa Model 1500 Mini Action that previously ran .338 ARC — the conversion required a bolt swap sourced from VetMac Arms in Reno, Nevada. Barrel is a McGowan 1:8.5 twist, ordered as a 26-inch blank and cut back to 24 inches, dropped into an MDT Oryx chassis. Load development runs IMR 8208 XBR powder, Norma .17 Remington brass, and 30-grain Blackhole bullets, seated with Wilson inline dies on a 21st Century hydro press. Nido shot four rounds into about an inch and a h…