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Bill:
So I have a 35 Remington lever action that I'm going to either sell of trade for something more suitable for predator hunting, I'm a lefty so my options might be limited, any recommendations for firearms I should take a look at? Thanks in advance.

Buckwheat:
Bill
I am a left hand shooter.
There are a good many of gun makers that make left hand bolt actions.
The problem can be finding a small caliber in a left hand bolt model. You can also look at semi automatic 22 magnum. Savage makes a decent one for a good price. A 22 Mag would not be my preferred choice of a weapon for coyotes but would work good for fox if you keep shots under 100 yards. In close it will work ok for coyotes but you will have a lot of runners to look for if you do not make a perfect shot. Even with a prefect body hit on coyotes with all the small calibers a coyote can run for 5 or 10 seconds. In that time they can run pretty darn far and you may never find them. There just is not a perfect caliber to cover every base. I do like to 17 Hornet and the 17 Remington. If I had one choice of gun to carry it would be the 17 Remington. If there was no coyotes involved it would be the 17 hornet.

Bill:
Thanks for the information, mostly will be hunting coyotes, and most shots will be 100 yards and under, will be using a 12 ga shotgun, and will call them in closer, but would like to have a rifle as well, just in case the hunt location calls for one.

Buckwheat:
Bill
There are a ton of 223, 204, 22 250,  243 rifles to choose from for just coyotes.
Your 35 would work, just not fur friendly.

Bill:
I thought about just using the 35, ammo is just so tough to find sometimes.

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