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Travis Stevens

Travis Stevens

Movie producer

Aug 13, 2026

22:00
And so when I was, when I met you out at that Swarovski event, anyway, you were talking about some of your favorite uh predator cartridges and why basically that you didn't have to dial as much that you were it was a flat shooting rifle um you know carrying the energy and whatnot but anyway i liked what you had to say that uh and kind of your theory behind that and then how that transposes into big game and maybe a 7prc or or a 6.5 or whatever have you got you know what Kind of maybe just give us a little insight to some of that and what your thoughts are there.
22:38
Right, right, yeah.
22:40
So a predator gun... has a lot more i think has a lot more focus on the short to mid-range ballistics because coyote hunt it happened you know it happens it happens so fast it's not like you're you're not making a you're not making a stock you're typically bringing that predator to you so you never know where they're going to where they're going to show up or or surprise you from or or they're surprising and be and be leaving or multiples show up and you shoot one and the other one you know you might get that other coyote stopped at 370 yards after you shot the first one at 100 at 150 so And your targets quite a little, quite a little smaller.
23:16
So on a, on a predator gun, for me, there's a big focus on, on velocity because velocity is your primary factor in your ballistics at mid range, you know, four or five, 600 yards.
23:28
And in that far more important than the ballistic coefficient, your, your velocity dictates how much drop you have.
23:34
Um, so with, with a coyote hunt, you know, you think about kill zone on a coyotes, maybe the size of your fist, you know, to really anchor anchor a coyote immediately.
23:44
your margin of error there is pretty small.

13 MINS LATER

36:31
If you're accidentally under full power, that reticle makes sense.
23:51
Okay
23:51
...
23:51
in a weird way that, like...
23:53
And I just...
23:54
And everybody's like, "How do you know how to do it?" It's like, 'cause I tried to play Lucinda Williams songs for so long.
23:58
Like-
23:58
Yeah
23:59
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