---
title: "Rock River Arms Fred Eichler Predator Rifle: Easy to Carry, Coyote Killer"
date: "2012-05-30"
modified: "2012-05-30"
authors:
  - name: "The Editors"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/the-editors/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2012/05/rock-river-arms-fred-eichler-predator-rifle-easy-carry-coyote-killer/"
categories:
  - "Coyote Hunting"
  - "Guns"
  - "Hunting"
  - "Predator Hunting"
  - "Rifles"
  - "Semi-Automatic Rifles"
---

# Rock River Arms Fred Eichler Predator Rifle: Easy to Carry, Coyote Killer

![](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22/JPPAU5BLXG4OLN2KSS5T2E2Y7E.jpg>)

This 5.56/.223 AR is a handy little predator rifle. The round handguard has cute coyote prints on it (too cute, in the eyes of some testers). With its 18-inch barrel and collapsible stock, it is quite maneuverable and is light enough to carry with a scope mounted. The muzzle brake did a good job of keeping the gun on target, and the accuracy of the rifle (0.994-inch 5-shot average) should have coyotes quaking in their dens.
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Test Results\*\*
Score: **? ? ? ½**
Price: $1,395
Design: B
Performance: A-
Accuracy: A
Price/Value: B
Cartridge: 5.56/.223 Rem.
Trigger Pull: 5 lb. 1 oz.
Available Group/Smallest Group: .944 in./.470 in.
Ammo: Win. 50-Gr. BST
Website: [Rockriverarms.com](<https://www.Rockriverarms.com/>)