Military Surplus for hunting

[polaris500rse]

I would be interested in gun possibly if he doesnt want it. Mike

 

[Melnic]

Well, this being a C&R section. I'm not planning to hunt with any Milsurp unless its in original condition or can easily be restored to original condition. Not liking the idea of taking a Milsurp and sporterize. If I wanted to take a milsurp and hunt it would be for the challenge/excitement/thrill/pride of doing it. It just so happens, the only dedicated hunting rifle I own is a muzzleloading Inline. I'm still planning on the 1903a3. I think if you want to sit with the safety on, you need to consider how quiet you need to be when flipping it off. Such is the mauser type with the safety that flips up in your view so you know its on. Where I'll be in Nov, You have to be very quiet cause things are very close in. I'm still new to Deer hunting so we'll see how it turns out.

 

[Augie]

Mosin would be my last choice except for some Finns, poor sights, bad triggers, iffy accuracy.
My preference goes to milsurps with rear peep sights, quicker more precise shooting, 03a3, Enfield N04,Model 1917.
At my age I'm finding I need a scope, hard to see front sight in low light, plenty of sporterized milsurps at very cheap prices that have already been drilled and tapped, no need to do it to an unmolested one. These rifles if in good shape can be very accurate.

 

[Machodoc]

Thanks for posting this very useful information. He may have an axe to grind, but he backed his grinding up with some pretty solid data. For $38, why take the chance?

It's not just puffery to sell his stuff. The reloading manuals make the same point about the difference between commercial loads and those that you are loading specifically for the Garand.

 

[Mooseman]

It's not just puffery to sell his stuff. The reloading manuals make the same point about the difference between commercial loads and those that you are loading specifically for the Garand.

This.

 

[iH8DemLibz]

I have taken a couple deer with my SKS.

With the hollow point rounds (I think 123 gr) the exit holes have been the size of a quarter.

A friend of mine has killed a large number of deer over the years when it was his only deer rifle.

The SKS is a good white tail rifle.

Rmocarsky

Agreed.

A scoped SKS with soft points would make a fine deer rifle out to 150 yards.

 

[Ironnewt]

Killed my first deer with a 1903 Springfield. That was a long time ago. First Black powder deer was done in by a Navy Arms repro of a 1841 Mississippi in .58 caliber. Still have both.

 

[rickyp]

The first deer hunt I went on in western md I took a 1895 mauser in 7x57,
If I was going to use mil surplus rifle now I think I would look for a good mosin nagant.91/30.
Then I would get a new manufacturer pu scope and mount and find a turn down bolt. It woukdnt be much for a gunsmith to install the scope mount and bolt handle

To get the most out of the 7.62x54r for hunting it be best to habd load for it as factore hunting rounds are very expensive.

As for hunting with fmg rounds it would depend on the round. I would challange anyone say a fmg bullet out of a 50 bmg wouldnt kill a deer humanly. May be not left but deer will die very fast

 

[Alphabrew]

If I hunted deer, I'd use a K31

 

[Melnic]

I was hunting in a ground blind in the woods for early muzzleloader season.
I spooked a doe about 15 yards from me when I pulled the hammer back and "click". Darn thing heard it and ran off.
This area is Rifle and I plan to go back. Got me thinking about which surplus guns I have hunting reloads for and if I go back into the woods I want something short and with a quiet safety.
The 2 quietest saftey's I have are the:
1903a3
K31
Steyr M95

The Steyr is almost perfect for close quarters and a ground blind. Short, light, and a thumb pulling back on the cocking knob with gun tilted to side allows the safety to flip down and off. Alas, but I'm going to bring the 1903a3 cause its Americun.

Mosin, I might have to buy one of those ring attachments

 

[Machodoc]

I've killed two foxes (raiding the chicken house) with a Nagant rifle. The results were NOT pretty, but it was very effective. Neither one got more than a couple of feet from where they were hit ... and may have been knocked that far.

 

[MilsurpDan]

Here's yours truly with a nice 6 point I shot a few years ago with my K31. Hit him at 90-100 yards and he dropped instantly. I used wolf gold soft-points

 

[Machodoc]

The buck looks older than you in that picture, Dan!

 

[DennisCA]

For close-in work, I recommend this:

Steyr M95 Carbine in 8X56r - Hell the muzzle blast would prob knock them down!

 

[stu929]

My uncle hunted with an imfield for 20 years.

I hope to get into the woods with either my M1 or 03a3 this year.

 

[Abulg1972]

For close-in work, I recommend this:

Steyr M95 Carbine in 8X56r - Hell the muzzle blast would prob knock them down!

Is that your Christmas decoration?


Andy

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[DennisCA]

Is that your Christmas decoration?


Andy

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No cammo-flauge!
Actually it was left-over pine cones for who-knows-where

 

[BlackBart]

This one might claim this and the other claim that but truth is once REALITY sets in.......... they aren't going to lug it before they wished they chose something lighter, easier to carry and logical.

1 pound will feel like 100 at the end of the day.

 

[MilsurpDan]

The buck looks older than you in that picture, Dan!

HA. Yea, I look a little bit younger when I don't have any facial hair. That picture is about 4 years old too.

 

[Sirex]

I only got a deer using a 1986 Ford Aerostar.