joshk-k
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Out of curiosity, since I hear about this being the "poor mans' deer rifle," what sort of bullets would one use to hunt a deer with an SKS? I assume not Wolf-type mil-surp. Any advice?
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Hunting deer with an SKS
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jimmyraythomason
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Any soft point bullet around 122 grn. should do the job nicely.
MCgunner
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I handloaded it for a while, took a deer with the now discontinued 135 grain Sierra Pro Hunter .308" bullet. It was accurate enough, about 3-3.5" at 100 yards. I had a scope on the gun at the time. I've since taken the scope off and just use it as a truck gun.
I'm impressed with 154 Wolf soft point, though. It shoots about 2.5" at 100 out of my rifle and, while I've not shot anything with it, yet, looks like it'd work a lot better than the hollow point 123 grain wolf stuff. It's pretty hot, too, chronographs about 2200 fps out of a 20" SKS. Seems to me that's about what you get from a .30-30 factory load now days.
I'm impressed with 154 Wolf soft point, though. It shoots about 2.5" at 100 out of my rifle and, while I've not shot anything with it, yet, looks like it'd work a lot better than the hollow point 123 grain wolf stuff. It's pretty hot, too, chronographs about 2200 fps out of a 20" SKS. Seems to me that's about what you get from a .30-30 factory load now days.
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I grew up hunting with an SKS. Lots of meat in the freezer from that gun. I used 154 grain wolf SPs.
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mgregg85
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My dad has killed a lot of deer with his Mini-30, I believe he uses the winchester ammo though he has used the wolf if he can find it in soft points. The 7.62x39mm is like a Com-Bloc 30-30.
R.W.Dale
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so what's required for 200yds? A .338LM
how about 300? A 20mm cannon firing HE
see the first sig link
MCgunner
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The SKS round is fully capable to 200 yards so long as the gun is accurate enough. That can be a problem for the SKS. Mine's about 3 moa, so 6" at 200 yards is dead deer on a broad side shot. The only deer I ever shot with it was at 80 yards face on and I made a good shot to the neck. I wouldn't try that shot much further than it was with THAT gun.
joshk-k
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Thanks for all the replies.
T.R.
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My Dad (1922-2004) hunted with a 300 Savage for most of his adult life. But in the early 1990's he moved to Michigan and hunted with guys from the local VFW. Years earlier, they built small shacks in the forest and hunted over bait piles of corn, carrots, and blemished apples. Do not be alarmed - baiting was 100% legal at that time. That's the beauty of USA. Each state or Commonwealth can construct it's own hunting regulations without approval from DC.
Dad bought a Russian SKS very cheap and killed several big Michigan bucks with it. He nailed them using Winchester SUPER X ammo with soft tip bullet. None got away.
We sold the SKS after he died and gave the money to Mom. The 300 went to my kid brother who lives in Wyoming. So it goes.
Do not under-estimate the killing power of the 7.62mm Russian SKS cartridge. The 123 grain bullet hits HARD and shreds lung tissue at least as well as 30-06.
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