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meaty · 10-27-2009, 07:32 PM

I`ll be going for the first time this year. Will the 7.62X39 get the job done? I want to take my AK

ardXD45 · 10-27-2009, 07:36 PM

Ha ya you will be fine my grandpa hunts with a 270 and he takes one every year.... matter of fact if i get something close enough im gonna try and take one with my XD 45 tac lol. good luck though

**nothingness** · 10-27-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by meaty

I`ll be going for the first time this year. Will the 7.62X39 get the job done? I want to take my AK

There are soft points available in x39 from just about every brand. The round itself is sufficient enough to take whitetail but i'm not sure i'd use FMJs or the HPs unless I had to.

I'm using a 1944 Finn M-39 this year..Just something about using an old rifle like the Mosin and no scope that appeals to me.

Cuda66 · 10-27-2009, 08:29 PM

Sure, if you stay within the cartridge's (and rifle's) limitations. 7.62x39 is a pretty close match, ballistically, to .30-30; traditionally, that's about a 150-200 yard round. I'd recommend getting some of the 150gr soft points...I have a couple friends who use them in SKS's to good effect.

Then, I'd figure out at what range you can always hit a 4" target, first shot, every shot using that ammo; and call that your max range.

Just be mindful that some states have both cartridge limitation (shouldn't be an issue, but check) and magazine capacity restrictions (buy a dedicated 5 or 10rd magazine, if your state doesn't allow high-capacity; just putting 5 rounds (for example) in a 30 round mag will get you in hot water).

Spartan299 · 10-27-2009, 08:37 PM

I don't think they allow the FMJs for hunting, but nothingness is correct, the softpoints can be had and are easy to find. Also, I believe you must limit your mag capacity to 5 rounds for hunting.

**einheit 13** · 10-27-2009, 09:51 PM

keep the range under 200m and you'll do well. I highly recommend finding some 5-10rd mags, 20s work decent. 30 and 40rd mags get heavy after a while and throw off the balance even more on an already muzzle heavy weapon. I've hunted with them a lot.

norinco982lover · 10-28-2009, 08:41 AM

You could always take no mags and load one at a time... if you are a good shot that is

psi2941 · 10-28-2009, 09:49 AM

??? chicken! you need to use a .22 long rifle!

Warhammer · 10-28-2009, 02:10 PM

FYI, from the Missouri Department of Conservation website:

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Prohibited weapons include full metal case projectiles, ammunition propelling more than one projectile at a single discharge and self-loading rifles having a capacity of more than 11 cartridges in magazine and chamber combined.

So just use softpoints and a 5- or 10-round magazine and you'll be fine.

Doughboy Racing · 10-28-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Spartan299

I don't think they allow the FMJs for hunting, but nothingness is correct, the softpoints can be had and are easy to find. Also, I believe you must limit your mag capacity to 5 rounds for hunting.

In Michigan you are limited to 5 rds at a time as well in Semiautos

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Cuda66 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: McLeod County, MN Posts: 1,951	Sure, if you stay within the cartridge's (and rifle's) limitations. 7.62x39 is a pretty close match, ballistically, to .30-30; traditionally, that's about a 150-200 yard round. I'd recommend getting some of the 150gr soft points...I have a couple friends who use them in SKS's to good effect. Then, I'd figure out at what range you can always hit a 4" target, first shot, every shot using that ammo; and call that your max range. Just be mindful that some states have both cartridge limitation (shouldn't be an issue, but check) and magazine capacity restrictions (buy a dedicated 5 or 10rd magazine, if your state doesn't allow high-capacity; just putting 5 rounds (for example) in a 30 round mag will get you in hot water). __________________ I never learned from a man who agreed with me.--R.A.H
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Spartan299 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Blue Springs, Missouri Posts: 800	I don't think they allow the FMJs for hunting, but nothingness is correct, the softpoints can be had and are easy to find. Also, I believe you must limit your mag capacity to 5 rounds for hunting.
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einheit 13 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, C.S.A. Posts: 7,321	keep the range under 200m and you'll do well. I highly recommend finding some 5-10rd mags, 20s work decent. 30 and 40rd mags get heavy after a while and throw off the balance even more on an already muzzle heavy weapon. I've hunted with them a lot. __________________ Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, the third time is enemy action http://www.soviet-steel.com/
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