7.62x39 hunting rounds

[stinkynuts]

can a guy buy a 7.62x39 hunting round if so have anyone used them how do they work what is the effective range or is the word dont waste your time and stick to a mans trusty old 270 etc

 

[Drewz]

Well I would say the limit would be 200 yards absolute max. Now if you got into reloading you could stretch that a bit but the accuracy would go wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up.

 

[mandarb11]

They are as expensive as 308 but they are available.

 

[rollingrock]

Saying 200m is the limit of this round is a true understatement of this round. Last fall my first buck took my texas heart shot at approx. 150 meters out of my Ruger M77 in this cal. Dropped right on spot. The limit is the iron sight on SKS or whatever. With a properly mounted scope a bolt action can hit pretty hard. My SKS has taken quite a few things, but all were done within 100 meter range. Shootng at a range at a paper target is quite different from hunting. When you hunt, you just want to make surer, surer and surer that your first bullet would nail the bugger. Different comfort level.