M14 for hunting/brush gun?

It's a little heavier than most hunters would like, but that can be "fixed" by hitting the gym a little more and the beers a little less lol.

Put a decent scope and mount on it, have somebody crisp up the trigger, and you've got a decent rifle for North American big game.
 
As a Big Game sporting rifle just consider it a .308Winchester Semi -Automatic that is uber-reliable and accurate enough for big game ranges. Nothing more nothing less. Whatever ranges you feel comfortable with versus game size/toughness,.. you'll have to decide based on your marksmanship abilities and the .308Winchesters performance template.

I've used my 22" a few times during winter walk and stalk coyote, wanting to bring one down over irons, no luck thus far. Mine seemed to like Winchester 150gr PHP bonded. I choose this ammo type because the protected hollow point resembles a FMJ and gives 100 reliable feeding in my rifle. It was a good price at Cambodian tire at around 20 bucks, and would most likely make a decent deer round out to 250-300ish in the M305.
 
This one is going to a diehard deer hunter (inlaw 40 years old gift), reliable and accurate, it will be up to the task... JP.
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custom rig and the fruits of our labours ;)
while the sage may be battle proven..... she did not survive our adventure LOL


and my quad gun ;)


just some of the dozens of pics I have of m14 hunting rigs
the sage in the pic, ya I know the pic of the action full of dirt is supposed to be upside down hehehe...... it's Carverk's sage I built for him. This is how she looked after he tried to climb a near vertical wall on his rokon while we were moose huntin last fall. all I heard is the crash LOL sage buttstock rods did not survive, carver was just fine and the rifle was okay too LOL
 
whitetailwoodsarcher said:
^^Have you ever hunted in heavy rain? how easily does the rifle rust? That's my main worry here is the rifle rusting.
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I live in BC hehehe so yes , much hunting in rain.
I've taken an m14 type rifle on many extended hunting trips where long days in the field on foot were the only way to get in where the animals are.
so I do what any soldier would have been trained to do with his m14 in the jungle environment that the M14 rifle was born into.....
at the end of each day I removed the plug and piston, closed the spindle valve and cleaned bore and gas cylinder, ensuring gas system was dry. cleaned piston and ensured it was dry.
removed oprod and bolt , cleaned out the grease and reapplied sparingly.
checked the trigger group for debris
reassembled and safety checked, a light wipe down with a non smelly oil each evening as well, wiping down all external parts. ready to go for morning..... takes 20 minutes or less if you have a routine.
I've also hunted over a week on haida gwaii, right on the beaches and surrounding forests and practicing a nightly clean and lube kept our rifles rust free.
these rifles do have lots of nooks and crannys so I would suggest a wipe down with oil each night and remove piston and clean gas system every evening, whether it was fired or not
I also put a rubber finger cot over the flash hider so pine needles and debris don't slip in there.
 
I'm glad I found this tread! Do you folks prefer optics or irons on your m305 hunting guns. I know I've seen pics of both here, but just wondering what the general consensus is as far as weight vs hitting what you're aiming at. I know it's about personal ability and preference, just wonder what the majority think.
 
I was shooting mine all day long on crown lands last year during the coldest day of the year. The cell phone batteries and car battery died and we had to walk out but the m305 functioned just fine the whole time.
 
I used to hunt with my Norc (ARMS 18 mount with Trijicon Accupoint 3-9X) until I sold it. I used a Specter Gear 3 point sling and and it certainly helped with the weight. I just added one of those seat belt pads and it worked great. Now I would be inclined to use a 5.11 VTAC two point padded sling and would likely use a scope with less magnification. I also live on the wet (west) coast and can say you don't need to worry about your rifle rusting anymore than any other rifle.

Have fun and good luck!
 
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