Milsurps for hunting?

I use my Mosins all the time. Has no problem knocking down a deer. Some people say they are too long and heavy to carry in the bush, but I've never had a problem or find they carry bad.

They might not carry bad but the shoulder carry with a OEM sling pretty much blows goats.
And I totally use milsurps for hunting so it's not dissing the genre
 
I've been out twice in the last month , sitting alongside of a beanfield with a Swede M96 hoping for a crack at a 'yote.
For deer , it's always been a '43 Longbranch .
35 of those years it was in fullwood , then about 5yr ago I bought spare sportered stocks and did some rearranging.
Funny thing is, it shoots better sported.
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Total overkill on this lil' spikebuck :evil:
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Hunting with milsups is how I got into milsup collecting. My first K98K was purchased under the guise that I needed a second rifle for hunting (scope bumped etc.); that theory convinced my wife and shortly after those long cardboard boxes kept coming in the back door.

Where I live, Fish and Wildlife was handing out as many as nine deer tags to control CWD for about three years. To make things challenging I started using milsups and have taken deer with the K98, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, 1858 Enfield and CZ 858. I don't think that hunting with these rifles is "crazy" but they do have their limitations. Most milsups will not carry MOA accuracy guarantee's but they are generally accurate enough to take game ethically at reasonable ranges for iron sites. The killing power of most WWII cartridges is also satisfactory within the ethical ranges of iron sites. The smaller cartridges such as the 30 M1 Carbine and 7.62x39 will reduce your lethal range, but a good shot placement at deer sized game within reasonable distances will still sit them down.

Ultimately, new off the rack hunting rifles with magnum cartridges, SUB MOA gurantees and hipowered scopes will reduce human error.

Whether you are using a milsup or a modern rifle: cartridge selection, shot placement and ethical shooting distances must be selected and practice will always increase performance.
 
agentcq said:
Hunting with milsups is how I got into milsup collecting. My first K98K was purchased under the guise that I needed a second rifle for hunting (scope bumped etc.); that theory convinced my wife and shortly after those long cardboard boxes kept coming in the back door.

Where I live, Fish and Wildlife was handing out as many as nine deer tags to control CWD for about three years. To make things challenging I started using milsups and have taken deer with the K98, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, 1858 Enfield and CZ 858. I don't think that hunting with these rifles is "crazy" but they do have their limitations. Most milsups will not carry MOA accuracy guarantee's but they are generally accurate enough to take game ethically at reasonable ranges for iron sites. The killing power of most WWII cartridges is also satisfactory within the ethical ranges of iron sites. The smaller cartridges such as the 30 M1 Carbine and 7.62x39 will reduce your lethal range, but a good shot placement at deer sized game within reasonable distances will still sit them down.

Ultimately, new off the rack hunting rifles with magnum cartridges, SUB MOA gurantees and hipowered scopes will reduce human error.

Whether you are using a milsup or a modern rifle: cartridge selection, shot placement and ethical shooting distances must be selected and practice will always increase performance.
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7.62x39 is a 100 yard cartridge .30 carbine about 50 and under they're not that limited
 
Me and a few local guys have milsurp hunts. Everything from Enfields to Lungmans and M1 Garands. It doesnt matter what you bring as long as it was military issue. Our success rate may be a little lower ( not by much ) but its alot of fun.
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"Whether you are using a milsup or a modern rifle: cartridge selection, shot placement and ethical shooting distances must be selected and practice will always increase performance. "

QFT.
 
Knuckles Muldoon said:
I appreciate your concern, I prefer to think of it as 'hot-rod'ing my rifle. As a newcomer to the sport I dont really grasp the distaste some folks have for customization, as we would our cars, our homes, etc. I guess there's purists in every hobby/sport! Me, I love to take stuff apart and make it mine!
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It is because of people like you, that keep driving the price of my collection up. Then later on, when you decide you want a REALLY collectible piece like a No.4 Mk.1 Sniper, 1903A4 Springfield, M1C, M1D, MC!, ect. So, Please keep driving the price of my stuff up!
 
flying pig said:
bubba all the mosins you want that way you can't give them away later and everyone else's originals are worth way more! Because you are much better off with a basterdised milsurp that will shoot 4moa with factory ammo than a cheap savage etc costing nearly the same but shooting damn near moa out of the box. That's why the bubba mentality has died. Why wreck historical rifles and plinkers when they are not the best tool for the job? Yes i hunt with mine, but as they were acquired, not tore up to make them better but not nearly as good as something designed for the job at hand costing the same. By the time you cut and crown that barrel, put a scope on it, change the stock etc you could have a beautiful purpose built hunting rifle that you will enjoy much much more.

That being said, i think a no5mk1 is an ideal horseback elk hunting rifle, exactly as it left the factory. You rarely encounter shots farther than 50m in the woods here, and things happen fast when you walk in on an elk herd so the fast smooth le action and excellent peep sights are very well appreciated. I hunted with my 280rem chambered rem 742 this year but i think i'll leave it at home next year, the sights on the le are a better choice than the weaver k4 on the 280.
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thank-you!!!!!
 
Caleb314 said:
Im wondering if anyone has or is using a milsurp rifle to hunt deer? (sporterized enfeilds dont count unless its not sporterized)

I'm planing on using my vz 24( couldn't find bullets for my k31) to hunt deer this year and every time I tell people that im going to use a 72 year old army rifle they think I'm crazy, I tell them there's noting wrong with it, I got 3-4 inch groups at 100m so I'm sure I can hit a deer. Still after that they look at me like I'm crazy.:confused:

Am I crazy to think it would be fun to hunt with it?
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I have hunted With a German K-98K, Springfield 1896 Krag Carbine, 1907 built 1903 Springfield, 1903A4 Springfield, M-1 Garand, M1C, USMC 1952 MC1, 1897 Trench Gun, Model 12 Trench Gun, Remington Model 10 Trench Gun, Stevens 520 Trench Gun, Ithica 37 Trench Gun, No.4Mk.1, No.5Mk.1
 
my main deer rifle is a jungle carbine i got many moons ago.works great.apparently this particular rifle came from that sikh mosque in india,where they had that shootout.makes for
an interesting story,no?
 
I have used my father jungle carbine that he left for me. this year I used a yugo m48 in 8mm. I just enjoy the feeling of an old mil surplus rifle. Besides if my grandfather could carry one for 23 months walking all over europe i do think i can handle carrying mine for a few days a deer season.
 
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