SKS Bayonet While Hunting

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Just a quick question.

My Dad and I just purchased a pair of SKS's from Perkins in Pembroke. He picked his up for moose hunting back home in Newfoundland (and for those of you that think that the SKS is not capable of taking a moose down, it is within the guidelines for N.L. as a legal firearm to be used. And 7.62x39 is almost on par with 30-30 WIN for specs, which my dad has taken many moose with.) When my Dad got home, and started showing off his new $175 moose hunting gun (which floored my Dads buddies and I'm sure everyone and their dog is gonna try and get their hands one for themselves) And a lot of them were saying that it's illegal to hunt with a bayonet on your gun. So my Dad just took it off, its not a big job to do it, the man isn't gonna loose his gun and his licenses over something silly like a bayonet. But the people in my hometown are very quick to jump to conclusions, if they see something that they're not used to or is different, its automatically got to be illegal or wrong right ? (anyone who grew up in rural Newfoundland knows what I'm talkin' about) So the question. Is it illegal to hunt with a bayonet on your gun ? Or is it inly illegal in some provinces ? I did some digging on the internet and couldn't find anything. Help me out boys, because I think all these old guys in my home town are jumping to conclusions. I'd also like to know for myself, because mine will be used for hunting in the near future as well.

Thanks !

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I'm not sure alot of you are getting the point. I'm asking if its legal to have it on the gun while hunting. Nothing else. And from what I am reading, I dont think alot of you realize that the bayonet is mounted and folds open and closed (kinda like a pocket knife on the end of your gun). There are no intentions of this being used to "finish the animal off" in my opinion that would be quite dangerous and possibly inhumane. Its just to keep the gun looking original, it kinda looks stupid to me without it.
 
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On a side note...The Soviets tuned the rifle harmonics to having the bayonet unfolded while firing as per their military doctrine of the day.

With the bayo' folded your point of impact will be off and the iron sights will need to be adjusted.
 
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The bayo on the SKS for moose hunting. Well, if that floats boat and is legal, it's a free country, have fun and good luck in the hunt. Personally, I won't be hunting with my pigsticker on my No4 MkII, - too Rambo-ish, but that is my humble preference.
 
So has your dad actually taken a moose with a 7.62x39 cartridge?
The round is similar to a 30-30, but with less powder. So it does not have the same punch and impact as the 30-30. The projectile is similar too, but you will need to find some lead core rounds. MFS makes them in x39.
 
I would not be surprised if there are very few regulations governing hunting moose with a bayonet on your gun. I doubt the people who created the rules ever thought anyone would be silly enough to consider it.
 
EL34/6L6 said:
So has your dad actually taken a moose with a 7.62x39 cartridge? The round is similar to a 30-30, but with less powder. So it does not have the same punch and impact as the 30-30. The projectile is similar too, but you will need to find some lead core rounds. MFS makes them in x39.
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It barely makes the legal standard of 1,500 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. I understand the 125 gr SP is around 1,600 ft-lbs.
 
Northman999 said:
Is this an actual mandated legal minimum, or one of those "reccomendations" you sometimes find in the hunting summaries you get when you buy your liscense?
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Mandated, per section 107(14) of the Regulations linked above:

(14) A person shall not hunt, take or kill any big game by means of a rifle of .22 calibre or a rifle using ammunition having a bullet weight of less than 100 grains or a muzzle energy less than 1,500 foot pounds or a shotgun smaller than 20 gauge calibre.
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Thanks.

Kind of tough regs really.

A .44 mag carbine would have to be handloaded hard to be legal to shoot any big game with over there (for example), even though factory .44 mag easily kills 1200 lb moose all over the rest of the country...and apparently an 85 grain TSX from a .240 Weatherby wouldn't be legal to shoot a bear or deer either, even though lesser 6mm cartridges have been used to kill everything from moose to polar bear all over the place...seems pretty silly to me.
 
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Calum said:
On a side note...The Soviets tuned the rifle harmonics to having the bayonet unfolded while firing as per their military doctrine of the day.

With the bayo' folded your point of impact will be off and the iron sights will need to be adjusted.
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You learn something new everyday. Thanks Calum.
 
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