SKS Lent for Moose Hunting

Pathfinder said:
at first I didnt' notice you were joking, I though you were calculating the cartridge's energy by using the action as a variable, i was confused as to how you could think that a semi-auto's action would come to play in the cartridge's ballistics. I jumped gun and for that I appologize.

Rollingrock and Foxer: no serious accusations meant, Im just poking fun.


cheers
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Nope balistics for rounds are ment to be measured the proper way using a "standard" test barrel like Remington does. :)

Anyways no need to apologize my post was confusing I realize that now. :redface:

Dimitri
 
I own an SKS and love plinking with it.

Would I hunt moose with it? No, I have better rifles for doing that.

Could I kill a moose with it? Yes, if I keep the ranges reasonable, place my shot well and use soft points.

The Russians I work with kill barren land grizzlies at short range with Siminov rifles loaded with military ball. No sweat. They don't think twice about it.

So the SKS can do the job. I wouldn't use it on moose unless I was starving because I have better choices.
 
303carbine said:
I agree with BR, the sks is not a big game rifle. Whether it's junk or not is up to the individual.
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:D I have two Chinese SKS. One has all part number matched up, which I don't take to range very often. The other was bought some time ago from Lever Arms with no single part number matched up, which is usually called 'junk'. But with this piece of iron sighted 'junk' I don't miss one single shot on my target at 200 meters at the range and have been able to take a number of animals. I hunt with 30-06 too, but I feel more thrilled using my SKS. I agree that Chinese SKS do look very cheap, but they shoot very well.
 
Foxer said:
First off, the 150 grain bullet in 30 cal is a little light for moose, although it works.

a 125 grain bullet is REALLY not the best choice. you can't compare the effectiveness of a 150 grain bullet and a 125 based on energy alone. As the moose load chosen is a 125, we'd have to look at that factor as well.

Second - I could be wrong, but i don't think you can hot-load that round for use in a semi-automatic sks.

As you say - i'm sure under the right circumstances it'll kill the moose, but it IS a marginal round.

Now - if thats all a guy had access to.. well i guess you go with what you've got. But to deliberately lay aside a 30-06 and the like just to use a marginal round?

I gotta say, personally i have a severe problem with that.
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Foxer -

Sounds like you missed my point which was that a 150 gr bullet fired from a handloaded 7.62X39 casing has the same velocity at the muzzle as the very same bullet fired in a .30-06 when it arrives 200 yards down range. I never once suggested that anyone should attempt to shoot a moose with a 7.62X39 factory loaded round, nor with a factory equivalent load. The Hornady #6 Manual lists loads for a 150 gr. flat base spitzer bullet, with a muzzle velocity of 2200 fps from a Chi-Com SKS. My point was that if the .30-06 load would harvest a moose at 300 yards, then an SKS with the handload as mentioned could harvest a moose at 100 if employed by a careful hunter.
 
eltorro said:
But where in the world did you get the idea that the SKS is more accurate than the AK?
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From folks like us that legally own and shoot both in the USA, and from friends that used both types in the various wars in the yugos.

If the AK ever becomes legal in Kanuckistan I'll be glad to try it myself, and let you know. :D
 
Boomer said:
My point was that if the .30-06 load would harvest a moose at 300 yards, then an SKS with the handload as mentioned could harvest a moose at 100 if employed by a careful hunter.
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That's actually a good way to put things into perspective. A lot of people get so hung up on the 'SKS is a piece of ####' attitude they can't see it potential. I'm not saying the SKS is an ideal gun, or even a good one for that matter. But it's not automatically useless just because it's an SKS
 
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