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Posted: 10/9/2019 2:16:22 PM EDT

Anyone here ever done it? I'm thinking about getting out there this season with my Finnish M39.

Posted: 10/9/2019 2:22:03 PM EDT

[#1]

My Grandfather hunted for years with a sporterized Krag-Jorgenson. Use good ammo, zero your rifle, make a good shot. Good hunting!

Posted: 10/9/2019 4:26:02 PM EDT

[#2]

For years I used a Enfield .303, never regretted it.

Posted: 10/9/2019 4:52:01 PM EDT

[#3]

Used a Swede M/41....didn't see anything tho...lol

Posted: 10/9/2019 8:07:07 PM EDT

[#4]

I used to take one of my RC 98Ks our hunting with me, if the weather was bad I’d take out one of my 91/30s

Now I barely have time to hunt, but I do have a Chinese T53 that I’d take out if I have nothing else

Posted: 10/9/2019 8:14:23 PM EDT

[#5]

I'm using my Garand this year. Keeps it interesting.

Posted: 10/9/2019 8:28:45 PM EDT

[#6]

Buddy used his SMLE for years and took a number of deer with it. He stepped up to an SKS years later and took a few with that.

I tried a few times with a Swede Mauser , but nothing came my way those days. I also used an M1a.

Posted: 10/9/2019 8:32:19 PM EDT

[#7]

Hunted with my Enfield .303 for years as well. Took many deer with it . . .

Posted: 10/9/2019 9:58:24 PM EDT

[#8]

I have taken a deer and a pig with a 1896 Swede. Very accurate rifle. My eyes were a lot better then.

Posted: 10/9/2019 10:55:20 PM EDT

[#9]

I once used my 96 chillien Mauser in 7*57 for deer hunt in Western me. This was the only rifle i had at the time. I did shoot a deer with it during a deer drive.

Posted: 10/10/2019 5:07:34 AM EDT

[#10]

Bunch of times over the decades. Started with a M1903, M1 Garand, FN49 (7x57), SKS, FAL and my M4 clone. Did have a XM16E1 and M14 for couple trips to Kenya for protection from the big 5 (seen all)

CD

Posted: 10/10/2019 7:56:47 AM EDT

[#11]

I used a vz24 a number of years and killed quite a few deer and hogs with it. Still my bad weather gun.

Posted: 10/10/2019 9:04:22 AM EDT

[#12]

Killed my first whitetail with a Norinco SKS. Iron sights. Even had the bayonet mounted.

Posted: 10/10/2019 10:48:24 AM EDT

[#13]

I’m in the process of selling off my last non-AR/AK/milsurp rifle... So yea, I only hunt with my milsurp now. I usually cycle thru them and take out a different rifle each trip...

- 91/30
- Faux-Mosin sniper
- 1903a3
- Faux-a4
- M39
- LE No4 MkI*
- LE No4 Mk2
- Faux-(T)
- K98
- M48
- 1912 Steyr
- K31
- K11
- S-R 1911

Probably the only one I never take out is my Garand.

Posted: 10/10/2019 11:42:34 AM EDT

[#14]

Hunted with a K31 for the past 2 years, but haven't gotten a shot off. Took the No4 Mk1 out once, but the shot didn't connect.

Posted: 10/10/2019 11:14:30 PM EDT

[#15]

Taken one of M1 Garand's out a couple of times.

Now a few people use sks.

Posted: 10/11/2019 12:40:50 AM EDT

[#16]

Filled both my doe tags at the same time one year with my polish M-44 with iron sights. Yes....they were running right at me.

Posted: 10/11/2019 8:30:50 AM EDT

[#17]

bcd-43 K98.....It used to be my "wet weather" rifle till I could afford decent glass.

I also killed a bunch of deer with a OEM Chi-Com SKS and a few with a 7.7 Type 99 Japanese Arisaka.

Posted: 10/11/2019 9:40:45 AM EDT

[#18]

With an unsportered milsurp? No. But I have a sporterized Enfield and a sporterized M96 Swedish Mauser that I have hunted with for many years.

Posted: 10/11/2019 9:49:34 AM EDT

[#19]

My first deer rifle was a sporterized M1917 with a 4X Weaver on it.
My second deer rifle was an 03A4 with an old 2.5X Weaver on it.
My last deer rifle is an M1A with a 4X12 Bushnell on it.

If I were still deer hunting I'd be in the woods with my Dec. 44 M1 Garand with the scout scope mount and 2X7 LER scope on it.

Posted: 10/11/2019 3:54:00 PM EDT

[#20]

One of the shows about Alaska on Discovery shows the one family that hunts with an M-39. They actually broke the stock on one in a snowmobile accident and bought another one.

Posted: 10/12/2019 6:37:58 AM EDT

[#21]

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One of the shows about Alaska on Discovery shows the one family that hunts with an M-39. They actually broke the stock on one in a snowmobile accident and bought another one.

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That guy is a member over at the Gunboards forum

Posted: 10/12/2019 7:27:55 AM EDT

[#22]

I used a PU sniper for 2 seasons, didn’t shoot at anything but it was still cool to be out there with it

Posted: 10/12/2019 7:30:04 AM EDT

[#23]

Shot a pig with a Mosin M38

Posted: 10/12/2019 7:32:32 AM EDT

[#24]

Does a '03A3 sporterized circa 1950s count?

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Posted: 10/12/2019 7:35:34 AM EDT

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Does a '03A3 sporterized circa 1950s count?

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Very well done !!!

Posted: 10/12/2019 9:31:14 PM EDT

[#26]

My first deer hunt I was armed with a Korean War-era M1 carbine with a magazine full of 110gr. JSPs. It had a stripe of bright paint down the upper handguard channel as a crude form of low-light sighting. I was 14 and thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen, though I didn't get a deer that year. My friend, whose dad took me on the hunting trip, nailed one with a Remington 742 in 30-06.

Posted: 10/13/2019 12:27:32 AM EDT

[#27]

I've used:
Finn M39
Finn capture 91/30
refurbed 91/30, M38, and 91/59
Chinese SKS
Swede M96 and M38
M1 carbine

Didn't get something with all of them but had fun taking them out.

Posted: 10/13/2019 12:55:19 PM EDT

[#28]

I use an M1, 03, 03A3, 1917, etc. they work fine.

Posted: 10/14/2019 3:32:47 PM EDT

[#29]

I used to hunt quite a bit with my 91-30. I’ve gotten a few deer and even a coyote with it. I’ve also gotten a black bear with my M38 Mosin. The 7.62x54r round is excellent for hunting.

Posted: 10/18/2019 9:15:42 AM EDT

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I used to hunt quite a bit with my 91-30. I’ve gotten a few deer and even a coyote with it. I’ve also gotten a black bear with my M38 Mosin. The 7.62x54r round is excellent for hunting.

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I keep meaning to take a 91/30 out for coyotes sometime. Thanks for the reminder. I don't keep pelts so big holes won't be a problem.

Posted: 10/31/2019 9:15:08 AM EDT

[#31]

I used to do it all the time.... killed deer with just about all the milsurps I own about 10 years ago. If you search I’m sure you can find my posts. I used the following:

1. M1 Garand (all I used to have)
2. Mauser 98k
3. Mosin 91/30
4. K-31
5. SKS
6. Colt 1911 (mfg 1917)

They all work just fine with appropriate ammo. The limitation is with the operator, not the hardware!

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