SKS

[wildfan]

I was just wondering if anyone here uses an SKS for deer hunting, and if you do how accurate is it and do you like it?

Thanks

[jerkin'm]

Bought an SKS from a buddy, took it deer hunting ONE time. Sold it cheap after the season. In my opinion not a good deer rifle.

[PerchJerker]

I don't own one but used to have one. Got it because it was cheap. Traded it off because the accuracy was terrible and after a while it wasn't even fun for target shooting.

If you're looking for a deer rifle, go to Walmart (or somewhere else) and look at their Savage rifles. Very good quality for a very low price. Stay away from the Remington 710.

Good luck, I hope this helps.

[Benny]

If you are going to buy an SKS for hunting, buy the Russian,Bulgarian,Albanian,or the Yugoslavian made models.

And preferably one in good shape.The bullistics are a little better than a 30-30 , but you have to use the comercial ammo like Federal or Winchester to get any accuracy.

The surplus military stuff is not meant to be highly accurate, just enough to do some damage.

I own a Russian made SKS , used it once for hunting when my Remington 700 was getting glass bedded and the shop didn't get it done on time.

I shoot it all the time at the range just to put a smile on my face as I rattle off the 30 round clip as fast as I can.

I agree with looking at the other makers like Savage, and now Mossberg makes a model called the ATR.Wally world had one for under 400 smackers in 30-06 and 270 calibers.

Benny

[kc0myy]

Go to a gun shop. They will know for than walmart. also I know that the sks has good accuracy.

[picksbigwagon]

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[Benny]

Please tell me you didn't intent to say "walk your shots up to the deer"!

That's dangerous , and has no place in the deer woods.Maybe you meant walking while you were shooting at a deer?When I was in the service we did brush on fire while moving to hit a target but 99% of the time we had to stop,aquire,sqweeze,and affirm the hit.

Don't take it wrong,I do not intend the above statment to bash you in any way.Just want to make sure you understand that it isn't a safe manner to hunt in that way.Also we don't want those South Dakota people giving us the rasberrys for doing such things

Benny

[picksbigwagon]

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[riverrat56]

When i first heard "walk your shots up to the deer" I was a little disturbed but figured he missed typed it, now that you have stated you were serious i need to comment. I don't care if you have heard that people shoot like that, they shouldnt and you shouldnt recommend it on a forum, it is unethical, unsafe, and unsporting. Just throwing lead out there and using that to find your aim signals a few things, you don't practice enough, you are shooting to far away, and you don't know your guns limitations. It also shows you don't care if you hit the deer or another deer hunter.

You asked another poster if he only loads one cartridge in his gun. Just because you load multiple bullets doesn't mean your method of harvesting a deer is to spray lead. When i hunt, my shotgun is loaded with all 5 shells, have i ever emptied it, no, ive never got past 3 shots, and all those were aimed at the deer, not sprayed randomly.

I'm not saying that this is how you hunt, but to recommend it to someone is absurd and shows alot about your character.

[Benny]

Your not worth the time to argue with.

Benny

[picksbigwagon]

Rat,

I am trying to be a realist here, this guy wants to know if he can use an sks for deer hunting. My responses in no shape or form should be taken for common or reccomended hunting practices. I hunt in the shotgun zone down south and have only taken multiple shots at a deer once, and that was a running shot that I hit on the second shot. The number one reason I hunt down south is the (Contact US Regarding This Word) up north with their multiple shots at anything that moves within a half mile of their deer castle. and an SKS does not go as far as a 30-06 or a 7mm rem mag.

Fine I will admit that I shouldn't have said walk up your shot, but I didn't say that is how you should shoot. I also contend that anyone who takes those long distance shots miss more on their first two or three shots before they get close on that last shot.

How many times have you heard the multiple shot gun blasts as you were hunting in the shotgun area...............

I will clarify my first statement, sks can be used for a deer hunting gun, why you would want to I don't know. It does afford you fast follow up shots, but I do not reccomend fast follow up shots and I guess i should add that we would all be safer if we used spears...........

[wildfan]

Thank you for the info from the people who didn't just start bashing me for asking a simple question about a gun. The reason I asked was because I am looking for an affordable gun that I can have fun with target shooting and also use for deer hunting. I am also not the kind of person who is gonna unload a clip at a deer. I dont know why picksbigwagon is bashing deer hunting up north because I have heard many stories about slug hunters in southern minnesota one of my friends has almost been shot while he was walking to his deer stand on his own property. Also I dont think I would talk about deer castles in the north, sure there are a few up there but I have driven through the southern part of the state and almost every field has at least one on it. So thank you again for the people who didn't just freak out and actually gave me some useful information.

[Benny]

The biggest reason there are more accedents in the southern part of the state is due to lack of trees to stop the slugs.

I believe that's why they started the slugs only zone.

I won't disagree that there have been some (Contact US Regarding This Word) up North that can't shoot just one round,I here them all the time rattling off ammo like they are in a war.

What was said just came across wrong, or was meant to show a point by a little exageration.

I doubt the person wanted to bash any one just like I didn't intend to bash that person.And I even made it a point to state that, but again it was taken wrong.

We are some times too thin skinned on this forum as it doesn't lend to show the true emotion of the poster.Had we all been in a bar or in the deer shack it wouldn't have raised an eye brow.

I still think that a good quality SKS is a good weapon for whitetail deer, the balistics are better than a 30-30 albeit just a little.But they do shoot flater and have more velocity.The SKS ammo even in comercial form does how ever lack any weight to give good knock down power.

As for being able to use the hi cap mags and rattle off 30 rounds, well that is in the eye of your peers.It may also be illegal, I heard some one say we were limited to 5 round clips???Not sure on that one though.

Benny

[kc0myy]

my friend chuck. bring 2 shells into the woods. he takes one shot one kill. The second shells is in case he did not kill it on the first shot a mercy shell.

[picksbigwagon]

You're right, if this would have happened in a bar it wouldn't even raised an eyebrow. Thin Skinned, yep I was, sorry about that everyone. I was at home all last week with 2 kids puking and [PoorWordUsage]ing everywhere and a wife out of town on business the whole week. I apologize, and if I ever run into any of you (especially Benny) I owe you a beer.

The SKS would be a good short range (200yards or less) deer rifle. I regret buying mine some days, simply because I wish I had saved an extra 200 bucks and bought a savage 243 with a scope and the accutrigger. I saw on hsolist that williams fire sights now has a sight set for the SKS, peep in the back and fiber optic thingy on the front. With the addition of that, I would feel confident out to 200 yards with open sights on a SKS.......

Once again, I do apologize for the brash-ness of my postings. I do 95% of my deer hunting on the ground, still hunting or sitting on top of ridges. I am always amazed at the size of some deer stands up north.........and yes I too have seen sopme awfully nice ones in SE MN too, one even had a garage underneath it because the 200 yards to walk was too much for the young guy, he needed his ATV.

Anyway, I apologize, buy the SKS, they are fun to shoot, and pretty cheap to shoot as well, but if you can, look at the savage's at walmart and fleet farm, they usually run about 350 with a scope and the accutrigger

[bigbucks]

It's good your friend is confident in his shooting, but I still think he's crazy. There's a lot of things that could happen to one or both of those shells besides missing that could leave him in the woods with no ammo & a bruiser standing there looking at him. A shell can misfire or whatever. Shell's aren't that heavy or expensive, seems like pretty cheap insurance to me. I'm not really ripping on him, it's his choice of course.

[law27]

Have you seen the new aperture sights for the SKS. If you go to www.Tech-SIGHTS.com you can get a good idea of how they work. Lots of people getting pretty good accuracy improvements with them.

[Ufatz]

Go to any good pawn shop and you can buy something that will be far better than an SKS for hunting. This weapong was never designed nor intended to be a "sporting arm" and, while you can use almost anything to hunt, why not use a decent rifle, with sufficient accuracy and down range energy to quickly and cleanly kill a deer. Remember; you have an obligation to make a fast, humane kill on that deer. The SKS is a marginal deer rifle in my opinion because of (a) accuracy and ( knock-down power.

Take a little time to look for something else.