I've never gotten a deer with anything but a milsurp. I haven't been deer hunting for all that many years but I've gotten nine deer in total all with milsurps, all but one were in original condition. First deer with a 1903A3 Smith Corona, second with a T97 Japanesesniper minus the scope, third with a T99, fourth with a Pattern 14 Enfield, 5-7 with a sportered M94 Swedish
carbine, 8 with a M28 Finnish
Mosin, and 9 with a Russian
SKS45. This year I'm taking out the old MAS36 to see what it can do. I've hunted with sporting rifles but always seems the deer came by when I had a milsurp at hand. The milsurps must be good luck.
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