Deer Hunting With Milsurps 2014 Edition

[vintage hunter]

Wouldn't mind a tiny .223 bolt-actioned rifle, either, but so far haven't found one handier than a lightweight AR carbine.

Have you seen the Mossberg MVT? It's also chambered in 7.62x39 which interests me a bit more than the 5.56.

Last deer I got was a doe I shot between the eyes with my SSA M40 3 weeks ago. Not much activity lately. I haven't been hunting since last Wednesday, the loggers kept me busy thru Friday then it set to raining Friday night and has'nt let up since and on top of all that I picked up a flu bug somewhere along the way. Got a week left yet but the weather prognosticators are saying rain with a possibility of sleet 4 of those days.

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[browningautorifle]

chambered in 7.62x39

Always like the idea of the Ruger 77 in that cartridge. They seem to have disappeared though...

[jmoore]

0500 thereabout when finishing the last post and am just now getting back online. We had a huge feast in the works that commenced about twelve hours later. Three deer hams, two 20 pound turkeys, a piggy ham, even a bit of alligator showed up.

The rain about quit mid-morning, so ducked out for a couple of hours with the Model 52 Winchester and found a big pile of squirrels almost all in one tree. Got eight.

Came back and had to split time between undressing the critters with final food prep. Lots o hand washing! All the while early arrivals were put to work carving, etc.

Big crowd. Great Christmastime gathering. And now about pooped!

Of note, learned that I MAY have a semi-auto new production FG42 in time for next deer season. Probably in .308, but we ordered one in 7,92 as well, and I can't begin to guess which I'll eventually own. The 7,92 SA FG42 should show up in a week or less, but a friend will have it, for now! Whether he decides to keep it is the question. Granted, it's "milsurp fantasy rifles", but owning a real FG42 isn't going to happen, and the selector switch is frowned upon in the state hunting regulations anyway!

Merry Christmas to you! And good night.