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Originally Posted by Drewski Canuck
Sure a 7.62 x 39 can be a hunting cartridge, but if you are looking for reliable ammo supply and known ballistics, and if you ever have to re sell, a caliber that is well accepted, why not just stick to the accepted North American cartridges? 7.62 is not common in reloading circles, so handloads are not going to be that easy compared to a .308, or a 30.06, and brass is readily available for those cartridges.
As a platform, an SKS is a not a good "accuracy" rifle. Very hard to get a scope mount that is true and solid. Even outside the original wood stock they just are not that precise a gun as a semi auto. Maybe a Chinese build is more refined than a russian build, but if you are hunting with it, why even waste your time on trying to tinker with the SKS platform or going with a bolt gun in 7.62 when there are so many better choices?
Drewski
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Some guys just like to be different or just hunt with what they have. I used to carry an M1 Garand around the bush when I hunted deer and at 9 pounds with a tiny holed rear peep sight it made a terrible hunting rifle. But it sure was fun.