Thread: larger deer with 7.62x39 & your loads

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

well thats where it gets interesting...I believed and still maintain that the x39mm is a 150 yard rifle..and thats it..... yeah ok past there on small critters or in open country with medium critters you might push it a bit past there.... accuracy was always below 2" which fitted in with my thinking... its still going to be inside the vital bits.... we got caught with good red stag we THOUGHT was 150ish but was closer to 225 and bullet went into lower leg...3 hours tracking led us into place we shouldnt have been and abandoned in rain with trail washed out....

Yep its wise to err on the side of caution , why not..
i think you are onto it, shooting at extended ranges demands a range finder, or knowing the range within -+ 20m in my opinion. there is SFA in drop from any Cartridge in 20m under Realistic shooting distances an scenerios one would somewhat find themselves in a typical, normal, without looking for LR, type hunting scenerio.. which is what i want to keep this rifle for, basically a point an shoot at 200m with 200 often being a slight holdover but still on fur..

its like with any big Centre fire, most can point an shoot to 300meters, but anything beyond this is alot of time a guess and a stroke of luck, if not ranged... yeah of course , it is way easier with a "prc" of course.....


Easy to talk about an nit pick online but cheers for the experiences, at this point in time i must re iterate the fact i need to use 150 grain projectiles for legal reasons.

i'll be hunting sambar at some point this coming week with the 150gr load an of course, hunting is the game....close is the aim.