Milsurp Deer Hunt - Page 2

**44 AMP** · February 20, 2019, 12:53 AM

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Has anybody ever used a Milsurp rifle to hunt for deer and other game?

Lots and lots of them, sporterized in calibers ranging from .22-250 to .458 Win Mag.

Grew up in an era where sporterizing those rifles was the thing to do. Stupid to carry a 9lb infantry rifle in the deer woods when a 7lb version would do just as well, and better. Deer don't usually return fire so a large magazine isn't really useful, and from what I hear, hand to hand combat with fixed bayonets is pretty rare, too. SO, the sturdiness and weight of the unaltered milsurp are just un-needed weight to carry around when hunting.

If you want to use an original issue condition milsurp for a nostalgia reason, that's fine with me, but you're carrying it, not me!

(I will make an exception for the Swede carbine

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Red Devil · February 21, 2019, 11:37 PM

Red

Todd1700 · March 6, 2019, 12:21 PM

Killed a few hogs with a Finnish M-28 in 7.62x54r.

reinert · March 6, 2019, 06:14 PM

I tagged a good branch antlered bull elk and a few whitetails with my M1917 (Eddystone). It has a really nice Redfield Olympic receiver sight on it, along with a nice banded front ramp sight. Nice old gun, and whoever "sporterized" it, did a very nice job. Found the rifle back in the mid-90's at a local gun show.

44caliberkid · March 6, 2019, 07:24 PM

When I lived in Alaska I used a borrowed '03 Springfield for deer and caribou. I was back up there in the summer of 2017 and talked to a guy who used an '03 Springfield for all his Alaskan hunting. 30-06.

Johnny Guest · March 7, 2019, 02:07 AM

I had a box-stock 1903A3 with which I hunted a few times but never got to take a shot.

My elder son carried my unmodified No. 4 Mk 1 but never had a chance for a shot. I carried same rifle while same son took a few deer with my commercial rifles. He later got a sporterized '03 Springfield. He took one deer in the original callber and later had it rebarreled to .35 Whelen. He's had good success with that old action, but had since moved on to commercial rifles of his own.

I've carried milsurps on many a hunt, but never took game with one.

eastbank · March 7, 2019, 07:15 AM

I have shot deer with a few of my milsurps, my favorite is a Japanese 99 in 7.7 with matching numbers that my uncle sent back from the pacific durning ww-2, still full military with monopod. I shoot a 174 gr Hornady bullet and 2450 fps that's close to the military load. three shot groups at 100 yards from a rest with the original peep sights are 1.5-2 ".

Jack O'Conner · March 13, 2019, 04:44 PM

Russian carbine hunt photo.

Hoffman123 · April 3, 2019, 08:46 AM

I hunted with a m91/30 and some cheap soft points.

deadcoyote · April 22, 2019, 11:38 AM

I killed my first deer with a marlin .30-30 but bought an M44 mosin for myself when I was 14 and used it to take 7 deer until I got old enough to admit I didn’t like the recoil/howitzer type properties of that firearm and bought a modern deer rifle. Also, having an optic now is nice. In other words, getting old is no bueno.

Chuck Norris · April 23, 2019, 07:48 PM

My first deer rifle was a Argentina Mauser back in the late 70s never got a shot on one,I did shoot one a few years later with a sporterized K98,an old guy told me that hole was big enough to poke a sombrero through,had to laugh.

Josh Smith · April 24, 2019, 11:15 AM

Hello,

You might enjoy this page:

http://smith-sights.com/mosin-hunting-pictures.php

I originally developed that page for Mosin hunting pics, but folks have submitted all sorts of milsurp rifle kills, and so I run 'em.

Regards,
Josh

blackwidowp61 · May 9, 2019, 09:33 PM

My brother-in-law used an Arisaka in 7.7 for quite a few years. It was extremely accurate but he complained that it just drilled a hole through the deer without expanding at all (no, it wasn't FMJ!) and led to a lot of tracking. I offered to reload for him with better performing bullets, but he retired the Arisaka and got a different rifle.

moose fat · August 2, 2019, 03:05 PM

Moose season opened yesterday! Got my Garand a gas plug from Garand Gear so I can shoot basically whatever I want. Ran good with 180 gr. Core Lokt's. My Ishapore 7.62 has some very good 165 gr. Core Lokt reloads. Now have to go over my 03-A3 and sight it in and maybe make up some more 200 gr. Nozzler Partitions. : )

Duster340 · August 2, 2019, 10:35 PM

Love hunting with Milsurps! My Bubba'd No4Mk1 consistently puts deer in the freezer. I'll also be using my K31 and Jap Model 99 to hopefully fill some of my 5 antlerless tags this year. May even pull out the old 98k too!

March 7, 2019, 02:07 AM	#31
Johnny Guest Moderator in Memoriam Join Date: August 28, 1999 Location: North Texas Posts: 4,123	Limited milsurp hunting I had a box-stock 1903A3 with which I hunted a few times but never got to take a shot. My elder son carried my unmodified No. 4 Mk 1 but never had a chance for a shot. I carried same rifle while same son took a few deer with my commercial rifles. He later got a sporterized '03 Springfield. He took one deer in the original callber and later had it rebarreled to .35 Whelen. He's had good success with that old action, but had since moved on to commercial rifles of his own. I've carried milsurps on many a hunt, but never took game with one.

March 13, 2019, 04:44 PM	#33
Jack O'Conner Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2005 Location: Manatee County, Florida Posts: 1,976	Russian carbine hunt photo. __________________ Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release. Last edited by Jack O'Conner; March 13, 2019 at 07:13 PM.

May 9, 2019, 09:33 PM	#38
blackwidowp61 Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2017 Location: laiceps erehwon Posts: 165	My brother-in-law used an Arisaka in 7.7 for quite a few years. It was extremely accurate but he complained that it just drilled a hole through the deer without expanding at all (no, it wasn't FMJ!) and led to a lot of tracking. I offered to reload for him with better performing bullets, but he retired the Arisaka and got a different rifle. __________________ If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining. I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it! If you need a real belly laugh, try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

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February 21, 2019, 11:37 PM	#27
Red Devil Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2010 Posts: 274	Red

March 6, 2019, 12:21 PM	#28
Todd1700 Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2008 Posts: 192	Killed a few hogs with a Finnish M-28 in 7.62x54r.

March 6, 2019, 06:14 PM	#29
reinert Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 646	I tagged a good branch antlered bull elk and a few whitetails with my M1917 (Eddystone). It has a really nice Redfield Olympic receiver sight on it, along with a nice banded front ramp sight. Nice old gun, and whoever "sporterized" it, did a very nice job. Found the rifle back in the mid-90's at a local gun show.

March 6, 2019, 07:24 PM	#30
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,096	When I lived in Alaska I used a borrowed '03 Springfield for deer and caribou. I was back up there in the summer of 2017 and talked to a guy who used an '03 Springfield for all his Alaskan hunting. 30-06.

March 7, 2019, 07:15 AM	#32
eastbank Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2008 Location: pa. Posts: 2,450	I have shot deer with a few of my milsurps, my favorite is a Japanese 99 in 7.7 with matching numbers that my uncle sent back from the pacific durning ww-2, still full military with monopod. I shoot a 174 gr Hornady bullet and 2450 fps that's close to the military load. three shot groups at 100 yards from a rest with the original peep sights are 1.5-2 ".

April 3, 2019, 08:46 AM	#34
Hoffman123 Junior Member Join Date: March 16, 2019 Posts: 11	I hunted with a m91/30 and some cheap soft points.

April 22, 2019, 11:38 AM	#35
deadcoyote Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2009 Location: northern CA Posts: 674	I killed my first deer with a marlin .30-30 but bought an M44 mosin for myself when I was 14 and used it to take 7 deer until I got old enough to admit I didn’t like the recoil/howitzer type properties of that firearm and bought a modern deer rifle. Also, having an optic now is nice. In other words, getting old is no bueno.

April 23, 2019, 07:48 PM	#36
Chuck Norris Member Join Date: April 9, 2019 Posts: 25	My first deer rifle was a Argentina Mauser back in the late 70s never got a shot on one,I did shoot one a few years later with a sporterized K98,an old guy told me that hole was big enough to poke a sombrero through,had to laugh.

April 24, 2019, 11:15 AM	#37
Josh Smith member Join Date: November 5, 2000 Location: Wabash IN Posts: 740	Hello, You might enjoy this page: http://smith-sights.com/mosin-hunting-pictures.php I originally developed that page for Mosin hunting pics, but folks have submitted all sorts of milsurp rifle kills, and so I run 'em. Regards, Josh

August 2, 2019, 03:05 PM	#39
moose fat Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2006 Location: Alaska, Yukon R. delta Posts: 421	Moose season opened yesterday! Got my Garand a gas plug from Garand Gear so I can shoot basically whatever I want. Ran good with 180 gr. Core Lokt's. My Ishapore 7.62 has some very good 165 gr. Core Lokt reloads. Now have to go over my 03-A3 and sight it in and maybe make up some more 200 gr. Nozzler Partitions. : )

August 2, 2019, 10:35 PM	#40
Duster340 Member Join Date: December 27, 2014 Location: Illinois Posts: 92	Love hunting with Milsurps! My Bubba'd No4Mk1 consistently puts deer in the freezer. I'll also be using my K31 and Jap Model 99 to hopefully fill some of my 5 antlerless tags this year. May even pull out the old 98k too!