Uncle John
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Jim Zumbo the former hunting writer for Outdoor Life Magazine got himself in a real bind when he cut down the use of the AR-15 and AK-47 as a hunting weapon. With him it was tradition, and the other little thing about reffering the American Battle Rifle as some sort of terror weapon didnt go well with about 80 million American gun owners. Had he known enough about them which I find hard to believe that he didn't he should have wrote this.
As deer cartriges go the 7.62X39 is a better deer cartrige than the .223 Remington. They are both legal for deer in Louisiana as well as the two rifles. They are both not exactly the choice of normal deer hunters but use them if you have them.
The AK-47 is not all that accurate and it is difficult to install a scope, however we did do this once and found it to be accurate enough for deer hunting. If you like the 7.62x39 cartrige you can get it in a CZ-527 rifle and it becomes a tack driving little deer rifle. A Ruger Mini 30 is also available and will certainly outshoot a Kalishnokov. My old friend Lt General Mohamend Al Sumera loved the AK in combat over the M-16 as to him it was more reliable. With it he took out a Juba sniper that had kill over 100 American soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces (This guy was on our side and glad to have him). See Sniper the Thousand Yard Stare www.foremosthunting.com
Now I can outshoot General Mo but just barely we both spit playing cards with 22 iron sigted rifles. Therefore my accuracy choice is the AR-15 for fun and the M-16 when I get serious. As a running coyote rifle there is none better than an AR-15 and the 223 cartrige. On deer and hogs it is a bit shy on knock down power but it will work and has been proven many times. Good hunting bullets now exsist that make the 223 a viable deer rifle. You can most certainly mount a scope on an AR and this makes it the finest semi-auto for hunting. Now you can get an AR in just about any short action hunting calibur including a short magnum so the 223 is not by itself by any means. Remington and DPMS Panther arms have a whole line of hunting type AR-15 and AR-10 rifles that any hunter would do well with. Pass it on....
As deer cartriges go the 7.62X39 is a better deer cartrige than the .223 Remington. They are both legal for deer in Louisiana as well as the two rifles. They are both not exactly the choice of normal deer hunters but use them if you have them.
The AK-47 is not all that accurate and it is difficult to install a scope, however we did do this once and found it to be accurate enough for deer hunting. If you like the 7.62x39 cartrige you can get it in a CZ-527 rifle and it becomes a tack driving little deer rifle. A Ruger Mini 30 is also available and will certainly outshoot a Kalishnokov. My old friend Lt General Mohamend Al Sumera loved the AK in combat over the M-16 as to him it was more reliable. With it he took out a Juba sniper that had kill over 100 American soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces (This guy was on our side and glad to have him). See Sniper the Thousand Yard Stare www.foremosthunting.com
Now I can outshoot General Mo but just barely we both spit playing cards with 22 iron sigted rifles. Therefore my accuracy choice is the AR-15 for fun and the M-16 when I get serious. As a running coyote rifle there is none better than an AR-15 and the 223 cartrige. On deer and hogs it is a bit shy on knock down power but it will work and has been proven many times. Good hunting bullets now exsist that make the 223 a viable deer rifle. You can most certainly mount a scope on an AR and this makes it the finest semi-auto for hunting. Now you can get an AR in just about any short action hunting calibur including a short magnum so the 223 is not by itself by any means. Remington and DPMS Panther arms have a whole line of hunting type AR-15 and AR-10 rifles that any hunter would do well with. Pass it on....
