I shot a deer at about 80 yards with an SKS. I was using Russian soft point ammo and the bullet went completely through the deer leaving a rather large exit wound. Someone told me that the hollowpoint ammo expands more and I should be using it. Does anyone have any experience hunting with an SKS?
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Best SKS round for deer?
- Thread starter Hammy
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Art Eatman
Staff in Memoriam
A large exit wound is about as good as it gets, unless a bullet which doesn't exit leaves the deer dead in its tracks.
Going all the way through the deer means that the majority of the bullet's mass stayed together. The large exit wound means the bullet did expand nicely.
If you have a reasonably accurate "package", stay with it and don't change just for the sake of change.
FWIW, Art
Going all the way through the deer means that the majority of the bullet's mass stayed together. The large exit wound means the bullet did expand nicely.
If you have a reasonably accurate "package", stay with it and don't change just for the sake of change.
FWIW, Art
inGobwetrust
New member
What Art said is absolutely true. The best load I've used is the Cor-Bon 150 gr. soft point which leaves my Mini 30 at around 2300 fps. I know some of you won't believe this but I can get 1.5" 100 yard groups with this load in my Mini 30 if I let the barrel cool for a minute between shots.
cuerno de chivo
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what brand of ammo did you use? or where'd you get it? thanks!