"Sure it will kill a deer, but c-mon; anyone who would use or advocate the use of something like sks or the AK47 or any semi-automatic war weapon for hunting just doesnt get it... "

Doesn't get WHAT? What in the world is wrong with using a semi-auto rifle for hunting? Are you falling into the same old trap of "the evil-LOOKING gun" ? If it is black, and semi-auto, then there is no need for it in civilian hands? How silly. Like Jay said... what do you think the Mauser, Springfield, Enfield, trap-door Springfield, etc, are? They are military weapons. Are you saying that a "hunting rifle" has to meet YOUR appearance criteria? Or are you worried about accuracy? There's an interesting article in the last Shotgun News about the CETME battle rifle... based on the HK .308...arguably one of the most prolific and successful battle rifles of the free world. The author was getting approx 1" groups at 100yds with it. That's certainly good enough for deer, isn't it? Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention... that was shot with the military open battle sights. How many of your RemWinRug rifles that really LOOK like hunting rifles (your definition) will do that? Let's not fall into the trap of "good" hunting rifles and "bad" hunting rifles. In fact, if you are hunting with your sks, or ak variant, then that takes a lot of wind out of the sails of the idiots that want to ban "assault rifles" because they have no "sporting value".....

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