Mine' s a bit more accurate than you claim yours is, I get around 1.5" groups at 100yrds off a forend rest, but with your accuracy, I' d definately consider using it. I only take mine out after my .30-06 has filled its plate, or I' m going on a drive hunt in brush. I don' t feel bad taking it through rough stuff and I' m a heck of a snap shot with it. Mine is the paratrooper model, shorter barrel that is, and it has a folding stock on it, so it makes for very easy portaging. At 100yrds, it' s a great gun for deer of any size, I' ve used mine on coyotes out to 300yrds with great performance, so I' m confident with the ammo for deer at closer ranges.

Remember to use quality ammo when hunting though. You can get extremely familiar with the rifle very quickly because you can buy so much ammo for little money, but surplus stuff isn' t up to snuff on game.

As far as the capacity is concerned...I talked to the local rangers here (I have a good working relationship with them though) and asked them if they' d nail me to the wall if I had my 10 (really 11) rnd box mag in while hunting, they said they might check to make sure I only had 5 loaded at once, and since it was me they wouldn' t do anything about the capability of going over 5. I also asked them if I could just put in a plug (like shotgunners do) to limit the cap. to meet the requirement, they said that' d be great and that they were sure that no ranger in KS would cite me for having the over cap. mag if I made the effort to limit it. It didnt' take much work. I just cut a piece of wood in a wedge then loaded five rounds in the mag out of the gun, and wittled on the piece with a hand-lathe until it was small enough to lock the mag, then I put a piece of double sided utility tape in the bottom of the box and set the block in,viola, limited my cap to fit regs and I didn' t spend a dime.