ORIGINAL: Wiggy
I've got this old Mosin Nagant 91/30 that I've been kicking around for years. It's a flat out shooter, and I've been thinking about deer hunting with it for the late season.
Have any of you used the 7.62x54 round with any success? I know it would work but I'm curious as to what to expect. The ammo that shoots best out of it is "wolf" brand 200 grain soft points.
If all else fails, the rifle is long enough that I could probably pole vault over brush with it to get closer to the deer.[8D]
Wiggy, that round is so similar to the .30/'06 and the .308 that you'd never be able to decide which one was used to make a given wound channel in a game animal....
It is best to treat all eastern bloc made ammo as corrosive whether it is or not! Clean your bore with hot, soapy water (or WWII GI bore cleaner) after shooting such stuff. Then oil or otherwise preserve the bore....