Deer Hunting with an AK?

[nineteenkilo]

7mm-08 or 257 Bob or 243.

All light hitters and extraordinarily adept at deer size game. My wife outkills me year after year with a Win 70 in 243. She uses 100 gr handloads by yours truly.

[RWBlue]

How about a 6.8 or a 300 Blk?

I don't think the 200Blk is an option. I think the light weight bullets will run out of gas before 300 yards (not to mention the bullets are not designed for hunting deer) and the the heavies will have a lot of drop.

[RWBlue]

I don't think a .308 AR is going to be a big improvement over a .270, but maybe that's just me.

A bolt action rifle is fairly light weight in comparison to the AR-10 clone. This along with it being a semi-auto reduces the felt recoil.

[FlyingHunter]

A 6.8spc is a solid option. My kids have taken a number of deer with this round, accurate, soft shooting (even on the little one's frame - less than 90#), and has plenty of terminal performance with the right load and of course, right placement.

[Snake Plissken]

If he has such an aversion to recoil...is he even making good shots on game? It all sounds like an old fudd edition of a pissing match. Let him buy whatever he wants because it sounds like it will only be out of the safe twice a year at best. Personally I'd just get something like a Tikka T3 Lite in 243 Winchester, load it up with 85 gr Barnes TSX rounds, and call it good with a tweener budget optic like a 2-7x Burris Fullfield.

300 Blackout is an overhyped cartridge pushing the "let's see what more shit we can shove in a USGI 5.56 magazine!" envelope. Suggesting that it would be a viable option for 300 yard hunting is laughable. Slow, low sectional density, and drops like a rock past 150 yards. A terrible choice for hunting. It was never very popular under the SDK name for good reason. It's good that AAC is selling lots of suppressors to people because of it, but that's about it.

[nhskull21]

Check out the barnes 110 gr black tip .300

[usmcvet]

IMHO shooting a 308 ar has less recoil than both a 12 gauge slug gun and a 30-30 lever action.

Depends on the load.

7mm-08 would be an excellent choice. BUT, if he is afraid to check his own rifles zeroed he should not be hunting, especially at 300 yards.

[7.62WildBill]

Depends on the load.

7mm-08 would be an excellent choice. BUT, if he is afraid to check his own rifles zeroed he should not be hunting, especially at 300 yards.

He just wants a rifle that is more comfortable to shot that will serve his purpose. He is a very physically active and mentally competent individual. He is looking at the Remington R-25 in 7mm-08, and has found one local for $1300 (new). I realize this is not the rifle anyone would recommend for "serious" use, but in this case, any thoughts?

[Snake Plissken]

I'm not sure why it wouldn't be approved for serious use. Maybe if you subscribe to brand loyalty/fanboyism maybe, but who the hell cares? What's not serious about a dependable hunting and target shooting rifle?

[nhskull21]

What rifles does he own now? Has he went to walmart or somewhere and found a recoil pad for the stock. Bought one of those padded shoulder shirts that shot gunners use. Has he tried lighter loads in the current rifle.