Thanks for the opinions guys, I'm leaning more towards the ar, with soft point 55+ grain bullets. My AK has the side mount piece, I just don't want to scope it. I'm going to be doing a lot of practice till deer season ...... can't wait.
No doubt 7.62x39 has more punch, but placement is the king - and AR would be the king in placement department. Proper bullet and reasonable distance - you'll have no problem taking deer.
With all that said - for the first hunt I'd bring a lot more gun then either one - bolt gun in 308-range (even borrowed), there is just so much happening when hunting you'll want the simplicity, accuracy and plenty of punch for one-hit-kill.
Agreed... keep it simple, use the right gun for the job. Unless you want a good posiblity to learn tracking!.
I can't help this but since the 30-30 has taken more game than all other calibers combined (at least thats what I read on the the wiki) then this has to be in someone's collection. Its so ugly and retarded of a consept that I got to get one! I'm just drawn to it.
http://www.mossberg.com/images/Mossberg_Guns/930/New/41026.gif
aeropb said:Both are accurate enough. I'd take the AR, get some 53gr Barnes TSX's or 60gr Nosler partition's and make a good shot count.
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