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Been looking for a carbine, and the 5.45 as always been interesting to me. Does anyone use their 5.45 for hunting. IF so, what ammo, and how does it work for you?

 

Depending on what you want to hunt, it may or may not be legal in your state. Some will say that it is inhumane to hunt with such a round, but I'm not sure. There's a guy at another forum who has documented his hunts using his AK 74. The results were more than acceptable. I'll try to dig up the info again and post here.

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What are you wanting to hunt? For varmints it would be great, but most states will have a 22 cal. centerfire minimum for big game (whitetail and up). And I don't know if the 5.45 is considered 22 cal. or not.

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Been interested in the info that Jim mentioned. Looked on the web but couldn't access the info off another forum.

 

Here's the only one I could find in a hurry:

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=112495

 

In most of his hunts, he uses 7N6, but in that thread, he used Wolf HP. I'll look for some of the other threads when I get a bit of time, but they're all on that forum, if someone is interested in looking.

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http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=4&f=54&t=124133

 

His username is -x-

 

I could only find that one post, the rest must be in archives. His war poodle cracks me up and I enjoy reading about his hunting exploits.

 

Thanks for turning up that thread. The AK forum has changed their system lately, which screwed up old links. The difference is one character. I've changed the link references so that they should work. Some of the threads' pictures are now defunct.

 

7N6 ammo. No Autopsy. Big buck and a doe.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=11092

 

7N6 ammo. Autopsy. Small button buck.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=16176

 

7N6 ammo. Autopsy. Doe.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=38356

 

7N6 ammo. Autopsy. Doe.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=39540

 

7N6. Autopsy. Buck.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=114985

 

Wolf 60gr HP. Autopsy. Buck & Doe.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=112495

 

Barnual 55gr SP. Autopsy. Doe.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=114017

 

Wolf 70gr & Wolf 154gr SP. No Autopsy. Buck.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=13412

 

Wolf 154gr SP. No Autopsy. Small button buck.

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=74365

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Anybody know if i can get a five round mag or how i can permanantly modify a mag to only hold 5 rounds? Everything but rimfire is legal on florida deer. :haha:

 

There is a tutorial about how to cut down steel mags here:

http://www.theakforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=44056

 

That forum seems to be having technical issues today, but try it later. Also, some of the pictures in that thread are dead now, but last time I looked, there appeared to be enough info there to make it work.

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