[longtermmemmory]

Now I want to go deer hunting with an ak-47.

[Uncle Miltie]

"The .223-caliber ... is such a low-powered rifle that most states ban it even for deer hunting precisely because of its low power, too frequently wounding and not killing deer."

Just so. I'm on a Bambi hunt Friday (any un-antlered deer), and I will take my .270, as the .223 is not powerful enough to assuredly put Bambi steaks on the grill.

[Oberon]

Now I want to go deer hunting with an ak-47.

I know a fellow who had to hunt his first year, starting out, with a borrowed SKS and suitable softpoint ammo. He got his limit that season (six deer).

Apparently the 7.62x39 (same cartridge as the AK series) will do the job quite thoroughly. It is, after all, ballistically very close to the .30-30, one of the most successful deer-hunting cartridges of all time.

[MD_Willington_1976]

How about a .308 based on a Kalishnakov design?

These are made in Utah, Robarm also makes pretty fancy AK-type rifles.

www.robarm.com