Hello,
I'm wondering if any of the owners here of the Gewehr 88 Commission rifle still hunt with it, and if so, what do you hunt?
My handloads are used on coyote. They exceed the SKS loads but at pressures the rifle handles just fine.
Regards,
Josh
Hunting With the Gewehr 88?
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Josh Smith
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Re: Hunting With the Gewehr 88?
How's it working out on those coyotes?
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Re: Hunting With the Gewehr 88?
Think that German soldier a hundred years ago would ever have dream't his beloved rifle would end up a coyote killer?
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Josh Smith
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Re: Hunting With the Gewehr 88?
Hello,millman wrote:How's it working out on those coyotes?
Well for pest control -- it turns them inside-out.
There's a season in Indiana -- right now I have to report any taking of the animals to the DNR, but during the season we shoot them for furs which usually ultimately end up in Russia.
I won't use it, or the Mosin-Nagant, for fur shooting. The exit wound is about the size of my fist with 150 grain soft-point spitzers.
Regards,
Josh
