So a buddy from the army runs a 1,200 acre ranch out in eastern Oregon and every time elk season or mule deer season comes around I put in a for a out of state tag. So far been twice with great success and a big bull my first go. This year as a thank you for him allowing me to tag along, I shipped him a pristine with most importantly perfect bore 1947 m44. shoots great groups and I bought a m39 trigger and sear to replace the factory one as it was terrible. Well he decides to take it hunting (and it’s zeroed with the bayonet extended) after seeing it can group. So we bought a bunch of 203 grain soft point brown bear to hunt with. First day of the season we come across a good size bull he nails it at about 300 yards and this thing dumped at full speed not 50 yards away, antlers dug in the ground. My point in posting this I love milsurp rifles and they can catch a little hate but they are very capable. My buddy could of cared less about them but after getting one (and a good size bull) he’s all in collecting and next year I think I’m shipping a k31 or a if I can find a nice bore m48 Yugo for a decent price.