No Expert, but I know the 7.62R is a nice powerful cartridge, and I'm sure it's accurate enough out to 300 or 400 yards... If you do your part. It was used as a military rifle, that means it has to be somewhat reliable in adverse weather conditions. The problem i find with it however is some places dont allow semi-automatic rifles for hunting, and on top of that, they wont allow other strange things like detach mags, or mags that accept more than 5 rounds etc.