Your first centerfire rifle

[Ridge Runner]

Cut firewood all summer of 1980 and bought myself a Interarms 7x57. Toped it with a 4x Weaver scope. Killed elk, deer moose and mnt goat with this as a kid. Had it taken out to a Remington 280 in 96 or 97 and replaced stock with a bell and carlson synthetic. Rebarreled a couple years ago with a McGowan barrel and still going strong. I'll never part with this rifle.

 

[RWT]

Sporterized 30/40 Krag with a pearl diamond inlay on one side and a heart on the other. Sold it and wish I had it back. If anyone out there runs into it I’ll gladly pay you a respectable asking price. Never killed anything with due to the open sites.

 

[Sandhills]

Cut firewood all summer of 1980 and bought myself a Interarms 7x57. Toped it with a 4x Weaver scope. Killed elk, deer moose and mnt goat with this as a kid. Had it taken out to a Remington 280 in 96 or 97 and replaced stock with a bell and carlson synthetic. Rebarreled a couple years ago with a McGowan barrel and still going strong. I'll never part with this rifle.

Rebarreled to 280 or back to 7 Mauser?

 

[Ridge Runner]

Rebarreled to 280 or back to 7 Mauser?

Stayed with the 280. Really like the 280 and I don't reload so getting ammo for mauser is problematic.

 

[Laelkhunter]

My first was a 6.5 Italian Carcano military rifle. Paid $29 (cash) for it. It had an "Original Oswald Carcano" 4 power scope (seriously). The scope crosshairs moved independently (not mounted in an erector assembly) When sighted in (somewhat) the crosshairs intersected in the upper left corner of the field of view. Needless to say, the rifle was not even barn door accurate (iron sights or scope). It went down the road, trading it for a Remington 700 ADL in 30/06. A Bushnell Scopechief IV was the optics.

 

[EastHumboldt]

My first was a 6.5 Italian Carcano military rifle. Paid $29 (cash) for it. It had an "Original Oswald Carcano" 4 power scope (seriously). The scope crosshairs moved independently (not mounted in an erector assembly) When sighted in (somewhat) the crosshairs intersected in the upper left corner of the field of view. Needless to say, the rifle was not even barn door accurate (iron sights or scope). It went down the road, trading it for a Remington 700 ADL in 30/06. A Bushnell Scopechief IV was the optics.

Are you saying you had the exact same rifle/scope set up as LH Oswald? If so I think most of us who’ve never had the privilege of looking through that scope,or shooting that rifle are curious. Do you think you could hit a head sized target at 81 yards?

 

[Shawn_Guinn]

Marlin 30/30 killed my first blacktails with it and a rosey raghorn then I read Chuck Adams articles in high school and focused100 %of my hunting with archery. I’ve slowly started coming back around to more dedicated deer rifle pursuits.

 

[Sandhills]

Stayed with the 280. Really like the 280 and I don't reload so getting ammo for mauser is problematic.

Copy. I want a 7x57 for some reason, had a chance to buy a sporterized Argentine Mauser in that or 257 at one time but couldnt come up with the cash

 

[Ridge Runner]

Copy. I want a 7x57 for some reason, had a chance to buy a sporterized Argentine Mauser in that or 257 at one time but couldnt come up with the cash

Was always told (not proved) that factory loads of 7MM Mauser were downloaded due to a lot of old mausers in the market and ammunition companies didn't want the liability of loading them up. That said killed a lot of critters with my old mauser and the old 4x scope including lobbing them in on a moose at around 300 yds when I was 14.

 

[Sandhills]

Was always told (not proved) that factory loads of 7MM Mauser were downloaded due to a lot of old mausers in the market and ammunition companies didn't want the liability of loading them up. That said killed a lot of critters with my old mauser and the old 4x scope including lobbing them in on a moose at around 300 yds when I was 14.

I figured if WMD Bell and Jim Corbett could kill elephants and tigers with one even the downloaded stuff would kill any thing on the North American Continent just fine. I'd like one on a modern action

 

[NealS02]

Winchester Model 1917 in .30-06. Bought it used from my brother in law. I haven’t and don’t plan on ever hunting with it.

 

[IDVortex]

First gun i ever bought was my Savage 110E 30-06. Only got to shoot at one animal with it and rushed the shot.

In the last 5 years I haven't even hunted with it, let alone shot it. Thought about selling it, but due to it being the first rifle I ever bought just can't do it.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Are you saying you had the exact same rifle/scope set up as LH Oswald? If so I think most of us who’ve never had the privilege of looking through that scope,or shooting that rifle are curious. Do you think you could hit a head sized target at 81 yards?

Not if his rifle shot anything like the one I had. He couldn't have hit the limo if it was sitting still. Not to besmirch the Italian Army, but no wonder they weren't winning any wars with equipment like that.

 

[Sandhills]

Not if his rifle shot anything like the one I had. He couldn't have hit the limo if it was sitting still. Not to besmirch the Italian Army, but no wonder they weren't winning any wars with equipment like that.

I think they called it the rifle that never hurt anyone