Your first deer rifle?

Mossberg maverick 243 its a discontinued model not to be confused with the shotgun. Took several deer as a kid before stepping up to a 30 cal
 
My dad bought me a Remington 700 ADL .270 from the New Ulm Rod and Gun club in 1978 for $165. Barrel has been shot out so it’s turning into a .280 AI.
 
Marlin lever action 30-30 that my dad traded his buddy a 20 gauge for. Killed my first several deer and my first bull elk with it before buying my own kick-like-a-mule, no recoil pad Savage model 110 30-06 at about age 15. That savage is long gone but the 30-30 will forever have a place in the gun safe and I pull it out to go on a hunt for nostalgia reasons once every few years.
 
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