Your first deer rifle?

[Kilbux]

Remington 870 in 20ga with a smooth bore slug barrel. My part of Arkansas was shotgun/ml. Never killed a deer with it but quickly upgraded to a 12ga cantilever 870 and stuck with that setup for several years.

 

[gpkhill2]

What was your very first deer rifle?

Mine was a mossberg 500 410ga with a smooth bore barrel and iron sights. It’s a great grouse gun but not a deer killer. 2 minute of deer isn’t really good for me.

My very first rifle was handed down to me from my grandfather, which was a Win 94 in 30WCF. Up until me receiving this rifle I’d been hunting 8-9years and had only shot a fawn. Within 3 days of owning it I shot two bucks.

I love that rifle but it’s become more of a safe queen these days. I’ve come up spicy load using the Hornady 140gr Monoflex and leverevolution that I’d like to try one of these days.

I started out with the exact same thing mossberg 500 410 and then my grandpas model 94 that he bought new in 46.

 

[mtnbound]

What was your very first deer rifle?

Mine was a mossberg 500 410ga with a smooth bore barrel and iron sights. It’s a great grouse gun but not a deer killer. 2 minute of deer isn’t really good for me.

My very first rifle was handed down to me from my grandfather, which was a Win 94 in 30WCF. Up until me receiving this rifle I’d been hunting 8-9years and had only shot a fawn. Within 3 days of owning it I shot two bucks.

I love that rifle but it’s become more of a safe queen these days. I’ve come up spicy load using the Hornady 140gr Monoflex and leverevolution that I’d like to try one of these days.

My first was a Browning lever action in 243, and I regret trading it for a 300win mag because I was convinced I needed a bigger gun.

 

[th3_jmartt]

An old as dirt .410 single shot running slugs, then moved up to a Rossi lever action .357 mag until I was old enough to handle the recoil off Dad’s 80s model Rem 700 ADL .30-06… ages 5-13 for those 3. Never got any white tails with the .410 or the .357 though.

Side note: I still think that the old 700 of his kicks the snot out of me worse than any rifle I’ve fired since then including my last two .300 wm’s.

 

[ILHunter2022]

Might as well ask it in here, but I would like to get a shotgun for when we do deer drives. Feel like that'll be a little better to use than a 350 Legend. I don't need anything special and don't want to break the bank, so what would be a good starter shotgun for that purpose?

 

[Unckebob]

I bought a late 1990Remington M700 Stainless with the dbm feature. I never got to take a deer with it. Shortly after I bought it, I moved to CT which is essentially slug only. Like a moron, I sold it.

My first deer rifle is a Savage High Country in 6.5 CM. I still have it.

My current deer rifle is a 280AI I built on an Origin Action. I am leaving for South Texas tomorrow morning to hunt with it for the first time.

 

[Ringbill27]

I’d probably go it a Winchester SX4 if I were to go shotgun. But I’d rather use a go 450bushmaster in a AR than a shotgun. Rifles are better then shotguns.

 

[np307]

First rifle I ever hunted with was a Mosin Nagant. First rifle I ever killed a deer with was a Savage 111 30-06. Still have the Savage, but the Mosin is long gone.

 

[156821]

Mine was a mossberg 1550. Built on a Howa action with a removable steel magazine. Nice walnut stock,… those were nice rifles for the price of them