Your first deer rifle?

[Huntsalot]

Remington 700 BDL 25-06. I haven’t used it for a long time, maybe I’ll shoot something with it next year.

 

[nc35hunter]

Tikka M695 30-06. Really wish I still had it, stolen from my truck 15 years ago.

 

[tchandler]

My first rifle was a Tikka Whitetail Hunter in .270. Beautiful gun and to this day the smoothest action and trigger of any rifle I own. I bought this gun(new never fired) from an uncle of mine when I was 14.

 

[JDT1982]

Win M70 .243 is the first rifle I used to harvest a deer. First "deer" rifle that I owned was a Rem 700 .270.

 

[hrhunter]

go with a .30-06, its killed everything on this continent.

 

[kblewis4]

Remington 700 BDL in 25-06

 

[jek5224]

Sears "Ted Williams" Model 100 .30-30.

 

[Ringbill27]

go with a .30-06, its killed everything on this continent.

I have one. Post is just to see what people started with. I’m not looking.

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

The older blued Tikka T3 lite (pre-x model) in .308 win. Had an old Nikon Prostaff 3-9 on it back before they discontinued scopes. Took my first 7 white-tail with it. A good friend and my wife also took their first white-tail with it. Sadly it somehow got moisture in and on it and rusted severely a few years ago. I have bought and sold many guns since turning 18. That one is the only one I miss. Lot of good memories.

 

[northernbill]

Mom and Dad got me a Winchester Model 94 Trapper .30-30 for Christmas 1983 at 14 years old. My first 3 bucks fell to that little carbine. I still have it and will never get rid of it, although I rarely use it any longer, the open sights and my eyes being the primary reason. I think one of those reflex sight mounts from Turnbull may be in order, and get the rifle back into the deer woods.

 

[kwackkillncrew]

SKS

 

[Mauser95]

Ruger m77 Hawkeye 30-06

 

[sololearn9]

Mine was tikka t3 in 6.5 cm.

 

[Hvfl]

35 Marlin 336

 

[Tedhunts]

Remington 1100 w/ smooth bore and iron sights. Was a 17yr old, killed a doe about an hour into 1st hunt. Never looked back… now 43 years later.

 

[Cosmono]

go with a .30-06, its killed everything on this continent.

 

[Smit]

ruger American in 30-06. Now I shoot a bergara ridge in 7mm RM

 

[nettereo16]

My dad's Rem 700 30-06 Mountain Rifle. I was a very small framed 12-13 year old at that time and that lightweight gun would knock the hell out of me. I'm still fighting the flinch and in hindsight it was a horrible gun to start hunting with. Killed a bunch of deer with it.

 

[wpeach1912]

My Great Uncle gave me this Rem Model 7 243 for my first rifle. I hadn’t killed a deer with it for a while since teenage me thought I needed a 300 win mag. It worked great on a couple of whitetails this year

 

[tkhuntsman]

Mauser 98 in 243 my grandfather had built in the 70's. Love that rifle tons of good memories.