Your first deer rifle?

[Tgf99]

Remington 870 20 guage and later a model 700 30-06

 

[burborg]

A poorly sporterized Enfield .303 I bought from my older brother for $75. I still have it. Feed it the right ammo and it shoots great.

Feed it the wrong ammo and you'd have better luck throwing it at the deer.

 

[Gnome]

Weatherby Vanguard Synthetic in 30-06. I’ve purchased several rifles over the years, but it’s still special to me.

 

[Gp100]

My firs deer rifle was Winchester 94 .30-30.

 

[Reece123]

my first was a H&R handi rifle in 223. I now have the same gun in 22-250 and 243. I absolutely love them.

 

[JMundy84]

An old Husqvarna h-5000 .270 handed down from my dad I still have it and have been planning on working up a new load for it since the old man want to kill one more deer with it before he calls it quits.

 

[Grumpystilskin]

Mid 80’s Winchester Mod 70 in 270 Win. Topped with a Bushnell 4x scope. Wish I still had it. Traded in a fit of stupidity for an O/U 12 gauge. Oh well, such is life.

 

[NelsB85]

Remington 7600 .270. Given to me by my dad when I started hunting at 12. I still carry it every year for hunting whitetails.

 

[JerryLeblanc]

Browning BLR in .308 with a Redfield 1 3/4 x 5. Still have it 40 years later. It was a gift from my wife.

 

[cameronroach94]

Remington 700 in 308 with a leupold 3-9. Still have it. Never let me down

 

[cameronroach94]

I hope to pass mine down to my kids or grandkids one day

 

[RocketRob16]

Marlin 30-30. Iron sights of course. It’s been passed down through my family for 3 generations now. Still hunt with it from time to time.

 

[PaHunter86]

Rem Model 7 7mm08

 

[HailStateHunter]

30-30 lever action

 

[Eli.letun]

Marlin 336 30-30 gang here

 

[Jpsmith1]

The first rifle I carried in the deer woods still lives in my cabinet. An older R700 in 6mm Remington. It has put a fair amount of meat in the freezer but not for me that year as a 12 year old boy is very prone to "buck fever"

The first rifle I took a deer with was a loaner Remington 760 in .243. My uncle had tagged out and my dad was morally opposed to me carrying the 30-30 with a peep sight like I wanted to.

He ultimately bought me a 7600 in 243, screwed the trigger up trying to lighten it and I sent that down the road.

The 6mm was handed down by my grandfather to me and it's mostly a safe queen, now but it was there to ultimately take my first buck which is a cool thing I just remembered as I typed that.

 

[Ringbill27]

The first rifle I carried in the deer woods still lives in my cabinet. An older R700 in 6mm Remington. It has put a fair amount of meat in the freezer but not for me that year as a 12 year old boy is very prone to "buck fever"

The first rifle I took a deer with was a loaner Remington 760 in .243. My uncle had tagged out and my dad was morally opposed to me carrying the 30-30 with a peep sight like I wanted to.

The 6mm was handed down by my grandfather to me and it's mostly a safe queen, now but it was there to ultimately take my first buck which is a cool thing I just remembered as I typed that.

What 12 year old does have buck fever? My grandpa had a r700 6mm as well. My cousin inherited that one. Recently was helping him figure the rifle out and found it to have a heavy contour barrel and was zeroed at 200. Also figured out he was loading some pretty spicy loads in the 58gr noslar BT and the 100gr Hornady. I figure this was the go to rifle he’d use in the dakotas fox hunting way back in the day.

What was your dad’s issue with the 30-30?

 

[Jpsmith1]

What 12 year old does have buck fever? My grandpa had a r700 6mm as well. My cousin inherited that one. Recently was helping him figure the rifle out and found it to have a heavy contour barrel and was zeroed at 200. Also figured out he was loading some pretty spicy loads in the 58gr noslar BT and the 100gr Hornady. I figure this was the go to rifle he’d use in the dakotas fox hunting way back in the day.

What was your dad’s issue with the 30-30?

I never heard him say much other than he didn't like it. He's been gone for 16 years so it's awfully difficult to ask these days.

Looking at it as an adult, I don't think my dad was a great rifleman. He was good, but he needed a super light trigger to shoot well. Winchester 94s aren't known for hair triggers. Every rifle he had HAD to have a hair trigger and I remember him popping the trigger out of the 7600 and cutting springs to make it light enough for him. His old 721 was wildly light. Sub 1# if I had to guess. He screwed with the 6mm trigger enough that, when it finally came to me, I just replaced it with a Timney because it did the Walker trigger thing sometimes when you popped the safety off but fell outside of any recall I could find.

I still have the old girl and I'll probably work up a load and go pop a deer just to honor my grandfather who's rifle it was.

 

[JPW13]

Late onset hunter and ended up with a Sako Bavarian in 30-06. Still have it, should probably be my one and done, but was just the start!

 

[blksno]

Sorta wish I still had pictures of it in it's stock form... but my first deer rifle was an M70 long action in a .243 Win.
Barrel was toast by the time I got into high school, but when I finally got a couple bucks, I rebarrled it to a 6x284 and used it for a couple shooting matches. It doesn't see the field much because custom M70 stocks are a little hard to find, but If I could get a nice, carbon fiber m70 stock, I'd probably start hunting with it again.
It's changed stocks and barrels a couple times, and it's an absolute laser, but it is a little heavy to hunt with in its current configuration.

When it's time for a new barrel, it's gonna be a 25x284