Your first deer rifle?

[Grassymike]

Remington Model 600 Centennial chambered in 6mm Remington and made in 1964. 75th anniversary of Statehood and 100th or the Montana Territorial Centennial. I believe 1030 were made. Got it when I turned 12 in 1972. It killed a lot of deer and antelope over the years and my son took his first antelope with it also. Still wears the K4 Weaver scope we put on it day 1. My dad purchased it for $99.00 (new) in a small store in Nye Montana about 1968.
Here is me on the left with the rifle with an antelope buck I shot. No hat one. You can see the medallion in the stock.
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Here's my son with his first and second antelope.
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Is that the Sweetgrass hills behind you in the first picture ? I live about 1 hour north of them in Alberta and have pictures of Antelope on "the other side".

 

[Smek]

Is that the Sweetgrass hills behind you in the first picture ? I live about 1 hour north of them in Alberta and have pictures of Antelope on "the other side".

22-250. Many say it’s too small for whitetail but a never lost one. Sometime you did not get a great exit would it that usually meant the bullet bounced around inside. Deer will away from any caliber if the shot placement is bad.

 

[TJD2]

.243 single shot. Wish I still knew where that thing was. Alot of good memories carrying that thing around.

 

[JRay]

RMEF edition Handi-Rifle in 243. Accuracy was horrible but I managed to still get my first deer with it.

 

[bhhad25]

My first deer rifle was a Savage in .308. Still have it and still shoots great

 

[leroy5150me]

An old 1903 Springfield 30-06, gifted to me by my grandpa. If I recall correctly, it was built in 1917 with the Pederson device cut.

 

[ShakoMako]

Savage 110 in 30-06.

 

[arrow179]

Hunted my first few years of IL gun season with a Franchi FL48 in 20ga then “upgraded” to Remington 11-87 12ga. Still have both. Killed a pile of deer with 11-87. This picture is from about 2002

 

[Ol’ Capt.]

First deer rifle I purchased was a Remington 700BDL 30-06. Bought it at Kmart during the summer of 1983. It was a leftover 1982 they had. Priced at $279.00. At 18 years old, I had to buy it on layaway. Hunted with it every year for about 17 years before moving to a 7600 30-06. Still have the 700. Last time I hunted with it was about 5 years ago. Plan to give it to my grandson if he wants to take up hunting. He’s 3, so still have a ways to go.

 

[Pistolpete28]

Ruger mark 2 m77 243 win. I was 12 when my dad bought for me. Still have it now, maybe the kids can shoot deer with it. As a kid shot 2 deer with the 95 grain ballistic sliver tip, both deer dropped instantly.