Your first deer rifle?

[FordFanatic]

killed my first deer with a borrowed Winchester 94 30-30 win, first owned was a savage 111 in 270 win

 

[jakeismydog2]

7mm RUM

Ouch!

 

[Outdoor365]

Cool thread thanks for creating!!

My first rifle was an Tikka T3 30.06 purchased year 2007

 

[Lionheart]

Smith & Wesson 1500 in 30/06.
Blonde wood stock with rosewood tip.
Made by Husqvarna.
Smooth bolt, accurate.
Wish I still had it.

 

[Goodson84]

Marlin 30-30, was so proud of it!! It was a Christmas present from my parents when i believe around 8 or 9! just got my son a 6arc for his first deer rifle!

 

[wethington123]

Nothing like a R700 in .243 for a first rifle! Rebarreled with a CF .260rem barrel down the road. Got a hankering for handloading and accuracy but still have the feel of my first deer gun.

 

[Abacist]

Older Winchester 94 in 30-30 with a side-mount 4x optic. Sighting it in taught me what scope bite was, but it came through when needed.

 

[RandalH]

Ruger M77 30/06, Bushnell scope. I’ve had it over 40 years, scope still spot on.. killed a lot of deer with that rifle.

 

[NedBear]

Single shot Winchester 20 gauge. Not a rifle and not a good aiming system with just a bead. My first decent deer gun was an old style Ruger m77 in 6mm Rem.

 

[Luketheduke9455]

My first deer gun was a Mossberg 500 in 20 gauge. Shot a few with it and passed it on to my brother who also killed his first couple with it. At the time in Indiana shotguns were the only option. I’m glad the state finally came to its senses and opened up center fire rifles.

 

[KyFried]

I was 18 (1989) and bought a savage 270 from wal-mart prolly a 110 model, I hated that thing, it was accurate but it would knock the plaque off your teeth every time you pulled the trigger

 

[jakeismydog2]

I was cleaning up my gunroom this weekend and found an old 7mm RUM in a box. I took this picture of every caliber I have killed a deer with. It just makes me laugh at my overconfidence and ignorance as a teenager. Picking the 7RUM to shoot whitetails out of a box blind between 35 and 250 yds. Sighting that rifle in with a buddy had both of us flinching, hurting and wishing we had not gone to the range.

The little Grendel on the end has killed them just as dead at those ranges .



7RUM - 25-06 - 308 - 243 - 6.5 Grendel

 

[Watashi-No]

A sporterized P-14. I wish I still had it. Great rifle.

 

[Tjbgooding]

My fist deer rifle was given to me by my dad when I was 9 years old. It was a Winchester Model 70 featherweight chambered in 7x57 with a Leupold 3-9 on it. Dad took the stock and cut 1” off of it to make it fit me better. Hunted with it for years and killed probably 20 deer with it. He loaded up Nosler 120gr ballistic tip and loaded them light. They were devastating!