First deer rifle

[superdown]

I started with a rem mod 700 bdl deluxe in 243win hunted with that for a couple of years never killed anything with it. the first rifle i got a deer with was rem mod 700 mountain rifle in 270win that i shot a whitetail doe with .

[WildfireArcher]

ruger m77 in a .243 win. Shot about 8 does with it and 2 hogs. great little rifle

-Wildfire

[wadu1]

MK 1 Number 4 Enfield in .303 British, muley spike on Quartz Mountain SE of Republic in 1966. Still have the gun and rack  if you can call a spike with eye guards a rack.

[mossback91]

Marlin 336 S.C  30-30 with a weaver k4 on it that was my dads first rifle. I shot a few bucks and grouse with it....then went to model 700 30-06 that was my grandpas that I use for elk hunting but would often still use the 30-30 deer hunting unless Im in open country just cause i like it......light and quick handling.

[KimberRich]

Winchester Model 70 XTR Featherweight in 30-06. 

My Dad had the floor plate engraved with my initials and topped it with a Leupold VX-II 3-9..  Nice Christmas present when you're 10.  Didn't know how nice of a rifle it really was until years later.  I will say it's not a fun first gun to sight in when you're a youngster..  Not much for a factory recoil pad and it's got a little punch.  I remember getting pretty flinchy after about 3 rounds.

[Pathfinder101]

Winchester Model 70 XTR Featherweight in 30-06. 

My Dad had the floor plate engraved with my initials and topped it with a Leupold VX-II 3-9..  Nice Christmas present when you're 10.  Didn't know how nice of a rifle it really was until years later.  I will say it's not a fun first gun to sight in when you're a youngster..  Not much for a factory recoil pad and it's got a little punch.  I remember getting pretty flinchy after about 3 rounds.

Holy cow.  Your dad actually must have LIKED you...  The rest of us had to start with something that had the ballistic equivalent of a dirtclod fired out of a coffee cup..

[whacker1]

shot my first deer with borrowed (from uncle) savage 110c in .243 and then my parents bought me a .270 in the same make and model for the following christmas.

[Curly]

I started out w/ .30-30 but the only thing I shot with it was grouse......never got a shot at a deer with it.

The first deer I killed was with a Winchester Model 100 in .284 Winchester.

[KimberRich]

Winchester Model 70 XTR Featherweight in 30-06. 

My Dad had the floor plate engraved with my initials and topped it with a Leupold VX-II 3-9..  Nice Christmas present when you're 10.  Didn't know how nice of a rifle it really was until years later.  I will say it's not a fun first gun to sight in when you're a youngster..  Not much for a factory recoil pad and it's got a little punch.  I remember getting pretty flinchy after about 3 rounds.

Holy cow.  Your dad actually must have LIKED you...  The rest of us had to start with something that had the ballistic equivalent of a dirtclod fired out of a coffee cup..

    Thats funnt right there..  Yeah I had no idea how good I had it for a long time until I got old enough to start buying my own guns. 

[Maligator]

My first deer rifle was a Marlin 336 30-30. It was a birthday gift from my grandfather the day I turned 14. Which by the way was a week before rifle season!  I shot a few very nice deer with it. Still have it and would use it in a minute if the hunting area was dense and shorter range shots were expected.

[bobcat]

My first deer rifle was a Remington model 700 in 264 Win. Mag. My dad bought it used and gave it to me when I was 15.

[Hunterman]

My first big game rifle was a Winchester Mod. 94 30/30.  I killed quite a lot of deer with that rifle. Used it both on the west side and east side..

Hunterman(Tony)

[Huntbear]

The first rifle I carried for deer was my mom's Rem. 760 in .300 Savage with a metal butt plate.   

I killed my first deer with my BLR .308 the first fall after I bought it.

[Axle]

Mine was a Beretta BM 59 (308 cal). I bought it when I was 12 and had it for many years. Harvested many deer with it along with other big game. Shot many digger squirrels in Oregon too.

There were only 200 of those guns imported and if I had known that, I would not have sold it.

[Deep Forks]

Holy cow.  Your dad actually must have LIKED you...  The rest of us had to start with something that had the ballistic equivalent of a dirtclod fired out of a coffee cup..
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  My first deer was shot with a savage 99e in 303 savage.  I was 10 yrs. old and remember holding behind the shoulder on the muley 2 point and hit him right in the head, my dad said you dang near missed.  Still got the gun and always will.