my deer hunting rifle, whats yours?

[phishisgroovin]

1917 Enfield Eddystone sporter my uncle (fishseeker) gave me, other one is a 1917 Enfield winchester i got from my other uncle (elk4me).
all 5 rounds into a 4" square at 200 with cheapo federal 150's
good enough for me.

[inchtowntracking]

REM 700 .243 Perfect gun I think, and it is even older then I am.

[longrangekiller]

Ruger m77 mark II  7mm rem mag shoot 160gr nosler accubonds with a timneys trigger and a nikon 4-12x50 scope hahaha love this gun

[Karl Blanchard]

My grandfather is most likely in his last months with us so my goal this season is to kill my buck using his winchester 94 in 32 winchester special.  He has killed a lot of critters with this gun and I hope to put one more on the ground while he is still around to see the pictures!

[golfguy0912]

Remmington model 700 chambered in a .300 win mag with a nikon buckmaster 4.5-14 scope

[scottfrick]

My back-up gun. Its remington 700, 7mm stw shooting federal premium accubonds. On top I went with a leupold matte varri-x ll 3x9x40. I love  this gun along with my 300 rum. Each year I switch back and forth between the two:)

[h2ofowlr]

I am trying my new one this year.  It's a Weatherby .257 WBY Mag. Mark V.  I placed a Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14x44 with the Z-800 reticule.  It has so far been a finicky SOB on ammo.  I am shooting the Weatherby 110 gr. Accubonds through it.

[brokehunter]

Glad to see ya all liked my sarcasm. But truth be known I still didn't get much meat out of the middle of that deer. The 300 did a great job of making a good sized hole, but mostly it was all blood shot. By comparison, a few years before my buddy made a similar kill shot with a 30.06 using 165 grain. It didn't do quite the damage the 300 did, but if ya hit them right in the middle, you'll lose a lot of rib meat for sure!

[Biggerhammer]

Glad to see ya all liked my sarcasm. But truth be known I still didn't get much meat out of the middle of that deer. The 300 did a great job of making a good sized hole, but mostly it was all blood shot. By comparison, a few years before my buddy made a similar kill shot with a 30.06 using 165 grain. It didn't do quite the damage the 300 did, but if ya hit them right in the middle, you'll lose a lot of rib meat for sure!

There area always be your angle shots but the majority of the time. You will have your side on or slightly quartered shot and thats from 25 years of slapping the trigger on deer. I would shoot them with a surplus 105mm Howetzer if I could get one and if the powers that be would allow it. Who cares about the whole rib cage,  you can blow a hole in the middle of one big enough to crawl through and still be good to go??

In the middle???

[marlin]

marlin XS7 in .308, 150gr hornady handloads. I want to get a stainless XL7 in .25-06 and get a boyds thumbhole stock for it, maybe next year

[CHUCK S]

Remington model 700 BDL mountain in 270 win.  Gun is from very early 1970 with the original Leupold 3 x 9 scope from the same time.  Last year had to send the scope into Leupold since it was fogging and they fixed it for free.  They couldn't even track the serial number it was so old.  Funny thing is though, every animal I've ever shot with it has ended up in my freezer and never ran more than 30 yards........does that make it enough gun???

[Curly]

Too much gun is like too much money...

Agreed mostly. 
I do wonder if some folks are aware that a 300rum shooting 180 grain accubonds is the same bullet as a 30-06 shooting 180 grain accubonds is the same bullet as a .300 win mag shooting 180 accubonds (or whatever bullet you choose) etc. The only difference is the speed it's moving so.........why is a 300RUM overkill and a 30-06 is not?? A few hundred feet per second here and there can't make too much difference. It's definitely not making a deer more deader. Bullet quality and shot placement is where the meat loss come from. A Nosler ballistic tip is going to grenade when it hits and ruin a lot of meat, be it from a .270, a  .243 or a .300RUM.

I agree.  A 300RUM could destroy more meat than a 30-06 due to the increase in velocity if a crappy bullet is used.  A Remington Core-lokt in 180gr will likely hold up at 30-06 velocities, but that same bullet out of a RUM would likely blow apart (unless the animal is far enough out there so that the impact velocity is low enough).  But use a bonded bullet or copper bullet and you're not going to have a problem with the higher velocity destroying game.  

[brokehunter]

Remington model 700 BDL mountain in 270 win.  Gun is from very early 1970 with the original Leupold 3 x 9 scope from the same time.  Last year had to send the scope into Leupold since it was fogging and they fixed it for free.  They couldn't even track the serial number it was so old.  Funny thing is though, every animal I've ever shot with it has ended up in my freezer and never ran more than 30 yards........does that make it enough gun???

The 270 is a great all around gun. Flat shooting, good for deer and even elk. I wish I still had mine. I liked the caliber.

[Mike450r]

Velocity and poor bullet construction will cause a lot of meat damage.  My .444 marlin punches a .429 size hole going in and when it does exit its about the size of a tennis ball at most.  The wound channel or damaged area is about the same.  My .257 wby with a 120 grain partition which is a well constructed bullet causes way more damage.  I have killed plenty of deer with both but love the bang-flop that ultra high velocity produces.

[bowhunter851]

Remmy 700 SPS .308 leupold 3x9 VII