I'd like to see some favorite deer rifles

[arjay]

My old 30-06
FN Mauser action,Douglas barrel,plain walnut stock and a weaver k-4 scope

I never did kill a deer with it. My first was with a borrowed rifle (my hunting partners) and my next few were with a bow. I’ll never part with it though,it was my dads

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Resurrected thread! I love these!!!

1971 vintage Remington Model 788 in .308 Winchester. Probably cost $150 or $175 when new. I used it for target practice for years until in the early 1990s I was invited to go deer hunting. First year or two was slow going but thereafter this old baby took its share of whitetails. It's been awhile but maybe someday I'll go again.

I have other rifles, including a nice Model 94 .30-30 that has taken a deer or two, but the thread said favorites so here it is.

 

[skywag]

Pre-war Model 70.......30.06

 

[BourbonCowboy]

I don't hunt anymore, but my Winchester Model 100 is still in the closet and ready to go.

 

[Pisgah]

My Marlin 336 .30-30, remodeled/refinished by me.

 

[DWalt]

My dad's ol' Savage 99 in 300 Savage with an antiquated Wilson scope on it. This set up has taken more deer then I can count. It's now mine and I still hunt with it.

I assume you know that forming .300 Savage brass from .308 is very simple. Just FL size in a .300 die and shorten the neck.

 

[The Norseman]

Shorty

2019 Winchester Model 70 Featherweight 270Winchester
Short Magnum (unmodified). Leupold Fire-Dot scope.
130gr flat base bullets only, IMR4350 powder only.

 

[gemihur]

Short and Sporty for hiking accompaniment

I like shaping wood

 

[smoothshooter]

I bought this from the son of the original owner. When it was made, Butch and Sundance were still riding with the wild bunch, Queen Victoria ruled England and Teddy Roosevelt was about to become President. In it's life it has likely killed more deer than General Motors. Thought I should add that I've owned it for over 40 years now and it will likely go to my son.

What caliber?

 

[Valmet]

My three- a 1914 Rem Model 8 (.35 Rem), a 1930 vintage 1903 Springfield sporter and an early German Weatherby Mk V .270 Wby Mag.

 

[Llance]

Here are three of my favorites.

#1) Pre 64 Winchester M-70 Super Grade. 30-06 SPRG, Made in 1945.

#2&3) Parker Hale M-1200's One in 270 Win, the other in 30-06 SPRG.

I've talked about these before. They were just too good of a deal to pass up. The Win M-70 cost $400.00 and the two PH's were $400.00 and $600.00. I haven't a clue to the scopes as they are packed away and it's a pain to dig them out.

 

[65Whelen]

6.5 Grendel, lightweight, low recoil, accurate and deadly. I'm confident of an ethical shot out to 300 yds. Great gun.

 

[woodsltc]

These pics have been posted before.....Top: 30-06 ( Remington 700 action, Bartlein sporter barrel, Timney trigger and and H-S Precision stock).....Bottom: 243 Win (Remington 700 action and barrel, Timney trigger and H-S Precision stock).

These are the only centerfire rifles I have and I've hunted with them for everything from varmints to elk.

Don

 

[LittleCooner]

I purchased an ULA in 1993, chambered in 284 Winchester. It has taken many head of game in the past 30+years. All time favorite gun of all the items in my collection of firearms.

 

[OutAtTheEdge]

"Favorite" is difficult concept to nail down hereabouts. As far as deer rifles go, I have about a dozen that could justly be called my favorite at any given time, including bolts and levers and autos. The last 5 years or so, however, there is one that just plain gets used more than the rest.

This is a "build" I pieced together, starting with an old post-ban Bushmaster lower. My idea was to assemble a deer rifle to use in the heavy cover of a marsh we hunt right behind the house, where a long shot is maybe 75 yards, and most deer are taken inside 30. I wanted it as light as I could get it, capable of fast follow-up shots, and capable of quick, humane kills. The result is a .300 Blackout with a fluted Wilson Combat barrel, slick side upper, 3.5 lb. single-stage trigger, Aero scope mount, and Leupold Ultralight 2.5x scope. With scope mounted and an empty 10 rd. mag, this gun comes in at 6.5 lb.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Don't hunt but have three deer rifles:

 

[cmansguns]

Old "cheapies" but very good Eastern woods guns

I'm really late to this post but have not hunted deer for bucoo years but kept (and still shoot) the rifles.

Most all of the states I lived in while actively hunting deer required .30 caliber minimum during season so the Winchester 94 in 30-30 requires no additional info. It was, for me at least, the least expensive, handiest brush gun in the Adirondacks of New York State, circa 1962-1965. Where I hunted the State required you to have a local guide in those years to avoid getting lost! No GPS or cell phones in those days, no ATV's either, and humping that lightweight 30-30 was easy-peezy.

The other one, a 1962 Sears Roebuck .303 British Sporter cost $45 delivered to our local train station freight dock (also the Sears catalog store, same person). The $45 included the $1.26 extra for the leather sling. This rifle was also a very good gun for the northwestern Pennsylvania wooded hills we hunted for whitetail.

The Winny 30-30 pictured is NOT the same I had when hunting eons ago. I was drafted into Army in 1966 and when I came back years later the 30-30 had disappeared. I think maybe sold due to real tight times, but I never pursued it. The Model 94 shown is a genuine Hartford CT USA manufacture before the Winchester Repeating Arms disappeared.

The 1962 Sears catalog page shows the 30-06 and Mauser sporters, along with the full military versions. Enjoy