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martin3175
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Posted: March/09/2008 at 17:20 |
I was rigging my youngest's ( he's 10 ) first deer rifle last night . I found him a Winchester Compact model 70 in 7mm/08, and topped it off with a 4200 Elite 3x9x40. My local gunsmith brought the trigger pull down to crisp 3.5 lb.s, installed a Limbsaver, and glass bedded the action. Then I began to wonder back in my mind to my first deer rifle . It was a used Winchester 94 that had the side mounted optics. I believe the first scope I ever tried to see a deer through was a spanking new Bushnell Sportview 3x9x32. I thought it was the "bomb" , despite being essentially useless at dawn and dusk. It shot fair to middlin', back when everybody we hunted with basically used 30-30's or semi auto Remingtons out in the woods of Western MD , and optically whatever was on sale at Kmart.
Now-a-days first time rifle owners have it exponentially better than those of us starting out in the good ole days ( for me - 1978).
What did you all start out with? Dad's old 94, 700 bolt, Savage 110 ,or Marlin 336 or.........
Edited by martin3175 - May/25/2008 at 09:31 |
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Tip69
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Win. Model 70 in 30-06 with a Weaver 4x Wideview. It kicked like a mule and I finally traded it for a Savage 99 in 22 HiPower to add to my Dad's collection. I bought the Win brand new in 1978/1979.
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take em!
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Roy Finn
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First deer rifle I purchased was a Ruger 44 auto carbine and I topped it off with a Redfield Widefield variable, in 1.5-5 or something like that. Man I thought that rig was the sh*tt. The only thing I got with that was a hangover. Couldn't get that to shoot more than 10 rds without a jam.
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martin3175
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Funny- When I heard the news about Winchester's supposed demise a couple years back, I had to find another Win 94. I picked up a nice one about 18 months ago and this one shoots a bit better than my first ,and is topped with a Pentax Whitetails Unlimited 2x5. I'll keep this one forever. |
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Browning BAR 30.06 with irons in 1976.
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helo18
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Dad bought me my first deer gun. Mauser 98 270 Win with a Tasco Worldclass 3-9 in 1993. First rifle I bought myself for hunting was a Ruger M77 300 Win Mag.
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One Shot
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Remington 788 in 308 weaver 4x scope my dad gave me when I came home from xmas brake I went to Military school I think I was 10 or 11 . I have alot of nice rifles now but I would not take anything for my 788
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one shot one kill
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RifleDude
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The ugly dogleg bolt handle, plastic trigger guard Remington M600 Mohawk in .222 topped with a Weaver K4. Not a very good deer cartridge, but I was 7 years old, and with a short range shot in the vitals, it worked. My dad cut off the buttstock to fit my LOP.
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Remington 700 in 30-06, a leupold scope 3-9x 40 That was 1978, I was 14, my Papa gave it to me, and I gave it to my youngest brother that still to this date is my best hunting partner.
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Went from a ranger 16 ga double to a Marlin 336 the centennial with the medallion in 1970 then topped with a weaver V-9 B $64 for the rifle and $69 for the scope brand new at Greenfields.
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First gun I ever hunted deer with-Winchester 37A 12 guage single shot, 1983. Currently I am putting together a "semi-custom" M77, .350 Rem. mag. Quite a few model 700's inbetween!
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Dolphin
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Santa Claus brought me my first deer rifle when I was 11. About 1968. A Remington model 742 BDL Deluxe that I mounted some model of Bushnell scope on it. I still have it today and it is in pristine condition. Not the most accurate shooter, but good enough for hunting deer. By the way, it was a 30-06.
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marlin 336, 30/30 - w/ an old japanese tasco 4x28 - about 20 years ago.
kicked like a mule, still does - but i love it.
J
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Marlin 336 30/30 with a redfield 3x4. I hunted with that gun untill last year.Stilll have it and will give it to my oldest son in 6 years for him to hunt with.
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My first deer rifle was a shotgun, Remington 870, 12ga, 30" full choke, with 00 buckshot. I got for Christmas in 1961 when I was 12. Nobody hunted with a rifle in East Texas in those days. When I was 18 I bought myself a Marlin 336 in 30-30 (the good old days). No scope until a couple of years later when I got a used Redfield 2 3/4X. I still have all the above.
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Big Squeeze
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My dad bought me my first rifle, a 30-06, at the ripe old age of 9 years!!!...............Talk about jumping into the fire!!?? I got use to it and heavy recoil from an early age!
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A semi-sporterized 303 Enfield that I bought for $25 at 17 - took my first 3 deer with it. Did a lot of shooting with that rifle using surplus full jacket military ammo. Was a bitch cleaning out the cordite with hot water. In '71 I bought a Ruger 44 carbine that I still use today. Unlike Roy have been lucky and no jamming. Have had many others along the way but just love the little Ruger carbine.
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Sure wish the prices were like they were back then.
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A .270 Remington model 760 pump, which I still have today, with a 4x Tasco scope and Weaver mounts (long gone), for $169 for the whole rig.
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cheaptrick
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Grew up in SE Iowa, (no Iowa jokes please) so we couldn't hunt deer with rifles.
But when I was about 10, Dad picked up a sporterized Springfield Armory 1903 in 30-06 for "us" to fool with.
The story that went with the rifle was that the previous owner whacked a pronghorn "out west" with it.....
I was HOOKED!!
No scope EVER!!! She had peep sights only. Seems like a million years ago.
Dad might have shot 10 rounds through that thing the entire time he owned it, but I shot it every chance I got. Boy, wish I had that rifle now. Edited by cheaptrick - March/10/2008 at 18:29 |
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