I had an 1892 .32-20 but I was a little young to hunt deer. I first hunted deer with a borrowed .25-35.

When I was 12 dad bought me my fist "big gun" a .300 Savage. I killed my first deer, a nice buck and a bonus doe with it that fall.

I learned to handload for that rifle so I could shoot it as much as I wanted. A lot of Speer half jackets ahead of Ball C-2 as I recall.