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Pre-64 model 70 featherweight in 270. His rainy weather gun was a Savage 99 in 250-3000. The Savage is mine now, the Winchester will be one day

A M721 in 30-06, a very short-lived affair with a M742 in 30-06, and for the past 43 years, a M77 in 30-06--all them using 180 gr Corelockts.........


Casey

Sort of shows we are living in the golden age of hunting as it is obvious that we are enjoying a much higher level of disposable income than our fathers had

bangeye, you are right..also, ever look at the guns available for the general public in say 1950???? Not much by today's standard..no wonder wildcats were so popular then..

Foremost 6400 (Savage 340) .222 Rem. He shot one antelope with it, otherwise mostly jacks and fox.
For BG he recieved a Remington 700 .30-06 from my Mom. It was also my first BG rifle.

Some of my most memorable times with dad were those times when stories of Hill Country deer and his Savage 340 or Swede. Seems Brady TX was full of deer in the 50's and 60's.

The bulk of the hunting we did was in the late 90's down in Refugio Co. with his Hornet. I can still hear the faint pop of that old H and R followed by the slap of those little bullets.

I'll add, in ten plus years of hunting with dad, I never tracked an animal. He "killed em where they stood."

Enfield 30-06. I have it now.

My grandpa baught himself and his three sons Winchester model 70's in 30-06. I still remember watching those old home movies with each of them holding their rifles and standing by their mule deer. each making hand motions (no audio back in the 50's and 60's)indicating that THEIR buck was the biggest. My older brother inherited my dad's but i got my grandfathers. I killed a couple bull elk with it when i first got it. It sure brigs back lots of good memories!

To those of you that have answered this thread thanks for sharing!
This year my father has said that this past deer season was to be his last. I hope this is not the case. He did although get to hunt with his two gran-daughters this past deer season. He still has one grandson to go I hope who could share at least one deer season with him as well! But anyhow back to the subject at hand my grandfather was not a hunter and my dad started hunting with his grandfather in northern MN near the town of Grand Rapids what that firearm was I have no idea was. I do know that the first year after my parents were married my mother for a Christmas present purchase my dad a Remington 700 BDL 30-06 of witch he took numerous deer with. I also took my first whitetail buck with with that same rifle. He also took a spike bull elk in Wyoming that rifle and around 1979 he purchased his beloved Remington 700 Classic 7mm Rem. Mag. that he has hunted with ever sense. I'm Glad he's still around and in good health! Deer season without him will never be the same!

To all Thanks!

My Dad used a Savage M20 bolt gun in .300 Savage. My grandfather used a .30 Army (a civilianized Krag carbine).

jim

My dad didn't hunt.
My uncle got me into it.
Previously they tried to get my dad into hunting but he shot a hole in the floorboard of my uncles car. Obviously the uncle was from moms side of the family!

My dad started with a 12 gauge. The first rifle I remember was a win model 70 30-06. Then he bought a 270 ruger m77. He then traded it for a rem 742 in 30-06. I have since put it in the back of the safe as it kicks like a mule and he's not able to handle the recoil anymore. Now he hunts with his pick of the day from my rifles. I really miss him being able to get out and hunt with me like he used to. Now he's only able to go to a shoot house I built for him

Dad used a first year produced Rem 740 in 308. Grandfather used a Winchester Mod. 64 in 30-30 and great uncle used a
30-40 Krag. I have all three in the safe.

My dad got a P14 when he was about 12 years old, and used that until he bought a new M94 .32 Spl in 1957 when he was 19. That's all he used for years, although he did borrow a M88 308 for a moose hunt.

I came along and got him more interested in rifles. I bought him a '57 Standard Rifle in 270 in 1986, and a 308 fwt a few years after that.

About three years ago I put the barreled action from the fwt 308 in a Hunter's Edge stock, and that's his everyday rifle now. The old 270 std still gets used for tree stand stuff.

Interesting story on the 1957 purchase of the 94. His brother (who was not a hunter) worked at a store which sold rifles, I have long forgotten what. $64 wholesale, retail was $84. He followed my father's instructions on the 94 in .32, but almost followed a coworkers advice and brough home a M88 in 308 Win instead. It was an extra few dollars, and he decided against it. Years later when my father learned more about rifles, he often talked about the shots he passed up with the 32 that he could have made with a 308.

The "ultimate" Penna. whitetail rifle. Dad used a Remington 760 Gamemaster in 30-06. He bought it new in the 40s and it was the only rifle he ever owned.

Thank goodness I did not take after him in that respect!

donsm70

PS. Dad's gone, but I still have the rifle.

I think the only rifes my Dad ever mentioned were a twin 20mm and 50mm for wingshooting--must have been quite a shot...:)

My dad always had a weakness for Winchester 94's in .32 WS, but was known to pack an '86 in .45/70 on occasion. Wish I knew where or who he sold 'em to.

Wish I could he passed in 01.

A Remington 721 with a Fajen stock in 30-06 for open plains.
A Winchester 71 in 348 Win for woods.

I have both. I wish he'd been a Model 70 fan. Can't complain about the 71.

Springfield 03 (Pedersen Device Receiver) sporterized by my Grandfather at the Junior College gunsmith class, hand-built Walnut stock chambered in .270 Win. Now dressed in an MPI fiberglass stock and sporting a Jarrett .270 Win barrel. On his 4th or 5th barrel.