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Winchester 94 30-30

Spandau Gewehr 88.
It and four boxes of ammo cost me a whoppin' $65 of my lawn mowing money.

Wild Willy's in Emporia had bunches of the cosmoline clotted clunkers stood muzzle down in wooden barrels. Was 14 at the time, and I just had to have one. Dad had a friend pick and sort to find the best one, and he found one with the S stamp.

Kansas had drawing only for deer permits back then and I got mine on the first go 'round. I had a Marlin 336 30-30 by the time I got my second permit.

Tikka T3 Lite in .243.

7MMrm

Remington 700BDL 30'06

You'll probably use that rifle for many years!

Savage 300 RS

Model 94 30-30

Firat one i used wasnt a rifle it was an Ithaca 37 deer slayer

First rifle i used was a win. Mdl. 64 in 32 special

First rifle of my own, and ai still have it. Is a Sears model 53. (win. M70) 30-06

Model 94 chambered for .32 Winchester Special.

Winchester 94 saddle ring carbine 30-30. I hated that thing because it just felt crappy (loose) compared to my dads Marlin 336. I never felt confident with it.

looking back on it now, I realize that the bigger issue was lack of practice with it. I'd shot brick after brick out of my Savage .22, but maybe half a box with that little 30-30.

it was probably close to perfect for the 1985 twelve year old.... hunting fairly dense woods.

I was happy to sell it once I had the authority to do so, and I bought a 30-06 ADL to replace it. Definately felt more confident with it..... largely because I was old enough to afford my own ammo to practice with it regularly.

My first deer rifle was a Remington 760 in 06 given to me by my dad when I was twelve. He made me shoot it until my shoulder was blackened and bruised. Needless to say, I developed quite a flinch and missed a few deer in anticipation of being thumped by the recoil. My younger brother on the other hand was given a .243 bolt action M700 BDL and had no problems hitting what he aimed at. Old man praised him and made fun of me for missing.

Fast forward a few years. I was now fully grown(250lbs) 6'4" and that ole 06 seemed like a toy. Every deer that stepped out within 400yds was mince meat. Old man and younger brother offered no praise, except for blurting out while trying to shoulder their rifles, " would you save one for me"?.

Guess all that bruising paid off!

SD

A Ted Williams 30/30 it was copy of a Winchester 94 . I gave $75 for it and would give 10 times that for it back . A lot of firsts with that rifle .

Remington 742 chambered in 308win.

I killed my first two bucks with that gun, but ended up trading it for a winchester model 70 carbine in 308 when it started getting picky about it's ammo.

Marlin in 35rem. Killed a truckload with it before swapping. Tatelaw and I redone the stock and I put a new scope on it. Kinda proud of how it turned out

I have the same rifle. its getting time for me to re-do my stock also. I love the 35 Rem.

Marlin 336 dirty-dirty.

Remington 788 243 tasco scope $ 132.00 new

Ruger M77 in 30.06 was the first rifle that was actually mine.

Same thing here. I started hunting with a Winchester 1400 12 ga. in a shotgun only area, but the 94 was my first deer rifle .