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Now that's a Pennsylvania classic-all these guys with their foo-foo Model 70's and 700's wouldn't know a good Pa. deer rifle if someone could get them off the stump long enough to shove it up their fat arse!

Rem mountain rifle in 30-06 w/Leupold 2.5-8(first rifle I ever bought).
Rem model 7 stainless syn. in 7-08 w/Leupold 2.5-8.
Rem 700 bdl stainless syn. in 300wm w/Leupold 3.5-10.
Tikka t3 light in 270 w/redfield 3-9.
Browning abolt stainless stalker in 300wsm w/Leupold 3.5-10.

I like to cycle through them until they get to fill a tag although I find myself happier when I have one of the lighter ones in my hands these days.

You still luggin' around that old .358 fencepost Dale? I ought to buy that off you for $100.00 as a sympathy purchase........

Of course, the all time Pa. classic is a Savage Model 99 with an old El-Paso K-4 on it. Remington green box 180 gr. RN loads=bad medicine on deer.

A distant second would be a 760 Cornshucker in 30-06 with some big ol' Holden Ironsighter see through mounts and the cheapest 3x-9x scope on it that money can buy. Sight in/schmite in-who needs to do that? It was bore sighted 30 years ago right? I've got about 7 different loads mixed up in my pocket, so one of these must be the lucky bullet...........Has anyone seen my spare 20 round clip? (Pass me another Iron City while your at it.......)

30 years ago they were dominant in PA. Most of the 20 hunters in our PA deer camp carried 760s in .30-06 (and a couple of 99s in .300 Savage). Today it's 7 or 8 hunters and they all carry bolts. Grice has dozens of 760s on the used racks. It's sad to see them being traded in. They are still good rifles for woods hunting - powerful, accurate and fast. But, it's definitely shifted to bolt guns in larger-than-necessary calibers.

I use a Model 7 .308. It's light, fast to handle and accurate enough for the occasional longer shot.

Have not been back for deer season the past couple of years but for 40 or so seasons I carried a Ruger bolt action 30-06 or later on a 700 Ti 7mm-08 they both did the job.

My uncle Charlie killed more big bucks than most with his old Savage bolt action in 30-30 when he got to retirement he switched to a 760 in 06.

Weatherby Ultralight in 06 or a Browning BLR in 308.

Remington 700 bdl 270.

I have all of 2 deer rifles.... Remington 760 Carbine in '06 and a Glenfield Model 30A in 30-30. They have accounted for quite a few deer over the past 33 years.

I will be hunting PA for the first time this year and I plan on using my 7600 carbine in 30-06. It will have a 1.75-6X32 Leupold on it.

Most useful guns I think there are small light .308s. My uncle and his wife and kids killed a pile of deer with 600 remingtons and model 7s with 4x scopes. I used an assortment of guns while I lived there. Most of the deer I killed while living there were with a xp 100 pistol in 7br..........