Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles What's Your All Time Favorite Deer Rifle?

If going by number of deer killed with any one rifle.........as of this year, my favorite rifle became my CVA
.50 caliber flintlock Mountain Rifle.

Shooting a Hornady PA Conical over top 80 grains of Ffg and the gun is pure death for any deer inside my self-imposed 100 yard limit. Only reason I limit it there is NOT due to the rifles accuracy of my ability, but due to lock time with the flinter and how far a deer CAN move during that window.

My 760 30-06.

This is nearly an IMPOSSIBLE ? for me to answer.
I have had MORE rifles than I can possibly remember. There was only 1 that even Browning Utah couldn't make accurate.

I want to preface my possible answers by saying that I love Walnut & Blue but......composite and SS is so utilitarian.

I like/love light weight rifles so # 1 possible Fav Deer Rifle is



T 3 Lite SS 270 Win
Sorry for re run of the pic. That was in 2016 and SINCE 2003 she has been PERFECTLY dependable.



# 2 possible Fav is NOT heavy for what it is.



Rem Model 6 in 30-06 (6-06). I didn't realize how much lighter it was than the Model Sixes in 6mm & 270 until 2016.




# 3 possible and front runner FOR ME as 1 rifle FOR ALL hunting

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Tikka T 3X Lite SS > 7mm RM
*** That was 2018. We have an Antlerless ONLY season in Oct. That was the FIRST deer I shot with this rifle.***

My problem is that I am a Rifle Loony aka slut ! I like A LOT of diff rifles but these 3 are at the top of MY list.

Jerry

That’s a real sweet pair . 😎

Marlin MR-7 in 270 Win.....incredibly accurate and well-designed rifle which my son has now claimed as his own!

Used to be my 700 classic 257 roberts til my wife used it. Now she claims it as her deer rifle.
Now I grab one of 3 and it dont matter which one.
700 classic in 250 savage
700 mountain rifle in 25-06 or 700 mountain rifle in 7-08

Sako’s

Every one I've ever used, from a '92 Winchester in 32-20 to the E.M. Reilly double in 500 BPE that I recently sold. If going by the most big game taken with one rifle, as has been mentioned, it would be my Shiloh Montana Roughrider in 45-90.

When I killed my first deer with a 270, it was my favorite. Same with, 45-70, 40-82, 40-70, 11.15 X 60R, 9.3 X 75R Nimrod, 10.5 X 47R, 33 WCF, 300 Win. Mag., 8 X 57IR, 9 X 57, 45, 50 and 54 cal. muzzleloaders and no doubt some I've forgotten over 54 big game seasons.

My .280 Ackley Improved. Its a deer killing machine.

Been a deer hunter since I was 20 (killed two that year in MD with a shotgun & slug - 1976). After that I switched to a Ruger M-77 in 270 WIN that my wife bought for me in early 1978, great rifle and still own it. However, I bought this used Winchester M-88 in 308 WIN in 1995, for whatever reason I fell in love with it and it has been my favorite ever since (owned two other M-88's for awhile, but both are long gone). This one trucks on, making meat for me every season. I have other very good deer rifles but have to force myself to use them.

That is a nice looking rifle sir. What is it about this one that you liked better than the other two M88’s?

Absolutely Beautiful!

I still want one of those. Best damn bargain God ever put on this earth, the model 50 JC Higgins.

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I'd give my left Nut for one of those.

Whatever is in my hand at the time. Lately it has been this.

Walking/woods rifle;

Savage M99c in .308.

Stand/field hunting;

Thompson Center Pro Hunter in 25-06.

The closest I've come to a Savage 99 was a plastic model of one, believe it or not. Back in the late 50s-early 60s there were 1/5th scale models of rifles. My mother bought me one of a 99. That forever endeared me to th 99. I don't know why a real one has alluded me so many years. Every so often I go out on a pawn shop drive about looking for some of my grail guns (Guns I've wanted and hold in high esteem). I don't find many but 4 years back I found a Browning Auto 5 Sweet 16, which along with a 99 in .250-3000 were always at the top of my list and I scored it for $400. Then a couple years later I found another grail gun a model 12 Winchester in 12 Ga. and paid $250 for it. Both are in great condition and I feel I got really sweet deals. Now to find another of my Grail Guns that I've longed for for over 60 years, a nice model 99 chambered in .250-3000. That would only leave two, a Model 29 44 Mag. S&W and a pre-64 Model 70 in either .257 Roberts or .270 Winchester. Then life would be complete.

For sentimental reasons, the Rem 742 my dad give me for my 15th Christmas. Ol' Reliable has dumped a bunch of deer since 1971. I've stripped and refinished the stock and retired her to the safe for now. These days, I'm just as likely to grab the new Montana in 7-08 as the '59 Savage 99F in 250 Sav. with factory irons.

Oh God Hanco, now that's some fine rifles. One of these days I'll run across a Good Sako in a caliber I love and I'll own it. Their fit and finish is unequaled and they're damn well accurate too.

I started this thread on a whim. I didn't know how it would be received on here because there's a lot of threads similar. But I have enjoyed looking and reading about all the guns you all have put up here and/or talked about. This is what I live for. I'm very happy I did this. I will be checking this thread carefully for awhile. Thanks to all who posted, whether pics or just text. I'm enjoying whether I answered or not. I read every post here and enjoyed every one.