Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting My idea of a perfect Whitetail deer rifle.

A BLR in 308 or 7-08 with NBTs makes a dandy deer rifle

What does the factory peep sight for a Remington Model 14 look like?

You have an Excellent whitetail rifle..Congrats!....Hb

From my safe I would rate my scoped 25-06 or 270 Mausers as the best tool, to kill whitetails.

The best rifle to hunt them with (as in..........having the most fun hunting with ) is probably a tie............ with many coming in at "1st place"
Those would be;
My flintlocks, either the 50 or the 62 cal.
My iron sighted 1903 6.5 mannlicher.
My lever action M95 in 270 with buckhorn and bead.
My marlin 36 in 30-30 with peep and bead.
My Savage 99 300 Savage with peep sight.
My M-1 Garand, 100% as issued.
My Lee "speed" in 303 brit with express sights.
My Remington M81 300 Savage with open sights.
My Remington 141 35 Remington with a peep sight.
My Huskey M46 with original iron sight in 9.3X57
Any of my 357, 44 or 45 caliber revolvers, all with simple iron sights, and in the case of one 44 special, only a grooved top-strap.

no fly's on the 30-30 out to 200-225. depends on my mood and weather. love em both

Whatever gun is in my hand while hunting is the "perfect" deer rifle. All of the above guns seem like a logical setup. Be Well, Rustyzipper.

Negative. If you don't have a Remington 66 Nylon chambered in 416 Cheytac, with a Aimpoint red dot and TWO levels, one for shooting uphill, one for shooting downhill, with an inverted bipod mounted to the rear swivel stud, you might as well be peeing into the wind.

For the type of hunting I do here I ended up on this. Stiller Predator 6.5x47 with a Bartlein in Remington sporter/mag contour at 22" in a McMillan classic stock. Stacks 130 Accubonds on top of each other and the deer don't like them.

They are all perfect if you make a good shot

hanco still hunting ....

Cool picture!

Rick,
I have to say I'm really digging my Howa Mini 6.5 Grendel and it seems to be up to any deer hunting task I'll ever face. It weighs in at 6lbs 14oz in a B&C stock, keeps 129gr ABLRs under MOA all the way out to 300yds, and just feels right in my hands.

Thanks, Dinny

Not many pics left from when Hanco was young!

This Savage 99F in 300 Savage circa 1957, carries a Leupold M8 6x36 on it. Loves the Winchester Silvertips in 180 grains. Deer taken from 20 to 235 yards so far have not known it is a 300 Savage. If I could only have one rifle, this would be it.

About as good as it gets diamondjim. Sweet rifle.

Diamondjim, I have your rifle's '57 99F twin also in a .300 Savage. It does carry well with that rounded receiver though mine is a back up to my 7mm-08 bolt action. I did take it out last year and gunned a deer that just fell over like a rabbit, but that lever and receiver is cold to hang on to in cold weather. Yours sure looks like it works well for you and is well cared for.

Yeah, I think I am going to find another one. They just plain work.

For me, the perfect white tail rifle is a Marlin 1894 in .44 Magnum. The Speer 270 grain GDSP bullet over H110 powder. A quality 1-4X scope. Hey, I already have it.

Last year I had "Redneck" build me my version of the perfect deer & hog rifle. Turned out perfect!!!

Cartridge - .257 Roberts
Action - Blueprinted Model 70 XTR short action
Barrel - Bartlein #0 contour 21.5” bbl
Stock – McMillan Sako Classic Edge brown w/black specks & red decelerator
Trigger – factory adjusted and polished
Optics - Leupold VX-6 3-18 x 44 with firedot illuminated reticle in Talley Lightweights
Cerakote all metal – Satin Mag

Pics: https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...cs/14420489/custom-257-rbts#Post14420489

I still like this as my gp buck rifle. 6AI, light handy and hurts shiit.