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244 Remington. Dad gave to me when I was 14. Still have it an it shoots 6mm and has killed to many varmints to count. Never owned a .244 but I know people that have them. While they don't stabilize 100 grain bullets well, they will stabilize 90 grain Spitzers just fine. Now with better bullets many 90 grain bullets are deadly on deer size game. So in my limited opinion the .244 is now a fine deer rifle. However, I think a lot of people been using them all along.
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8mm Lebel.
$7.50 out of a barrel full of them in a hardware store. 1963. Still have it, never hunted with it.
Next one was a semi sporterized 03-A3 30-06. Still have it, have killed some deer with it.
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In 1972 Browning Belgium made BLR in .308 Winchester, was making $1.35 hr working in a Hardware store that summer. I vacillated between that and the 742 in 30-06 that I did buy. I had the Browning catalog and looked at that for a long time. The clincher was that my Dad had a 760 in 30-06 and so we could share ammo if we needed.
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Winchester M94 in .30-30, bought with paper route money in 1970.
Still have it and still use it.
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Remington 700 ADL, 243. $101.89.
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Very first was Ruger in 25-06.
Heavy barrel. Crap trigger. Was a shooter. Still have the rifle. It started throwing a shot occasionally and I got other rifles. Haven't shot it in a while but would like to get it out and tuned back up.
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Actually 2, got both of them at the same time, a Remington 660 in 6mm and a Ruger 44 International. Still have both rifles.
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Remington 788 in 6mm Rem, traded it to my dad after he had back surgery, kicked a little less than his 30-06.
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6mm Remington in Model 760
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30-30. My oldest has it now. Had it since 1978. Bought new. Still have the box. Marlin or Winchester?
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6mm Rem model 700 bought used in 1982. Still have it.
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244 Remington. Dad gave to me when I was 14. Still have it an it shoots 6mm and has killed to many varmints to count. Never owned a .244 but I know people that have them. While they don't stabilize 100 grain bullets well, they will stabilize 90 grain Spitzers just fine. Now with better bullets many 90 grain bullets are deadly on deer size game. So in my limited opinion the .244 is now a fine deer rifle. However, I think a lot of people been using them all along. Toward the end of the run of the 721/722/725, after Remington did away with the rear sight boss, some of the 244 barrels that were installed on 725s had the same 1-10" ROT as the 243 barrels that they were making. I have a 725 in 244 with a 1-10" ROT barrel and a 725 take-off barrel in 244 that was also cut with a 1-10" ROT. I can't recall the assembly code on those barrels, but think that it was in 1962, shortly before Remington introduced the 700 series.
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Winchester M94 in .30-30, bought with paper route money in 1970.
Still have it and still use it.
oh............lol Post-64?
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I notice that the Winchester 94 in .30-30 (and one in .32 WCF) seems to dominate.
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Mine too! it was willed to me by my Grandpa who bought it surplus and my Dad sporterized it. Killed my first deer with it,
Paul
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30-06 in a Rem 742 which I purchased new in 1972 for $150 when I was 16. Traded it away in 1980 for a M77 in .280. Now THAT was smart trading!!! My first cf rifle was a 336 in 30-30. It took my first moose. It sleeps with the fishes now, along with a couple other firearms after a kid rolled my boat under a log jam. My Lab retrieved a life jacket.... My second was an 03-A3 in 300NM, bought from a UAF rifle team member. Both good shooters. Rifle burned up in a house fire. I miss both rifles. The ol’ lost it in a boating accident trick...
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My dad bought a Rem 721 30-06 when I was 3 or 4 and it was the only rifle he ever used. I have it now and shot an elk with it 2 years ago. When I was old enough to hunt, he bought a Win 94 in 32 Special for me. I used it through high school. I got several deer and 1 elk with it. In high school, I saved up and bought a Sears .22 bolt action. It was actually a Marlin model 80 and I still use it nearly 60 years later.
I've only bought 4 centerfire rifles in my life. The 1st was a Ruger M77 .270 that I bought in the '70's. I shot it for many years then traded it for a Savage 300 WSM. I still have it but now hunt with a RAR 30-06. I also have a Savage 22-250.
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244 Remington. Dad gave to me when I was 14. Still have it an it shoots 6mm and has killed to many varmints to count. Never owned a .244 but I know people that have them. While they don't stabilize 100 grain bullets well, they will stabilize 90 grain Spitzers just fine. Now with better bullets many 90 grain bullets are deadly on deer size game. So in my limited opinion the .244 is now a fine deer rifle. However, I think a lot of people been using them all along. The 90 Speer Spitzer has been around about as long as the .244. It was always a great chambering... Some gun writers and nit-pickers notwithstanding...
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1959, as seems to be a lot of members here, a Winchester 94 30-30. As I remember it kicked. 😁
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