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Savage 340 bolt action carbine in 30-30.
First elk and first deer, and each of my two sons killed his first big game animal with the same rifle.
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I was 14 and going to Maine. One uncle had a pre 64 94 30-30 and another a pre 64 Winchester 88 in .308. The .308 was to much so I took the 30-30. We still have it and I never took anything with it. Need to do something about it, as it is mine now.
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Rem 788 carbine in 308 with a tasco 4x. paid about $200 for it at the coast to coast hardware. Put a burris 2.75 on because the hunting crew old timers said 4x is too much scope for the woods (I agree).
Took a fork horn and doe with it.
The rifle carried like a 10 pound wood fence post and I bought a ruger tang safety in 3006 the following year. The whole crew shot 3006 except for a lone 300 savage 99 and I wanted to get all their 3006 brass for the reloading gear my dad bought.
Don't miss the 788 that much, but regret not saving up and buying what I wanted in the first place... the ruger 77. Still have the ruger and rifle loony-ism has hit and have too many guns to rotate through. Oddly... I've come full circle and like the savage 99 in 300 that was the odd man out when I started hunting.
Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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My first was a Interarms mark x made by EMDEKO in 30/06. These mausers wore p.o.ackley marked bbls and mine had a EMDEKO 3x9 scope. I've heard the plain walnut monte carlo stocks on these were made by bishop. I had hopes of a 7mm rem mag after reading numerous outdoor life stories of elk and mule deer hunts, and looking at remington ballistics charts. The summer of my 11th yr my dad called home, and told my mom to bring me to the gun store.
Imagine my excitment when we walked up to the counter and there lay a mint used 700 adl in 7mag. Beside it laid the reason he called ... a new h&r 20ga single bbl for me. The mint adl with a price tag of $ 170.00 was his. The '06 was a hand me down from him to me. I never liked the '06 from that day on. I traded it for a 68 chevelle when i was 17 yrs old. My dad passed when i was 13, and i carried the 7mag for 35 ys after that. Unusual love & hate story, but it worked out for you. I inherited my dad's 742 in 3006 and I can't bring my self to hunt with it because my dad said "don't buy these - they jam". I saw it jam and had a gunsmith work it over as a fathers day gift when my dad still hunted with it, but I'm not sure about it. Not sure what nephew I'll stick with the gun when I thin out the herd.
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Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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First deer rifle was a 30-30 Winchester '94 "eastern carbine"(or so I've been told) made in 1930. Regards, Woody
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The first one I got to use was a .303 Brit. The first one I could call mine was a Rem 742 in 30-06. It didn't take me long to figure out I wanted something different. About 10 minutes after my 18th birthday guests left, I bought a Ruger M77 MkII in 30-06.
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1947 Model 70 Winchester, bought in 1966 for all of $90
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Marlin 336 in 30-30, worked my azz off all summer to get it off lay a way in the fall. Shot a nice little 8pt with it first time out!! :):)
I was hooked bad!!!
It�s a magazine not a clip......
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.�
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My dad's model 94 .32 Special... Still have it.. used it three years then took over my Grandfather's model 54 .30-06.. Still have it also...
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Now here is a thread that throws me way back into the memory bank. I have had so many rifles since that first one. I actually used two my very first year. I had a 20 gauge shotgun that I used with slugs. I also had a 410 that I used. The 410 belonged to my grandfather and I still have that gun today. I later began using a 30/30 which I used until I was 16. I still own the 20 gauge shotgun, as well. I still remember the first day of buck season, of the very first time I went deer hunting.
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First used was a Winchester 94 30-30. First owned, a Winchester M670 30-06
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When I bought my Marlin 336 my dad offered me his Rem. 700 in 308. I didn't like bolt guns back then.... Kickin myself in the azz now!
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First "deer" rifle was a Browning A-bolt Medallion in .280 Rem, topped with a Redfield Widefield 3-9x. Killed a train load of deer and black bear with that rifle. Also killed a lot of antelope and a few elk with it. Today it generally serves as the loaner rifle and has accounted for at least a dozen deer for other people who have needed it. I actually shot my MT buck with it this year when my go to 300 RUM turned out to be shooting high and I didn't want to re-zero it.
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Marlin 444. I wish I still had that rifle.
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Rem 141 35 Rem. Still have it. It's been 10-12 yrs since I've used it. I think next year that trend is gonna change.
Savage 99 was my other one. 300 Savage. ....
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Scope was a Leupy M7 4x.........
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Remington model 700BDL in 30-06 passed down from my grandpa. I have killed a few deer with it, but it sits idle now. For a keep sake.
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Marlin 336C 30/30.....Never killed with it though as I got a Ruger Model 77 in 7mm Mag the very next year..........Hb
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When I was 12 I begged my parents for a 20ga for Christmas. The day came and went with no shotgun. There was a beautiful Scharade lock blade tho. A few days later, while playing with the knife before dinner I put a 6" long, 1" deep slash across my thigh. I showed my mother, who almost fainted, and we headed for the car with a towel to soak up the blood. My father, who was in the barn, came out when he saw us loading into the Pontiac Grand Safari wagon, and asked what was up. Mom said "Tom cut his leg with the new knife!!". My dad's only words were, "Good thing we didn't get him the gun", then headed back to the barn. I felt like one dumb sob but looking back 30+ years! I guess he was right (grin). Two years later there was a Mossberg 500 under the tree. I guess he knew more than I thought he did. Still got the scar in case I think I know it all to remind me I don't.
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