What is your deer rifle?

[Powerglide]

SAko L-579 , 243 win. , Kowa 4x on top. Deer tremble.

 

[GunTech]

Remington 40x until this year. Accurate, but too heavy.

 

[bmwguy]

AR-15 in 6.8 SPC that I built.

 

[scchokedaddy]

deer rifle

1 Marlin 308mx. 2 Marlin XL7 in 25 06, 3 Interarms in 308, 4 for does only hunts 788 ln 6mm. All will do the job just fine, no particular favorite one.

 

[sansone]

rem 7600 pump /.243 / gotta place shot carefully, but the pump allows very fast follow-up shot if needed

 

[Mr. T]

Remington Model 7400 in 30.06 and Model 700 in .270 Win.

 

[EdLaver]

Beautiful buck GunTech!

 

[smartshot]

1) Savage model 340B in 30-30 win, bolt action, solid side mount 4X scope, kicks tail in woods---I handload the 30-30 bullets or use hornady 160 FTX
2)mossberg 100ATR 270 win, cheap, accurate, reliable and a gun that I'm not afraid to take in the harsh weather

Anyone whose never used a 30-30 bolt action should try to pick one up, because the longer barrel gives some better ballistics than the standard lever action publishings, and this gun is more accurate with open sights than some others with a scope.

 

[Joel Lehman]

Ruger 77L 250 Savage

 

[41magsnub]

Savage 114 American Classic in .30-06 as of last year. I also have a 7x57 Ruger M77 that I prefer, but until I take up reloading it is in retirement.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

My deer rifle? Depends on which one cries out to me. I'll either use my Mauser 98 30.06 sporter or my Mauser 98 .308 sporter or Mauser 7x57 sporter. Next in order would come my Howa 1500 in 30.06 and Churchill Highlander in 7mm mag. I would only choose the 7mm mag if I knew I would be shooting at 300 yards(my self imposed maximum range). It has too much umph for whitetail but it is SO accurate with 150 grs. I was looking forward to using my Mauser 98 sporter in .257 Roberts but that was a bust and my Mauser 98 in .280 Remington isn't ready yet.

 

[Vlad357]

When using a rifle, most of the time I use a scoped Remington 788 in .243 or iron sight Remington 742 in .30 06, standing vs. still hunting. For real long range setups I go with my Savage 110 in .30 06.

This year for a change I am going to give it a try at some point with my open sighted Mosin Nagant 91/30.

 

[togojeff]

Rem 700 Classic 6.5x55
CZ 550 FS .308 Win
A-Bolt II Hunter 7mm-08
T/C Venture .243 Win

 

[Tim the student]

Here in Iowa, mine is common - a Remington 870

 

[HOWARD J]

Let's see...........
Started with a Italian Terni 7.35
Mauser 8 MM
Rem 222 (It does kill deer)
Winchester 94 30/30
Rem 700--6MM Rem
Ruger Redhawk 44 mag handgun
Ruger 44 mag rifle
Ruger Mini 30-7.62 x 39

 

[Coal Dragger]

As of today, a Cooper Model 52 Jackson Hunter in .280 Ackley Improved with a Leupold VX-III 2.5-8X36...

 

[teninfro]

K31 with Swiss Products mount and Burris 3-9x40

 

[The Captain]

My deer rifle is a Remington 7400 autoloader in .270.

Love, but I have to use a slug gun in my home state of Ohio.

Darn

 

[sarduy]

remington 700 30-06

 

[stsimons]

For the deep GA woods: Remington 742 Woodsmaster, 30.06 core lokt 180gr round nose, Simmons shotgun 1.5x5 diamond plex reticle... (my hog rifle too!)

For the clear cuts: Marlin XS7 7mm-08 (boyds thumbhole stock) Barnes TXS 120gr, Bushnell elite 3200 10x40 mil dot reticle mil/mil. (currently working up a 110tsx load, so far 3300fps!!!)

 

[Old Granddad]

Deer rifle

I'm with Smartshot. I have an old Savage 340 in .30-30 that my dad bought right when they first came out--1950. It was his first postwar deer rifle. Later, he bought a Remington 740 in .30-06, screwed it up with a scope (we hunted almost entirely in woods or thick brush, often in rain), and gave me his old Savage, but not before cutting down the stock and fitting it with a recoil pad (!) and a Lyman #48 peep sight. It's downright cushy to shoot, what with that recoil pad and all, and it, far more than that Remington cannon, is the gun that most reliably filled the freezer. Matter of fact, it has more blacktails and mulies to its credit than all the other cannons in the old man's arsenal (he flirted with a .300 Weatherby but hated the monstrous recoil) combined. Funny thing, but after he gave the old Savage to me, he wanted to borrow it back all the time. He took his biggest mulie ever with it--five points (we only count the lowest side out here on the west coast, not all the points from both sides) and 212 lbs field dressed. We christened the old guy "Alphonse," and he hangs to this day in the hall outside Dad's den.

Dad's gone, now, and I no longer hunt--too old and in somewhat iffy health. I gave his Remington to my son-in-law, but by golly, I kept that old .30-30 as well as a "sporterized" M93 Spanish Mauser from my late uncle. Both are cheap and unglamorous, and both Get The Job Done without hammering their shooters. I now have no earthly use for them, but I cannot bring myself to part with them. Go figure.

 

[Kachok]

Tikka

Tikka T3 Light Stainless Steel 6.5x55 with a Nikon Prostaff w/BDC. All you will ever need out to 400 yards. I have had Remington 700s Savages, and a Winchester model 70, and the Tikka is lighter and out shoots them all (except Savage 17 HMR) .75 in shot group with off the shelf Winchester ammo I am expecting sub 1/2 in with my hand loads next trip to the range. Hard to argue with that especaly since the whole package cost me less then $600!!

 

[nathan]

Its gonna be my Swedish M 96 mauser or the K 31 Swiss ths time around.

 

[black_powder_Rob]

Marlin 336 in 30-30 works for me.