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Delta Elite 10MMDelta Elite 10MM Member Posts: 839 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
How many people still have the rifle they shot their first deer or elk with? I am not lucky enough to own the Winchester model 88 in .243 that I harvested my first deer with but in a stroke of luck my uncle did gift me my first elk rifle, a Remington model 710 in .30-06
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I do.
    A Marlin 336 in .35 rem. I bought new from Edlemans gun shop on Long Island, NY.
    I just turned 18 in 1974 and it was a birthday present to myself.
    [8D]
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  • Sig220_Ruger77Sig220_Ruger77 Member Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have the rifle I shot my 1st deer with. A Ruger M77 Ultralight in .308 Winchester. I think I might pass it down to my nephew in a few years, if he is big enough.

    Jon
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  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i do also. rem 1100 12 gauge with slugs. ive used 4 different scopes with it.
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Savage 110 .270 win Texas Mouflon Ram.
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  • cranky2cranky2 Member Posts: 3,236 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester model 70 in 243 my first deer.
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    First and only deer I've ever shot was with a Remington 710 in .270. I still have the gun but don't shoot it much anymore. The 710 is not a great rifle but it's what I could afford at the time.
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got my first deer in 1972 with my Dads 1951 vintage 94 Winchester.

    Still have it.
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  • Missouri Mule K30Missouri Mule K30 Member Posts: 2,092 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, still have the 7mm Remington Rolling Block. And I still shoot it on occasion.[:D]
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  • kenlguykenlguy Member Posts: 233 ✭
    edited November -1
    A Mossberg 472PCA 30-30 that was bought new in '73 or '74. Never did eject like it should so it's been parked all this time.

    But I just can't bring myself to get rid of it.
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  • skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431 ✭
    edited November -1
    Remington Model 721 in 30-06. Was my fathers gun.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    At 42 years old that question is still open as I have never shot a deer, let alone a bird or squirrel. Actually that's not true I've had to put down a few sick/injured deer, ground hogs and raccoons but never have been "hunting" before.
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,572 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I shot my first deer with a 7.7 Jap that. I borrowed from my great uncle Clem one of my cousins got that one. I still have my first deer rifle that I bought tor myself in 1974 a Savage 170. 30-30
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got my Rem. 740, 30-06, bought in MI about '66 [;)]
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,286 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1974 vintage Winchester Model 70 in 270 Winchester.
    Took my first deer and my first elk with it and every one since. All have been one shot stops and the rifle still shoots dime sized 100 yard groups. After 41 years it feels like a part of me.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    First 2-3 deer=Rem 760 in 30/06. Borrowed, Brother repo'd it.
    Next 10-15 deer=Rem 742 in 30/06. Traded it for a 700 in 243. Still have the 243.
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  • carbine100carbine100 Member Posts: 3,071 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester Model 100 Carbine in 308; Stolen many years ago and never (yet) recovered. Own replacements in 243, 284, and 308 in both rifle and carbine versions.
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  • KnifecollectorKnifecollector Member Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, Winchester model 70 chambered in .270. I bought it new many years ago.
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, Enfield .303 jungle carbine.
    [^]barto[^]
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Both of them. First deer ever= Remington 870 wingmaster 12 gauge

    First PA deer with a rifle= Marlin 336 30-30 that my wife bough me on our first Christmas together.
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  • toolmaniamtoolmaniam Member Posts: 3,213
    edited November -1
    Got my first deer with a Harrington and Richardson .45 caliber muzzleloader. Still have it but never shoot it.
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  • moonshinemoonshine Member Posts: 8,471
    edited November -1
    First deer with a win. 94 30-30 don't have it now. First Elk with a win. mdl. 88 in 308 still have it, the wife took her first Elk with the same gun.
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  • EhlerDaveEhlerDave Member Posts: 5,158 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have mine, a Savage 30-30 with a 3 round clip, I know it is a clip it says so on the side. [8D]
    Just smile and say nothing, let them guess how much you know.
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not a rifle but a Dan Wesson 8" .44 Rem mag.
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  • Heavy ChevyHeavy Chevy Member Posts: 736 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I still have mine also, Remington 722 in 222. was my Mother's rifle.
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  • jarjar Member Posts: 620 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1st deer in 1974 with my dads marlin 336rc in 30-30( still have it) 1st elk in 1989 with a browning blr lightweight in 30-06 (still have it), don't ever get rid of guns, seen to many people tryin to find them a few years later.
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  • walleyemanwalleyeman Member Posts: 131 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    first deer 1963-11 point-took four hours to drag it out of the bottoms in northern wis. 7.5 French,still have it.
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  • Gregor62Gregor62 Member Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes I do. It's a Marlin 336, chambered in 35 Remington. I bought it used from a hardware store in 1981, and harvested my first deer with a rifle that fall. I own a pile of rifles, but that one is my favorite.
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  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,038 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by EhlerDave
    I have mine, a Savage 30-30 with a 3 round clip, I know it is a clip it says so on the side. [8D]


    I have a 1969 catalog with a add in it for a leather belt holder for
    a spare Savage CLIP holder. Only $2.89.
    So you are correct.[:D]
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  • 1BigGuy1BigGuy Member Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've still got mine; a Winchester Model 70 (built in 1951) in .270. I've been using it since 1985. Seems to work just fine.
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  • phipdeerphipdeer Member Posts: 101 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Still have mine though not a rifle. Browning 16 ga auto 5.
    First rifle deer was with a marlin 336 30-30 still have it also.
    First quail was a savage single shot 410 ga still have it. All were given by my Dad and I'll always have them. I'm positive the savage has had the most care. I used to oil it down every night before bed.
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep original vintage style Armalite AR10.
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  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Elk. 1968. Remington 1903A3 in a sporter stock, but with original peep. Shots standing and sitting. My eyeglass prescript was very obsolete cuz I couldn't afford an optical exam/new glasses. Lucky 3 shots. Still have it, but with a nicer custome stock. The old one had electrical tape over a tang crack. And I have an unissued scant stock to put her back if I find a front barrel band.
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  • Dads3040Dads3040 Member Posts: 13,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1st Deer - .300 Savage Model 99 - Still have it.

    1st Elk - .300 WInchester Mag. Sears Model 1870 (Win. Mod. 70) - Still have it.

    1st Pheasant - 12 GA Mossberg 500 - Still have it.

    I still own every gun I have ever bought, except for a Marlin 60C that was stolen. I bought an identical one to replace it.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ithaca 20 gauge deerslayer.
    1979 first deer. 8 point buck. One shot.
    Still have it.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,499 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ithaca Model 37 with a deerslayer barrel. I bought it in 1973 when I was 15. First deer was a 10pt buck. Still have the gun although it was "retired" 20 years ago.
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  • e8gme8gm Member Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Took my first and only deer with a Marlin 30A in 30-30 that was a Christmas gift from my Dad with a round hand loaded by him, and while he watched me shoot a 10 point at 160yds on a dead run. Of course I still have the gun.
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,562 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In 1982 or there bout I bought a model 99e in .308 from a neighbor for $85.00 with a weaver k4 on it .Shot my first of many deer with it In 2009 my son used it to take a nice 6 point .Still have the winchester model 37 16 gauge from my Grandfather that accounted for my first squirrel
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • wiz1997wiz1997 Member Posts: 1,051 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just recently officially inherited it when my Dad passed back in November.

    1948 Winchester Model 70 in 30/06.

    Shot my first deer with it back in 1981 in Hondo, Texas.

    "Borrowed" it almost every year to hunt with.

    Dad never had a problem with me using it because it always came back cleaner than it left.
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  • BoatsBoats Member Posts: 414 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Still have the rifle that I got my first deer with and it's an old Winchester Model 70 in 30-06.
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  • JohnharleyJohnharley Member Posts: 542 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine is still in the safe. Mossberg model 500. No rifled barrel or scope. Most of us who grew up in Iowa had these.
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