What’s your favorite Deer Hunting Rifle?

[Zerofoxtrot]

I so many. Like picking a favorite child. Love my Ruger American 308. Accurate & light.

This is the budget 1000 yard gun. For affordable precision shooting, this is the recommended starting point. Grab one with AR style mags and you have a gun that’ll drop a buck in the morning, and place in precision shooting competitions in the afternoon.

 

[masternave]

I've had a Ruger Gunsite Scout in .308 that I've taken out the last few times.

Now… I haven't seen a dang thing with it so maybe it's cursed… but it's handy enough in the scrubby brush.

 

[rkflorey]

Ruger American in 6.5 Grendel with 1 x 8 Strike Eagle. Light ,very accurate, and never had a deer Go more than 15 yds after being hit with 107 gr green tip Sierra's.
Unless it's close brush and then with 300 blk out and light supersonic bullets

 

[Spenser]

My trusty old 94 Winchester. Had it since I was 15. Still knocks'em down. Plus brings back good memories...

 

[Chikn]

I've killed them with many cartridges, both handgun and rifle. 30-06 comes out on top for me, every time all the time. Doc says I shouldn't shoot it anymore so...
Gonna try 450BM subsonic in Ruger American, and .357 Herret in 14" TC Contender.
They've eat my garden every year for 3 years...no more grace.

 

[LAShooter]

Thompson Center 54 cal muzzleloader.

 

[Brad B]

My son purchased a 450B two years ago but hasn't shot a deer with it yet. I'm eager to see what it will do at different ranges. The straight wall cartridge rounds are starting to pick up in popularity down here in the south and I've been tossing the idea around. 450B for now seems to be the most popular and easy to find ammo

The 450 is not a long range rifle but around 200 yards and under it’s hard to beat.

 

[Brad B]

I've killed them with many cartridges, both handgun and rifle. 30-06 comes out on top for me, every time all the time. Doc says I shouldn't shoot it anymore so...
Gonna try 450BM subsonic in Ruger American, and .357 Herret in 14" TC Contender.
They've eat my garden every year for 3 years...no more grace.

I love my 450BM, mine is on the AR Platform.

 

[Brad B]

My trusty old 94 Winchester. Had it since I was 15. Still knocks'em down. Plus brings back good memories...

I got my first Deer with a Winchester Model 94 when I was a kid, my Dad still has it.

 

[GotrektheSlayer]

My favorite deer rifle is the .300 Savage.

 

[Coach_Smith]

My dads Marlin 30-30 336 Texan

 

[mrc283]

Abolt 7mm

 

[Mississippi97]

Savage 99 .243 win. I’ve got some older Leupold VXII glass on it. It was my Dad’s deer rifle when I was young. I’ve taken a few with it too. Still my favorite, he gave it to me years ago when he got a 30-06 742 Woodsmaster at a good deal. He had one in the 70s and sold it when things got tight so he had wanted another one when he could afford it. He rarely bough himself anything. We have his 742 and the 7400 I gave him about 20 years ago. My brother hunts with the 7400, our Dad gave it to him a few years before he died. I got my wife a 6.5 Grendel upper for her AR and she took a big doe at 80 yds with it a couple years ago. I’d like to take one with it myself soon.

 

[Yancey007]

Remington 742 30:06

 

[RandyG357]

Been using the same lever action Marlin 30-30 for about 30 years.

 

[coldboar]

savage axis 270 primarily because i took my first at 300 yards with it. The 270 has a fairly flat trajectory and low wind drift making tough shots harder to miss.