What was your first big game rifle?

Remington model 30s, 30.06 with weaver 4x with a post, got from my uncle in 60s
still have this gun, change scope to a 6x weaver in late 60s, man this old gun could shoot and can still shoot under 1" at 100 yards, I am sure this gun has fired
more than 3000 rounds[/img]
 
A bubb'd 1914 Short Lee Enfield in 303/25.
I've only been shooting a few years.
A collector friend of mine picked up two old Enfield 303/25s for $150.
He gave me one for $50 and chucked in an old scope he had as well, a Bisley Deluxe 3-9x40.
I shot my first 2 roos with it with the iron sights and was chuffed. :D
Now the Bisley is on it courtesy of a Lynx bridge mount and some Weaver rings.
It shoots, well, minute of roo. :lol:
But it's shot minute of bunny plenty of times too. :mrgreen:
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Still my main rifle and probably will remain so. :wink:
My 8x57 is WAY overkill for roos. :shock:
 
Winchester Model 70 Ranger in 30-06. Topped with a Tasco 4 x scope ( I didn't know any better). Killed a ton of deer and antelope with it. Eventually had to trade for a shiny looking Rem 700 BDL in the same caliber. The Rem stock configuration didn't agree with me (too much recoil) so I eventually tradede that one too. I'd love to have that Ranger back though.
 
my first big game gun is a sako75 s/s 243win topped with a leupold m3 3.5-10x40
Then I gave it to my dad and I bought a sako75 finnlight 300wsm and a leupold vx3 3.5 10x50
 
a battered, bubba'd, beaten to ####, mismatched 1941 Lithgow No.1 Mk 3. i used it to finish off a road wounded deer last winter, but as of yet it remains unblooded during hunting season. in my hands anyways. my dad uncles and cousins used it to take many a Saskatchewan whitetail and muley before it came to be mine. i was gonna use a little .30-40 Krag Jorgensen carbine, but the damn thing won't even touch paper.
 
My dad's 300 savage , model 99. He 'gave' it to me for the first year. Next fall he pulled out $ 250 cash and gave it to me to buy whatever I wanted. Was going to buy a new 99 in 300 (still could get the rotary mag) but in the process the dealer had a MINT husquavarna in 25/06, in the 'newer' model.

30+ years later - both are still in my gunsafe, I'll fill a deer tag with each this fall

Lorne
 
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