Current favorite deer gun

Now that we’ve seen the first gun you killed a deer with, how about your current setup? Be interesting to see the variety.

My current favorite is my 338-06 AI.

mine is a beater gun that I let rust like a SOB when i was a teenager. it gets tossed around and beat up but its old faithful rem 700 270 with a synthetic stock. I just call the rust my Cerakote finish and keep it maintained so it doesn't get any worse. I'd like to get it dipped but havent made it a priority yet

Elite Synergy

Ruger American 308. Viper 3x9x50

Bergara 6.5CM with fixed 4x Leupold

I have 2 both my favorite, a youth model Remington 243 bolt action.
Also my Browning safari 308 semi-aumatic.

Marlin lever action 375 Win.

howa 6.5 grendel 20" heavy barrel

Kimber montana 308... Zeiss scooe

Early 2000's Remington Mountain Rifle, wood stock and matte finish chambered in 30.06. Easy to hunt with, maneuver in the stand, is deadly accurate and looks better now then it did when I got it.

Favorite is an old Classic Rem 700 in 270Win with a Leupold 3.5X10

most used lately is a 1960's Rem 700 BDL in 243 with a youth fiberglass stock and a Leupold 3X9

Outback, you gonna make sure they don't get back up and run off

A two year old Remington Model Seven SS in 7-08.

my favorite is my grandfathers Remington 700BDL in 30-06, engraved and given to him when he retired, I tend to use my Ruger American 243 or suppressed 357 Handi-Rifle more often though.

I’m really starting to like compact rifles more. I just bought a single shot with a 22inch barrel that is 37.5inch overall.

I am loving my Fierce Fury 6.5 Creedmoor with a Swarovski Z6i 5-30x50. Talk about a tack driver. Sometimes, if I just point the gun at the deer, they fall over from fright When paired with the Hornady 143gr ELD-X, that is an extremely lethal combination. I shot a Ruger M77 270 for years and years, then a Thompson Center ICON in .308 and both were great set-ups, but really liking my current set-up.

Killed a bunch of em with my A-Bolt in .270.

But have really been liking my Encore Prohunter in .300 win mag.

My 35 year old S&W in 7mm mag. Still able to hit a dime at 100 yards, when I use a lead sled and home made ammo.

Sako Manlicher .308

My go to rifle is a Nosler TGR chambered in .257 Roberts. It has a Swarovski Z6 1.7-10x42 Scope with an illuminated reticle.

Tikka T3 Forester in .270 Win with a Trijicon Accupoint scope and 130 gr Accubonds sighted in 1.5" high at 100 yds.

Tikka T3 lite in 270

Tikka m695 in 25-06 & ziess scope

The only deer gun is a .270 WIN.... always has been always will be. I simply cannot be convinced otherwise. There's not a more perfect deer hunting round. If you want the best .270 WIN, get a Tikka T3 Lite as mentioned above (matte stainless and synthetic stock). That is absolutely the most perfect deer hunting rifle on the planet.

308 is far superior to the 270. Just FYI 😆

Both of my previous calibers...Now I shoot a 6.5. Make fun if you want, but I like it better.

A-Bolt .308 for the last 25 years

I know there’s a lot of hate out there for the 6.5 creedmoor. I don’t care about the distance and accuracy stats, all my huntings done under 200 yds. And I really don’t like the name, wish they had called it the 6.5 Hornady or really anything else. But I shoot it because it feels like shooting a .243 but your sending 140 grains. Also flat enough I never have to change point of aim.

Rem.700 in .243 with a 1.5-5x Leupold Vari x 3. shooting hot loaded 100 gr. Partitions.

Browning BLR in .243 with a Leupold 3-9x50 shooting Hornady 95 grain SST's. Got it for graduation from AU in 1982.

Another excellent choice as well. I love me some 243.

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Savage axis II xp . With a 35 whelen barrel

For ground blinds

H&R 35 whelen single shot.

Sako 85 Finnlight in 308 with a leupold vx r 2-7 on top.
Kimber Montana in 280 ackley would be a very close 2nd

Tikka T3 Lite 7mm-08 stainless. I got this from Cuz-Pat. Topped it with a Zeiss 4x14. Best fitting gun and scope combo I have ever shouldered. I like it so much I bought another one just like it in 270 a couple of weeks ago off the site here. Tikka makes a heck of a gun.

My go to for over 40 years has been a Browning BAR in 270 cal. No telling how many deer I killed with it. I never kept count.

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Tikka T3 hunter .243 topped with a leupold VX2 3x9x40. Shooting Barnes 80 grain TTSX

A stainless Tikka T3 .300WM sitting in a Bell & Carlson Medalist stock, topped with a 3-12x56 Zeiss Davari Victory, 165gr Federal Fusions and cerakoted Armor Black by Gudoc. Hope to get a big bull elk with it in Wyoming in a couple of months.

A 6.5 Creed WITHOUT a Hubble Telescope on top, how do you ever kill anything? I struggle with a Sako Finnlight Model 75 in .308 topped with a 2.5-8 Leupold .

Rem 700 mtn ss 308 with ZEISS rapid z 800 for shooting house. Browning bar 270 w/Leupold VXR for my walking tree stand gun

Current is model 7 260. Always looking for a new favorite lol

Rem. 700 in7mm-08, topped with a Vortex Viper 3.5-10x50. It’s a great deer-killing tool. Also partial to a Winchester Model 70 Featherweight in 7mm-08. Also sporting a 50mm Vortex. Both of those put deer on the ground last year.

Model 7 in 7mm-08.

Remington 750 270 or remington 7600 270.

Tikka t3x stainless 7mm-08 with Swarovski scope.

Ever shot one with a 375 Win ?

Just bought one from buckhunter2. Going to try it out pretty soon.

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Steyr pro hunter mountain ss in .308. Meopta meostar 3.5x10-50

Marlin presafety 30/30 moving toward Rem pump 30-06

Model 7 7-08 topped with Nikon monarch

T/c pro hunter 7mm mag Leopold scope

Marlin 1895M .450 marlin
Weatherby mark V SBGM .300 weatherby mag Zeiss 4x12x50
Tikka T3x laminate .300WSM Swarovski 4x12x50
Daniel Defense DDM5V1 .308 kahles 3x18x50

These 4 are in a rotation. Several others are in the bullpen.

Sako 75 Finnlight .308Win - Leupold VX-R - McMillan Hunter’s Edge

Tater Gun

JM stamped?

I know it doesn’t seem right. Love fixed power not as many being made these days. They’re lighter, brighter, cheaper, and have longer eye relief. You don’t ever worry about where it’s set, just point and shoot. If I had a variable I prob wouldn’t set it above 4x unless I was at the range. Only thing is its a little too much for brush hunting, I’d rather have 2.5x. In those situations I use a 30-30 with a pistol size red dot.

Forbes 24B 25-06 Swarovski 2.5-10x56
Marlin 1895 SBL 45-70 Swarovski 2.5-10x42

No fair. You can't have two!

My current favorite is a cheap Remington 710 .30-06 that my dad gave me for Christmas when I was 13 or 14ish......along with a rattle can paint job. With 180gr Remington Core Lokt, it shoots a lot better than it ought to, to be so cheap.

Sako 85 Finnlight .308 w/ Trijicon Accupoint 3-9x40 scope. As 2dogs would say.....mighty fine!

Cheap ruger American in 7 mm-08 I won at the NWTF banquet few years ago, the most accurate shooting rifle I’ve ever had. Nikon scope

I'm like a woman's shoe collection. It depends on my mood,distance,terrain,and how thick the area is

I'm the same way but I always come back to a favorite when I can't make a decision...

I am like a woman with shoes as well. I've got about 6-7 that I rotate through depending on the mood. Model 7 LSS in 308, Model 7 SS in 6mm Rem, Browning BAR 270, Weatherby Vanguard WalMarks Edition in 30-06, Marlin 336 in 35 Rem, Browning B78 in 280, Browning BLR Carbine in 257 Roberts.

gonna go with a Rem. Model 700 BDL .270 that I got from a member on here. My 30 year gun, a Win. Model 70 in .270, has got some kind of issue where the bolt won't close with a shell in the chamber and so far, no amount of cleaning or gunsmith has been able to figure out why.

Dr. B

I hate to hear that, that seems like it would be a fairly straight forward fix.

Browning X-Bolt Hunter in 280

X3 except my main calibers are a 25-06 and a 338 lapua

Ruger American 7.62x39
Winchester 123 gr. power points
Nikon 2-7x32

Damn AU338MAG......that’s a lot nicer gun than that M77 7mm Mauser that you would shoot 30 years ago.

Had it custom built by John Gallagher a couple years ago. 338-06 AI.

I refinished the stock on my old 7X57 last year. It looked like someone had drug it behind a truck but it looks better than new now. Need to get the metal reblued next.

Marlin 45-70.

Remington model 788 243. Never let me down. Most accurate rifle I’ve ever had. Been using it for about 40 years now.

54 caliber Cabela's "Hawken" muzzleloader. Haven't shot a centerfire rifle at an animal for about 10 years.

1978 Marlin 444

Savage axis II Vortex diamond back .308

Kimber Montana 7mm-08 with the barrel chopped to 19”. 2.5-8 VX-3 on top of it.

My nextt gun purchase.

Steyr prohunter .308 with a Vortex Diamondback II 3-12×42 using 165gr sierra gamekings thing is a tack driver i did polish the trigger but it breaks clean at 2.5 from the factory. last 6 deer ive shot were DRT thru the neck any where from 50-175 yards havent had to track a blood trail yet with it so far.
before that i shot a Howa 1500 .270 topped with a first generation Nikon buckmaster 3-9x50 i polished the trigger in it also to take the grittiness out I used that rifle nearly 10 years and cant count the deer its dropped. my current 2nd favorite for long shots in a shooting house is a Remington milspec 5R .308 topped with a Vortex Viper HST 4-16x44 in an HS precision stock with a Timney trigger set to 2lbs. then i got an old 30-30 that bounces around the truck when im in the brush stomping around

oh and my sons youth model savage trophy hunter 111 in .243 with nikon prostaff 3-9×? I shot a couple deer with it in youth season because my son was sleeping like a rock but he knows the GW drill its also my favorite lightweight rifle to carry into hard to get to places.

BAR Lightweight Stalker 308 with a 3x9 Burris.

Ruger American 6.5 CM
Ruger M77 in 270win inherited from dad
Optima Pro Elite in 7mm-08 very accurate

270STW

Out of my collection....i still grab my old 3030. Brings me back young.

1983 Browning BAR in 30-06 with see through mounts topped with a Burris 3x9 scope. This gun has killed more deer than I'll ever be able to remember.

No thanks that one makes your deer look small 🤣

Nice rattle can job gomer!

Weatherby 7 Rem mag sitting in bell and Carlson stock topped with Zeiss 3-12x50 with 120 barnes TTSX
2nd is my dads abolt 30-06 with meopta 3-12x56, 165 hornady btsp.

My marlin 1895g in 45/70 is my go to gun. I bought a savage hog hunter to takes its place since it's only a few inches longer and it would be lighter I thought (it isn't according to manufacturer specs but it does feel lighter). With that being said I've never taken it in the woods to hunt with I always grab the lever gun unless i know I'm going to go to one field we have that has some room (200yds+) to shoot then I take my savage model 110 in 30-06 that's setup for longer shots but since i rarely hunt open fields and mainly stick to hardwoods and pine thickets on public land and even on our private land the lever gun always goes except that 2 or 3 times a season when I take my 30-06. I prefer hunting pine thickets and hardwoods from the ground or in a tree and the short lever gun is easy to swing in a climber and easy to walk with on your shoulder in the thick stuff with out getting the barrel snagged because it doesn't stick up way past your head when your walking

H&R Handi .280Rem/Bushnell Elite 4500 2-10x50.Takes me back to when I was a kid...

Browning 7mag stainless stalker with a sawaroski scope

Abolt medallion 270
Pentax 50mm scope

Also, browning bar with ghost ring sight for running dogs. 30-06

Remington 700 in 7mm08

7mag

Mdl 70 Fwt Grade III 30-06
Swarovski Z3 3-10x42

Remington 700 .308 w/Bell&Carlson stock

For show, my Sako AV .270. For meat, my Browning A-bolt 30-06.

Ruger Gunsite Scout in 308 with a Leupold vx2 scope

Husqvarna 308 pushing 165 sierra game kings but when I want to be really sporting I break out the slingshot I bought from Elly May Clampett

Savage stainless weather warrior in .300 win mag with varix-3 3.5x10x50. Same gun I use everytime I go hunting, and have been using it for about 23 years. I don't swap out guns because another comes in style. Only real deer rifle I own.

Carolina Precision in 7Mag
McMillian Stock
Swarovski glass

Or Ruger M77 in 25-06
Boyd’s Stock
Swarovski Glass

Just put a Redfield Revolution on my Uncles 84 Rem 700 BDL 30-06. Really looking forward to shooting it!!!

Currently my favorite is a .270 Remington 7600 topped with a Nikon 3x9x40 scope. Barrel was shortened and recoil pad added to a shortened stock by the previous owner for his wife. It fits my girlfriend perfectly so it’s technically her gun when we hunt together but I enjoy taking it out anytime I’m not stand hunting.

Favorite has to be the 30 year old Ruger M77 in .270 Win, with a good old Leupold 3.5-10X50 on it.

Not the most accurate or sexy, but you couldn't tell me that when I was 14 years old that Christmas morning. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

Weatherby mark V Sporter in 7mm weatherby magnum topped with Leupold Vari X 2 4-12x50 AO with a muzzle brake.

Marlin 1895g 45/70 or my ole 1894 30-30 love lever guns

My wife bought me a Bergara Ridge 300 win mag for my birthday last year, killed two bucks with it this past season, so that’s one of my favorites, just picked up a Christensen Arms bronze Mesa in 6.5prc,got to put some glass on it and it I hope will be one of the favorites also