Win 94 30-30 for me. I didn't like it much. I sold it and bought a Marlin and life has never been the same since.

 

Alright, I'll play, Gus. A secondhand Ruger 77, in .270 with a Weaver K12. Got it at the big Hillsville, VA. VFW Labor Day show about 30 years ago..still going strong.

 

Remington 742 in 30-06, sorry guys.

 

Model 94 Winchester 30-30 I got for Christmas when I was 11...51 years later I still have it and it's been a proven rifle over the last 51 yrs.


The Marlins came later

 

Winchester 94 30-30 for me too!

 

1960 - 336-C .30-30 . . I was 12 and saved paper route money for over a year to pay the $89.95 . . Dad paid the tax - he also sold it when I went into in the Army in '65!

 

a .303/25 built on a SMLE No 1 MkIII ... with a beaut Monte Carlo butt stock, sporter forend and a 4X Nikko scope. So proud of it ... shot my first pigs near Coonabarabran (NSW) with it in 1968 .. powder snow falling at the time ...

 

A Remington 742 carbine in 30 06.

 

Mine was a Colt AR in 9mm. I traded it for a Mini14 in 222 which I still have

 

721 Remington , Christmas 1954 in .270 Cal., 4X "Weaver". I would guess that it has been fired less than 100 times. (Little over powered for this part of Missouri). My Great Grand-son claims it as his.

The .270 was quite a step up from Dad`s old .30-40 Krag. The Krag got more use than my .270 and harvested many more deer.

 

The same for me.

 

Mine was a was a Marlin 336 C in 30-30! Not knowing any better, when I wanted a sling for it, I installed the swivel base in the bullseye!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got the Doe and Hog within 20 minutes of each other without leaving the stand, in 1983.

 

Remington 700ADL in 270.

 

Remington 700 ADL 30-06. Still have it. Drop dead accurate.

 

336 Marlin in 35Rem. Loved that first rifle. It was stolen and I replaced it with a 30-30, then a 444, then finally found another. 35.

 

336C 35 Rem. from my father on my birthday before my first season of big game! Every male in the family uses a Marlin 35 Rem. No scopes. It was seen as uppity. I put a Nikon on mine for several years & my grandfather always asked "can you see anything w/that thing?". I now use his 336SC waffle top that he left me. Most valuble thing I own in my eyes.

 

Savage model 111 in .30-06. It shot nice, but the Simmons 3-9x40 that came on it was junk. I dont know what it was, but that thing was punishing to shoot. I preferred shooting my .450 to it. I sold it, but now I have the itch for another centerfire bolt action.

 

Marlin 336, Texan, 30-30. 1971 I think.

 

For me it was my grandfather's Win 94 in .32 Special that was given to me. First one I ever bought was a Savage 340 in .222 Rem.

 

Haha, first gun I bought when I turned 18 was a .450! That put a smile on my face!

 

Marlin 336C 30-30.

 

sporterized 03-A3...'06....a very long time ago...

 

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Still got it. arty:arty:arty:arty:

T.S.

 

Mine was a Remington 742 in 30-06. Bought it new for $118.00 at the local hardware store. I wanted the Ruger 44 mag beside it but my Daddy told me I should get the 06 because I would never have more than one rifle at a time and the 06 could do anything and not so much the 44. I no longer have the 742 but still wish I had the Ruger 44

 

I got a used lee enfield sporter in 303 british, I later sold it and inherited my grandfathers Parker Hale 303. I had been promised a Savage bolt action 30-30 when I turned 13 but it never happened, but now in my mid 40's I do have it. Its nice when firearms can be handed down through the generations in a famaly.

 

1952 Marlin 336A .35Rem purchased with money earned picking Idaho potatos by hand at $0.07 cents a sack. In the first two months it accounted for a button buck mule deer, a really nice mule deer buck (29 1/2 inch spread), a cow elk and a 7 x 8 huge bull elk. (In those days in Idaho buddy hunting was a legal practice so long as there was a tag to fill so Dad had a lot of post shot work to do without much shooting himself.) Longest shot was less than 50 yds which is perfect for that caliber.

 

.30-30 here, that was close to fifty years ago, have gone full circle and now that I'm a senior it's back to old faithful, the .30-30, all the gun I want or need.