Choosing Your First Hunting Rifle

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Choosing Your First Hunting Rifle” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/choosing-your-first-hunting-rifle/.

 

[MrMichaelActual]

I love my 270 and my 7mm but honestly my favorite all arounder is .308 hands down. If ammo price were a big consideration as mentioned in the article I would probably want a round that can be shot in many different rifle formats (platforms)... not too many 270 or 7mm SBRs out there but you can get dang near any kind of gun in .308 these days. Of course as it pertains to hunting specifically, range, terrain and target are what really matters I guess.
To be fair, I do Not have any of these>

• 6mm Creedmoor
• 6.5 Creedmoor
• 6.5 PRC

 

[Dobbinsky]

My first? That absolutely boiled down to what I could afford. A new Marlin 336 for $150. in 1986.

 

[MrMichaelActual]

My first? That absolutely boiled down to what I could afford. A new Marlin 336 for $150. in 1986.

ahhh very true, for me it was Grandads over under he gave me. I recon everything I hunted for my formative years was with a 410/22

 

[Belt Fed]

Mine was a 1903 Springfield

 

[Belt Fed]

That was for deer, first was an old bolt action 22

 

[Dobbinsky]

Okay, if we're talking at any age, that would be my WInchester 250 lever action .22 in 1968.

 

[Recusant]

Mine was a 1903 Springfield

Mine was a k98 that my dad bought me at the Interarms retail store in Alexandria, Virginia. Soon after I got a Remington 742 in 6mm Remington. It was a deer gun in November and a groundhog gun the rest of the year