I'm looking for some suggestions for a good beginning deer rifle. I'm new to hunting but go trap and skeet shooting. I have a 30/30 lever action. Just open to hear some other suggestion and wont break the bank.
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I'm looking for some suggestions for a good beginning deer rifle. I'm new to hunting but go trap and skeet shooting. I have a 30
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30-30 is a great start. I started with my dad's iron sighted 30-30 then eventually got a newer Marlin and put a 3x9 scope on it. Anything 150 yrds or less hits the dust.
There are a lot of good gun guys here who can give you greater detail about most anything. But in my closing in on 20 years of hunting experience, I would have made a few suggestions on other calibers that you may want to take a look at www.deer30outdoors.com/caliber-selection-for-whitetail-deer/
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That 30/30 will do you well untill you decide you want to get more into it. If you already know that you want to stick with deer hunting the Ruger American rifle is a good gun for the price. Savage makes good rifles for the price as well. If you want to spend some money Reminton 700 is a classic. I have a ruger M77. Nice gun for the money. Walnut stock, blued barrel and came with scope rings all for $540. I topped it with a Nikon prostaff scope with BDC but I dont do much long range shooting so you could skipp on the BDC if you want to save some money.
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If you mean you want to move from a lever action to a bolt action rifle, take a look at the new Remington 783. I saw an ad for it in a magazine and a picture of a 5 shot group that measured about .750 I do not know the price point but it should be competitive with others.
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