What is the best deer rifle in the world?

Question

I've met a friend who'd like to take me hunting. I need a rifle. So which kind do I get? I don't know much about rifles.

Answer 1

A hunting rifle is a very personal thing. If you are new to the world of hunting, I’d recommend borrowing a rifle or two and try them before you purchase them. I’d also opt for something with low recoil so that you do not develop any bad habits when you are learning to shoot. Recoil is the enemy of the novice shooter.

Any rifle that I have shot in my life has been accurate enough to kill a deer at 100 meters. A good test is to shoot at a paper plate. This is probably a little larger than the vitals on a deer, but it is a decent representation.

Here are some lower recoil rounds that I have recommended to people in the past:

243 Win (95 grain bullet or higher...great ammo availability, very low recoil)

257 Roberts (a great round, but ammo and rifles can be hard to find)

6.5x55 Swede (a great compromise between power and recoil...ammo availability is a little lacking but it can still be found pretty easily)

7mm-08 (This is an all around great round. The recoil is starting to get on the higher side for a beginning rifle, but still very tolerable. Ammo is widely available and the cartridge can be used on anything up to about elk sized game...and even elk of you are careful)

30-30 Win (a tried and true deer round. Rifles are abundant and can be bought used for cheap. Effective range is limited due to the flat point bullets required, but that is now changing with a new type of ammo called Leverelution (I think)...a great beginner round)

7.62x39mm (a round mainly known for use in the AK-47. Sport rifles are a little hard to come by, but they are out there. The round is on the low end for deer, but for shot out to 100 to 150 yards, I'd feel comfortable with it. Just make sure you have a good clean shot to the vitals...I wouldn't trust this round to penetrate much bone)

35 Remington (this is getting to the higher end of the recoil spectrum for a beginners rifle. The round is slow and something I'd recommend for short range only. This isn't something I'd recommend, but if you can find one for cheap, it may be one to consider)

If you are unable to borrow any rifles, go to a gun store and try holding some different rifles. Some rifles will feel great (light, easy to handle), other rifles will feel large, heavy and awkward.

Personally, I am a fan of the Remington 700 series and pretty much anything made by Browning.

Personally, if I am in a treestand, I like a bolt-action rifle with a longer barrel. If I am walking, I like a lever action with a shorter barrel.

Here is a website that has some great articles on various rifles and cartridges. Take a look and maybe you can get some ideas:

http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2.guns.htm

Answer 2

The best deer rifle for you would be one that you could shoot and hit the deer.Remember Indians killed these animals with a bow and a flint head arrow and all they had to do was hit the right spot.Find a rifle your comfortable with and that probably will save you a bunch of money as well.Shooting a deer so far away that it doesn't even know your around doesn't make you a good sport.

Answer 3

the best rifle is the jxr360 which is currentely only available to 30 year olds and older and/or people with experience in those types of rfles
maybe you can own one oneday
good luck with that and if your only starting just get any sort of beginers rifle there all the same even if there cheap or expencive

Answer 4

Well there's not a "best" that I know of... short of maybe a military sniper rifle that would get you listed as soon as you "acquire" it.

Just go to a sporting goods store and grab a .30-06 (thirty ought six) and a good scope (don't cheap out on the scope!). Take it to a gun range and get used to it and sight in the scope. The range master will be happy to help you out.

Answer 5

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