Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
The Ruger #1 is a great rifle, several good calibers, the .270 is a great deer caliber, so are most of the .30 caliber rounds. I don't know id TN allows semi auto rifles but the mini 14 is not a good deer hunting caliber or rifle, despite what some may tell you. Also trying to figure out why the great disparity in the two choices, they aren't even close.
He said he's new to hunting and it definitely showed and why I also mentioned the extremes he mentioned between a single shot and a semi-automatic. The Ruger is as good as it gets IMHO, as is most of their stuff for the prices they have on them.