My first hunting rifle is a Original U.S. Military Issue M1 Carbine with a thirty round magazine. I must note that I have never shot a deer with this gun. I was 12 years old at the time. My first hunt was in Mason County Texas and shot at a doe and 4 point but missed both. The following year my dad bought me a Remington Model 742 Woodmaster in .243 caliber. That year I harvested an 8 point and a doe.