one rifle
november, I vote for a Marlin 336, I had shotguns and handguns, but I felt the need to own a center fire rifle before y2k. (I live in rual ohio but we can't deer hunt with a rifle) at the time I didn't have a lot of money So I bought a used marlin 336w for less than $200. just before deer season you can buy remington shells for $6.99-7.99 a box(walmart,dunhams) which I think is reasonable for factory ammo and now I have something with a bit more range then a shotgun if I need it.