The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro

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1. What make and model rifle was he using when he was hunting that buck and let him go?
2. What caliber round was he probably using?
3. With an old mature buck like that, the head with horns might be a great trophy but the meat probably wouldn't be that good, correct?
 
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It's De Niro,
 
Left handed

It appears to be left handed but I am sure that is a camera effect.
Considering he was a blue collar guy and it was in the 70's I would guess a 30-06.
That animal was a red stag if I remember correctly and cannot be found anywhere near where they were located.

Younger meat is more tender but good cleaning is more important to having good cuts.
A well harvested and prepared old buck can be great eating but will not be as good as a well harvested and prepared yearling.

The location was in Washington(mount baker) but the story was set in Pennsylvania(allengany mountains).
 
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I didn't realize it was a lefty action.

1. No idea, sorry. That should be pretty easy for someone here.

2. Even less idea, could have been anything since I would bet it is a prop gun anyway. If I was going to make up an answer, I would say 30-06.

3. Meat would be fine if handled correctly. Maybe not as tender, but still fine eating.

Of course if you strapped it to the hood of your cadillac to get it home.....
 
The Alleghenies are in Pennsylvania...

... and VA, WV, and MD.

The mountain ranges in Washington are the Olympic and Cascade ranges.

Not sure where this was shot, but the story was set in PA.
 
That was a big buck!
It wasn't a whitetail.
Whatever it was, it would not be found in the Pennsylvania mountains.

Artistic license, I suppose.
 
I believe the rifle De Niro used in the film is a Remington 700BDL. During the 1970s, Remington offered the left-hand version in .30'06, .270, and possibly 7mm Remington magnum.

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Interestingly, Internet Movie Firearms Database is in error on this particular, calling the rifle a Winchester Model 70.

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Even a comparison of the De Niro images with the IMFDB generic illustration of the Model 70 alone shows the differences in the two.

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The rifle used by De Niro shows the stock with a Monte Carlo cheekpiece and dark foreend tip and pistol grip cap. It also has the distinctive rear iron sight installed on the then-current Remington 700s.

Also, De Niro's rifle does not show the trademark Model 70 rotating safety.

Hope this provides some of what you wanted.
 

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i'm with jonny

I am no expert.
but my first guest was remington.
the Sight look so much like the "Williams" sight on one of my Remingtons.
 
Most of the steel mill and town scenes were shot in Mingo Junction, Ohio. A crappy little rust belt town on the Ohio River just south of Steubenville.

Allegheny Mts or Appalachian Mts have no resemblance to the snow capped mts seen in the movie. It's a Hollywood fraud.

Jack
 
I was working in Steubenville when they were filming the movie.
I always heard some of those hunt scenes were filmed right across the river in West Virginia but I don't know that for sure. In fact, if you go on Google earth, when you put your mouse over the little blue boxes just north of Weirton WV it says that the Deer Hunter was filmed there.

It's nice to hear that the area I grew up in is crappy.
 
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