Any ideas on a rifle for hunting.

There aren't any rifles you can use for rabbit, turkey, AND deer.

There are caliber requirements for hunting deer. Too small of a bullet and it's considered inhumane. I wouldn't hunt a deer with anything short of a .270 winchester rifle.

Here's a standard .270 rifle. No bells and whistles, just a rifle/scope combo that'll get the job done within your price range(maybe a bit more with Brady and FFL transfer fee) Savage 116FXP3 Bolt 270 Win 22" Stainless Synthetic Stock-$585 You can also buy a decent shotgun for a roughly $350-500 and use longer range sabots.


For turkey hunting anything between a .22 and a 12 gauge shotgun with #6 - 7 birdshot is ideal.

For your .22 rifles. If you want something cheap but not absolute crap here you go:
Marlin 60 Semi-automatic 22LR 19" Blue Synthetic stock-$161

Shotgun:

Charles Daly makes everything from AR15s to shotguns. And they are of good quality without too much green out of pocket. KBI C. KBI (Charles Daly) FG 12/28 MC3 Semi-auto-$350 I would use this shotgun with #4 shot for rabbits as well.

I usually hunt with my AR15, AK47, or my Remington tactical shotgun(with hunting loads). I do more coyote and rabbit hunting than anything else. AR/AK rifles are perfect for coyotes.

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Who said I was killing for pleasure? If you consider eating a pleasure well then yes I am. I will masterfully salt the meat then after, wash and dry. I will slow cook over hardwood coals, sprinkling a few wet cedar chip on the coals. I will then wait 12 min after reomving from the heat to let the juices even out.(this is very important) When I bit into it I will have so much pleasure I will be smiling with a little stream of blood running down the side of my lip from the juicy sweet meat

I would go with a Ruger 10-22 to handle the rabbits and smal game. They are proven rifles with a strong after market following. They fire a .22l long rifle round. You can get a 25 round magazine for reduced reloading time while practicing.

For everything else up in to black bear territory I would go with a Marlin 336 chambered in the 30-30. It fires a 150 grain bullet with roughly 1,900 pounds of muzzle energy. At 200 yards it will do its job if you do yours.

Check out the Browning A-Bolt

A-Bolt

or a Ruger M77

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Don't mind the people who want to starve when the grocery store isn't supplied. We'll see how those twisted moralities work when their stomachs are rumbling.

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One rifle thats come to mind in that price range would be the Thompson G2 Contender. It is a single shot,It features readily interchangeable 23" barrels from .17hmr to .45/70 Gov. I would start with the 30/30 barrel then later maybe pick up the .22LR for small game. I would not think of this as a self defense rifle, but for hunting it will get the job done..