What would you guys use?
Now there's a wide open question!
Short answer: I'd use whatever the heck I wanted to.
Longer answer: it depends...
what are you hunting, I assume whitetail?
how much acreage, will there be orange shirts every 100 yards?
beanfields with shots up to 400 yards, or laurel underbrush with a 25 yard maximum?
My buddies accept me for who I am so for rifle hunts with them I usually show up with my flintlock, they couldnt care less.
For "social hunts"... socialization implies being/becoming like everybody else, fitting in. So if they are looking at your unscoped 94 like you dont fit in, you are either bringing the wrong gun or you will be forever on the edge of the group. I'd think about what being "a social guy" means to me, then choose a weapon.
FYI, hunting my way means more to me than being sociable, so I generally hunt by myself or with a few good friends. On rare (for me) social occasions I simply choose to enjoy shooting a modern scoped rifle.