lets see your thick bush guns!

I've touted the slimmed receiver as being somewhat of an innovation, but suppose an admission can be made here; it was a cover up for a grave mistake.

Getting tired of constant shaping on the belt sander I pushed a little too hard one time, and through a careless moment cut one of the cheeks on the stock a hair below the receiver. Talk about a crushing feeling when you test fit it again and see the metal proud after working on that stock for a couple weeks... Pretty sure I punched a wall.

There was only one option as I couldn't grow the wood back; cut the receiver down. So the beefy Ruger receiver was slimmed in a mill, and made the slimmest, trimmest little No.1 in the world. An accident that turned out beautifully I think, wouldn't switch it back if I could now.

The widest part of the rifle is the scope objective, not a camera trick, the objective is of course exaggerated there being closest to the camera, but it is the widest point.

 
Ardent..what is that cambered for?..Very nice...What I meant was most of those fancy full stock Rugers will never hit the bush, because they are too nice to scratch. Not everyone uses their guns as they should. Its not a bad thing, just my opinion..

I think that portion of your stock would be more comfortable for your hand..
 
I might carry this (the carbine, not the revolver) in the thick stuff this year on Vancouver Island. It's only a .357 mag but in the thick stuff the shots are usually very short and on the little blacktails it should work just fine.

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Ardent said:
... it was a cover up for a grave mistake.

Getting tired of constant shaping on the belt sander I pushed a little too hard one time, and through a careless moment cut one of the cheeks on the stock a hair below the receiver. Talk about a crushing feeling when you test fit it again and see the metal proud after working on that stock for a couple weeks...

Pretty sure I punched a wall.
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Been there done that... scrapped a stock or two... it is not a good feeling.

P.S - I don't have the skills to take the receiver down to the stock... an interesting option... made more attractive by the quality of the wood and the number of hours that you put into it.
 
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geologist said:
I might carry this (the carbine, not the revolver) in the thick stuff this year on Vancouver Island. It's only a .357 mag but in the thick stuff the shots are usually very short and on the little blacktails it should work just fine.

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I was always curious about that the little Timberwolf, I bet its a fun gun . . . even of I have an aversion to shooting pistol cartridges in rifles.;)
 
Boomer said:
I was always curious about that the little Timberwolf, I bet its a fun gun . . . even of I have an aversion to shooting pistol cartridges in rifles.;)
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It's a great carrying rifle weighing only 6 lbs. The tube magazine holds 10 .357 magnums and out of the 18.5" barrel a 125 gr bullet is doing close to 2000 fps at the muzzle. It's a whole different animal than a 4 or 6 inch revolver.

I wish mine had uglier wood because I'd take it out more often.
 
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In the good old days, my brush gun was a Polish AK with folding stock - just over 26 1/2 inches long folded. I didn't carry it for bear defense, but for bear meat. Always killed them pretty dead, as it did the huge cow moose my wife shot with it, although that cow did go pretty far after being hit in the lungs 3 times - but that was partly her fault, because the cow bedded down and my wife went in to look before giving it time to bleed out.

I have absolutely 0 experience with anything but black bears, but I have a lot with them. I have been within 3 feet of one when it was rooting in my friend's garbage when I was all of about 9, ran into them while picking berries, at the dump, when walking in the bush, hunting birds, you name it. Shot more than my share. I was chased 2 or 3 times, always through my own stupidity. We used to go bike and canoe camping with my 4 kids, no guns, never a problem. The few times I ever had bears come near, I was able to chase them away. Had to use bear spray once in NW Ontario at a remote mine site. Bear defense is the least of my worries when I go into the bush. During open season, filling the freezer is pretty high on my list.
 
These are my 'bush' rifles.

The '62 is on a Brno ZG-47 that started out as a .30-06. When I had Bill Leeper rebarrel it, I got him to cut and crown the McGowan barrel to 21" and profile it to the same profile as the original so that we could use the original irons. The score is a Vari-X 3 1.75-6.

The .375 Ruger is built on a Sears Model 50(FN) that started as a .270 Win. Bill Leeper installed the 21" McGowan barrel and did the extensive metal work required to accommodate the fatter Ruger case. Scope is a VX-2 2-7.

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A couple of my choices. Double rifle in 45-70 firing 485gr cast
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Or my Ruger Alaskan in 416 firing 400gr.
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Tried one of those Baikal double rifles (first image attachment) in 45-70 as a guest of the superlative Galt Sportsmen's Club a few summers ago.
The member who I accompanied that day was shooting HSM bear load cartridges in it pushing 430 grain bullets.
I think the bruise is still in the crook of my shoulder.
Those guns are really light.
He had the barrels regulated so the POIs were 3" apart at 50 yards.
 
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These are my 'bush' rifles.

The '62 is on a Brno ZG-47 that started out as a .30-06. When I had Bill Leeper rebarrel it, I got him to cut and crown the McGowan barrel to 21" and profile it to the same profile as the original so that we could use the original irons. The score is a Vari-X 3 1.75-6.

The .375 Ruger is built on a Sears Model 50(FN) that started as a .270 Win. Bill Leeper installed the 21" McGowan barrel and did the extensive metal work required to accommodate the fatter Ruger case. Scope is a VX-2 2-7.

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Going to need a close up of that 9.3x62!
 
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