lets see your thick bush guns!

Boomer: Love the pics. These pics are about as close as bears ever showed up for me, aside from one in camp, and a black bear on a hiking trip. Mind you I wouldn't be surprised if I walked past a few without ever noticing them. Even on the tundra they seem to be pretty well hidden. Most of my other bear pics are 'bear dots'. :) Not complaining too much about that though.

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I love the light in the north.
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On the thick bush front for hunting or bears, I think a Winchester 70 Featherweight in .30-06 with an Aimpoint Micro or low-powered Leupold would work fine for me. Maybe a 2.5x20mm would be perfect. I would lean toward light and rugged for both hunting and as an adjunct to bear spray. Better a lighter rifle and a longer lens, or a light tripod. :)

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conor_90 said:
That 375 ruger is probably the best thing to ever happen to a .270. Looks like a nice working rifle.
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My brother has a stainless Savage 116 Alaskan Brush Rifle in 375 Ruger and replaced the tupperware stock with a beautiful walnut stock he made himself.
Beautiful to look at but no way I'm firing that thing.
Not looking to have my shoulder dislocated anythime soon.
That gun weighs south of 8 pounds and his 375 Ruger handloads are no pipsqueaks.
 
philthygeezer said:
Boomer: Love the pics. These pics are about as close as bears ever showed up for me, aside from one in camp, and a black bear on a hiking trip. Mind you I wouldn't be surprised if I walked past a few without ever noticing them. Even on the tundra they seem to be pretty well hidden. Most of my other bear pics are 'bear dots'. :) Not complaining too much about that though.

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I love the light in the north.
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On the thick bush front for hunting or bears, I think a Winchester 70 Featherweight in .30-06 with an Aimpoint Micro or low-powered Leupold would work fine for me. Maybe a 2.5x20mm would be perfect. I would lean toward light and rugged for both hunting and as an adjunct to bear spray. Better a lighter rifle and a longer lens, or a light tripod. :)
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Beautiful photos, I like when threads take positive unintended turns.
 
Camp Cook said:
I couldn't pack that in the bush I'd wreck it so in my opinion that can't be a bush gun... :)
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The Africans have one thing right. Nothing is more respected than a well worn five figure rifle, except perhaps an absolutely sh1tbeat Model 70 or FN98. Plenty of $20, $30, and $50,000 rifles working far too hard for a living over there, and that's considered a badge of honour.

This said, they generally don't have to fight the hardest aspect we struggle with; water. Generally. This all said Mauser98's 9.3x62 strikes me as the best of both worlds, beautiful, yet affordable enough to actually use and bless with character.
 
philthygeezer said:
Boomer: Love the pics. These pics are about as close as bears ever showed up for me, aside from one in camp, and a black bear on a hiking trip. Mind you I wouldn't be surprised if I walked past a few without ever noticing them. Even on the tundra they seem to be pretty well hidden. Most of my other bear pics are 'bear dots'. :) Not complaining too much about that though.

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I love the light in the north.
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On the thick bush front for hunting or bears, I think a Winchester 70 Featherweight in .30-06 with an Aimpoint Micro or low-powered Leupold would work fine for me. Maybe a 2.5x20mm would be perfect. I would lean toward light and rugged for both hunting and as an adjunct to bear spray. Better a lighter rifle and a longer lens, or a light tripod. :)

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Very nice. Its amazing how a large animal can disappear in what appears to be open country, but we see it frequently as well.
 
9.3mauser said:
Bolt rifles are not nearly the handicap that people seem to think. With a slick action and a bit of practice they're very quick to cycle.
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I'm more partial to levers for the brush, but you're right - it takes a fraction of a a second to recover from recoil and regain your sight picture, no matter which action you're using- and a good bolt man can work the action pretty darned fast.
 
There are many good historical bolt action brush carbines; mannlichers and the like, as well as modern offerings like the scout.

I personally like lever actions a lot; I think they should make more of them in the new supermagnum pistol cartridges. The new super short barrel chiappas in 45/70 would almost make sense in 500 S&W or 475 Lindebaugh

But as we were all getting worked up about before (myself included) you can't deliver the same kinds of energy from lever actions that you can from magnum cases be they 2.5 inches or otherwise.

Now I did hear something about wildwest guns making 375 ruger BLR's.
 
That is until you are out in that - 50 stuff you work in then that metal lever action will be just a little bit cold to hold onto I'd rather have my hand wrapped around wood in those temps.
 
Ardent said:
Beautiful photos, I like when threads take positive unintended turns.
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Boomer said:
Very nice. Its amazing how a large animal can disappear in what appears to be open country, but we see it frequently as well.
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Thank you much. Wherever I've wound up I've derived a lot of pleasure from making photographs. There are few things I like more than being caught up in those moments where the land meets the soul. Sorry if that sounds corny, but it's a part of my perspective. :)

I agree with the cold receiver thing. I've been leaning strongly to bolt actions and doubles for everything, but I still very much appreciate Remington 870s and 7600s, and Marlin lever actions. I also like to be able to check for barrel obstructions from the rear.
 
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Camp Cook said:
That is until you are out in that - 50 stuff you work in then that metal lever action will be just a little bit cold to hold onto I'd rather have my hand wrapped around wood in those temps.
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-50 when the Bears aren't hibernating? -50 with no gloves? You can hold a nice warm Richard at -50, and with no gloves *both* will fall right off.
 
I check this thread regularly to check out the nice guns everyone has.... But am I the only one that is still childish enough to read the thread title as "let's see your thick bush" ? Lol��
 
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