lets see your thick bush guns!
- Thread starter Canadiankeeper
- Start date
Tabacco Brook
Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia
This isn't your typical bush gun,..but it is what I used this year for my bush gun,... a BLR 81 in 284win with a red dot sight,..makes for a very excellent close cover hunting rig.
This is the only picture I have of it right now....
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This is the only picture I have of it right now....
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
1892 Winchester in 44-40 is my really thick cover deer rifle. Likely the lightest rifle I own too.
The 1886 in 45-70 for the big thumper, and the 30-30 for the middle ground.
Remington 750 carbine in .308. 18 1/2" barrel. Knoxx recoil reducing stock (feels like shooting a .22). Cheap Red dot with clear covers that I don't mind whacking off of trees. Single point sling lets the gun hang at my side with the muzzle even with my knees. Keeps my hand free to swing a machete (I'm the resident hound dog at our camp). I've stuck with 168gr win ballistic silver tips lately. Taken deer and moose from 15 yards to 200.
wayupnorth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Alberta
tromp'n through the bush is why i picked this gun up.
the more i take it out the more i love it.
Ruger Scout left handed in 308 with a Leupold relaxed eye relief forward mounted glass (my first time trying this set up).
the more i take it out the more i love it.
Ruger Scout left handed in 308 with a Leupold relaxed eye relief forward mounted glass (my first time trying this set up).
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- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
^^^^^^^^^^ Hey, that's not a pump! You gettin' old there?
Right now, a M94 Reproduction [Legendary Frontiersman] in 38-55, fitted with a Firesight on front and aperture on the rear [Foolproof]
No bullet really will go through brush, but light, handy and quick to get on target is great.
Dave.
No bullet really will go through brush, but light, handy and quick to get on target is great.
Dave.
Both have their merit...
Compact bolts = smaller, more calibers, generally cheaper to have many different optic / sight options
Levers = faster cycling
I personally chose bolt guns because in tight bush there is rarely a second shot..... And to me, that negates any practical advantage a lever has.... Also, I hunt exclusively with bolt rifles, and almost exclusively with one action, so the familiarity is nice....
