lets see your thick bush guns!

once I figure out how to find them outside the city limits
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As someone who lived in Victoria for 4 years; I feel your pain.

Kevan did your brother ever build a 500 belted magnum? Really interested in the big bore p14's but apparently it is no longer financially viable to have them made?
 
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conor_90 said:
As someone who lived in Victoria for 4 years; I feel your pain.

Kevan did your brother ever build a 500 belted magnum? Really interested in the big bore p14's but apparently it is no longer financially viable to have them made?
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I believe there was at least one, he built a 505 Gibbs, a 510 Wells, a 500 Jeffery and one other but I cannot what it is.
 
Sounds like a good collection; I like his idea of a buffalo gun too.

Referring to this guy:

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Have a strange urge for one of these in the 2.5 collection...
 
He was a big fan of the 50s because in his words one shot did the trick, zero meat damage, no suffering on the part of the animal, it was down and dead.
Secretly , I think he liked the pummeling .... LOL !
 
Ardent said:
As thick bush of guns as they come, what they were purpose bred and made for, to hunt stuffer meaner than we have up close in the jesse. The .470 Nitro first from right is Douglas', and the .505 Gibbs RSM is stickhunter's. Left to right, .450 Rigby, .505 Gibbs, .470 Nitro, .375 H&H.

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Ya, I bet you haul those beaters around in the thick bush, right?
 
Bartledan said:
Know how I know you're new?
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Well, I can think of a few really, really obvious ways, but you probably have something else more clever in mind, right? ;-)

Update: OK, so I get it; just looked up Ardent's profile. The man apparently has some bush experience. I will say, however, that safaris in Africa are not reflective of what we Canadians think of as beating the bush. And those beautiful pieces of art are not your typical bush guns in Africa. I lived there (here), in the bush, for 3 years and bush guns don't look like that over there, that's for sure. And you will rarely see those calibers, except in the hands of tourists/hunters who can afford to pay the cost of a safari.

All that said, those are beautiful rifles for sure. Ardent, do you haul those through bush country in BC? (No sarcasm this time)
 
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I like it too; when folks are posting pictures of their brush guns and not arguing about bears or talking smack.


Did you get your brush busting old new king yet? :dancingbanana:
 
MajorMalcontent said:
Well, I can think of a few really, really obvious ways, but you probably have something else more clever in mind, right? ;-)

Update: OK, so I get it; just looked up Ardent's profile. The man apparently has some bush experience. I will say, however, that safaris in Africa are not reflective of what we Canadians think of as beating the bush. And those beautiful pieces of art are not your typical bush guns in Africa. I lived there (here), in the bush, for 3 years and bush guns don't look like that over there, that's for sure. And you will rarely see those calibers, except in the hands of tourists/hunters who can afford to pay the cost of a safari.

All that said, those are beautiful rifles for sure. Ardent, do you haul those through bush country in BC? (No sarcasm this time)
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All good, yes indeed I do. I carry my Merkel double guiding grizzly where I do outfitting on the north coast BC, thickest bush we have, and it rides under the seat at the day job flying at the top end of BC being a handy take down. Suspect if I had to average it the Merkel sees a couple hundred bush days a year. Admittedly I've acquired a cheap stainless replacement, Kimber Talkeetna, but have yet to warm to it.

Photo credit Dogleg, we were chasing his second grizzly (his first was Alaska),

 
Ardent said:
All good, yes indeed I do. I carry my Merkel double guiding grizzly where I do outfitting on the north coast BC, thickest bush we have, and it rides under the seat at the day job flying at the top end of BC being a handy take down. Suspect if I had to average it the Merkel sees a couple hundred bush days a year. Admittedly I've acquired a cheap stainless replacement, Kimber Talkeetna, but have yet to warm to it.

Photo credit Dogleg, we were chasing his second grizzly (his first was Alaska),

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You are the real deal, sir. My apologies for my initial knee-jerk sarcastic comments. Beautiful guns, and love the picture above.
 
No apologies required and no real deal here, just a misguided adventurer. There's a good smattering of the dysfunction about. The only admirable or commendable thing I've done is keep my wife, she deserves the credit for letting ridiculous dreams to happen and putting up with what's required to get there. But back to thick bush guns...

The full titanium M98 action for the ultralight .375 2 1/4" Nitro is nearing delivery in Satterlee's shop after over five years.

 
Ardent said:
No apologies required and no real deal here, just a misguided adventurer. There's a good smattering of the dysfunction about. The only admirable or commendable thing I've done is keep my wife, she deserves the credit for letting ridiculous dreams to happen and putting up with what's required to get there. But back to thick bush guns...

The full titanium M98 action for the ultralight .375 2 1/4" Nitro is nearing delivery in Satterlee's shop after over five years.

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Sweet!!;) Both the rifle and your wife:).
 
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