brush gun???
What/why exactly is it used for? What calibers would make a good "brush gun"
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30-30 0 -
like the name states, it's used for hunting in tight confines or an extreemly wooded area. Try a 45/70, or 44 mag 0 -
something of a misnomer. Certainly a shorter rifle/carbine is more maneuverable in heavy brush than a longer rifle, and scopes have limited use at very short range, so most are open sighted. Calibers have tended to be shorter range like the suggested .30-30, but not all are.
It was suggested that a fairly heavy round-nosed bullet would plow threw twigs while spire points would be deflected. Turns out both are deflected about equally and the trick is to not hit twigs.0 -
My personal favorite is the 444 Marlin. Can't beat 'em!!! 0 -
45/70 or a 35 rem. 0 -
I have a .35 Rem that I consider a brush gun. 0 -
12 gauge shotgun.[^] 0 -
I sold a Browning BLR in 450 Marlin yesterday for $499 that was going to be used as a brush gun. 0 -
18.5 in barrel shotgun. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
something of a misnomer. Certainly a shorter rifle/carbine is more maneuverable in heavy brush than a longer rifle, and scopes have limited use at very short range, so most are open sighted. Calibers have tended to be shorter range like the suggested .30-30, but not all are.
It was suggested that a fairly heavy round-nosed bullet would plow threw twigs while spire points would be deflected. Turns out both are deflected about equally and the trick is to not hit twigs.
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18-20" carbine chambered in 44mag, 444Marlin, 45-70, 45Colt, 30-30, 35Rem, or 34 Whelen.
Oh man, I'm droolin'.0 -
Springfield SOCOM. 16 inch barrel, 308, can't beat that for the brush. 0 -
quote:My personal favorite is the 444 Marlin. Can't beat 'em!!!
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He Dog: Has testing been done to show that all bullets are deflected equally by brush?
Forty years ago Jack O'Connor did some tests and he came up with the notion that a slow, fat bullet is deflected less than a small, fast bullet.0 -
Cat - Springfield used to call the short M1A "Brush Gun". I have long wanted one.
I read an article a few years ago, either in G&A or Shooting Times, where the formalized testing twig deflection across several calibers, and found that there were effectively no differences in the abilities of them to "buck brush".
My experiences would bear that out. (pun intended)
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If you want to go with something a little different go with the .358 Win. 0 -
M-97 Winchester,24/26" barrel ,Marlin made them as well.Ammo was made by Winchester marked "Brush" 0 -
Winchester Model 94 or Marlin 336 in .30-30 or my favourite Winchester Model 94AE in .356 cal Big Bore!
Why quick handling and solid trajectory at moderate range.0 -
These are used in inner citys by the painters0 -
quote:Originally posted by cmd66
12 gauge shotgun.[^]
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Or my favorite the Mosin Nagant carbine. Short, powerful, and very much to the point.0 -
300 savage 0 -
My Dad told me there was no such thing as a brush gun. What He Dog said. Said there were short-quick-handy guns but no true brush gun. My Daddy wouln't lie.(about guns) 0 -
Two characteristics- handy for fitting through limbs and twigs and shotgun-like fit for quick pointing since game will likely be jumped/running. The trajectory of the cartridge is not important as long as one can shoot point-of-aim out to 150 yards.
My choice for such activity is a 1903 Mannlicher-Schoenauer 6.5x54 with a 2.5x scope. My preference is round nose 140 grain bullets, but they are getting hard to find so gradually switching to 160. there is very little future to shooting tree limbs on the way to the animal, so I try to shoot in between them. works out a lot better.0
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