bullfrog99
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What is your favorite brush deer rifle(100 yards or less range, not any so called magical bullet that can pass through tree branches without deflection) I think i would choose my 35 remington lever gun.
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Mike Irwin
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My Savage 99 in .300 Savage.
Art Eatman
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I guess I'd think about light weight, and relatively low recoil for that light weight. (Why bother with heavy stuff if you don't need it?) So, .243, .257 Roberts, 7x57, 7mm08, .300 Savage, .30-30, .308...
Seems to me a bright but low-powered scope is important.
Absent blind luck (which will beat brains or skill, anyday), there ain't no such animal as a bullet which will penetrate brush or tree limbs without deflection.
I dunno; some 30 or 40 years back, the folks at the Rifleman did some testing. They took several rifles, from around the .257 Roberts on up to a .45-70. They shot through a clump of brush, which from the pictures looked like no more than finger to thumb thickness of branches; the clump might have been some ten feet through.
The targets varied in distance behind the clump. It didn't matter about pointy-nosed bullets or round-nosed bullets. It didn't matter about .25 stuff or El Bigboy. What mattered was the clear span between the clump and the target. Anything over ten yards or so was almost always a miss.
Everything deflected to some degree or another.
FWIW, Art
Seems to me a bright but low-powered scope is important.
Absent blind luck (which will beat brains or skill, anyday), there ain't no such animal as a bullet which will penetrate brush or tree limbs without deflection.
I dunno; some 30 or 40 years back, the folks at the Rifleman did some testing. They took several rifles, from around the .257 Roberts on up to a .45-70. They shot through a clump of brush, which from the pictures looked like no more than finger to thumb thickness of branches; the clump might have been some ten feet through.
The targets varied in distance behind the clump. It didn't matter about pointy-nosed bullets or round-nosed bullets. It didn't matter about .25 stuff or El Bigboy. What mattered was the clear span between the clump and the target. Anything over ten yards or so was almost always a miss.
Everything deflected to some degree or another.
FWIW, Art
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PreserveFreedom
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If I can include what I hope to buy soon, how about the Ruger semi-auto 44 Magnum Carbine?
OkieCruffler
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The greatest brush gun of all time, in my opinion of course, is the Marlin 444 lever. Mine's ugly as sin, but it sure bust the brush.
Swamp Yankee
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For beatin' the brush I prefer a lever action with peep sights. I carry my Marlin 1894P in .44 mag because its light and compact. In the wooded areas I hunt here in NE Ct. 30 to 50 yards is about as long a line of sight you'll find. As the eyes are getting a bit older I'll probably follow Art's suggestion and put a 2X scope on it soon.
Take Care
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My favorite brush rifle is a rem 7400 carbine, 30-'06, peep sights or a 2-7x burris compact set on 2 power. Good balance, short, mild recoil, safety clears quickly (converted to left handed operation), quick follow up shot (rarely needed). I use moderate velocity 165 gr Rem or Nosler BT for southeastern whitetail. Combination works very well for me from 10 - 250 yards.
BTW, at short range (<50 yards) I have had bullet failures, core exits and jacket is caught by far side hide. Not a problem on these small deer, but if going after elk or bigger I would need a tougher bullet.
As far as "brush busting goes", what Art said .
BTW, at short range (<50 yards) I have had bullet failures, core exits and jacket is caught by far side hide. Not a problem on these small deer, but if going after elk or bigger I would need a tougher bullet.
As far as "brush busting goes", what Art said .
1911A1 fan
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For me the Ruger .44 carbine with a dot sight is real hard to beat! The old model that is, I've never shot the new one that ruger has out now. IMHO a good brush gun is not one that will shoot through branches
but a light handy gun that you can shoot fast! Oh and for Preserve Freedom I would let you shoot mine when I get to Tucson but that will be put on hold because I go on Airport Security duty with my Guard unit on Monday so moving out there will have to wait.
but a light handy gun that you can shoot fast! Oh and for Preserve Freedom I would let you shoot mine when I get to Tucson but that will be put on hold because I go on Airport Security duty with my Guard unit on Monday so moving out there will have to wait.
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PreserveFreedom
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1911A1 fan -
I'll take you up on that, except I might be forced to buy one soon. I don't have a good deer gun right now and I have an open offer to go hunting this November. If I go, I just may have to buy a Ruger 44.
I'll take you up on that, except I might be forced to buy one soon. I don't have a good deer gun right now and I have an open offer to go hunting this November. If I go, I just may have to buy a Ruger 44.