Keith Rogan
New member
A friend and I are "inventing" a new rifle. Something that will do everything the Co-Pilot (modified Marlin Guide Gun) does but lots more besides.
I'll give you my criteria and my solutions and I'm very interested in hearing your suggestions as well. The guy building the gun will be Phil Chiaravalle here on Kodiak Island and if the gun is successful it'll be his trademark rifle - The Kodiak Scout.
Criteria: Must be light, handy and fast shooting. Must handle a round thats appropriate for brown bear. (so far the Marlin guide gun fits the criteria).
Additional criteria: Must be capable of taking medium game at ranges of 300 yards. See, thats the stickler - A Co-Pilot is great until you want to go hunting in this open country and then you're screwed because your range is limited. We want a rifle thats truly versatile and does it all.
So far, this is what we've come up with. A short-action Browning BLR "Lightning" rebarreled to .350 Remington Magnum (.350 "fireplug" - same as Coopers Lion Scout). The Brown BLR is a magazine fed lever action. You can feed it spitzer bullets! Zeroed 2 inches high at 100 yards its but 9 inches low at 300. A credible 300 yard game getter.. With 250 grain bullets (Nosler Partitions or Failsafes of course!) it delivers more energy at 150 yards than the Co-Pilot does at the muzzle!
The BLR weighs 6 1/2 pounds. A decelerator pad and perhaps a muzzle brake will be added. Ghost ring sights and a forward mounted scout scope with quick detachable rings will complete the package.
What do you guys think? It seems to have it all, a mad browny at close range or a blacktail deer on the ridge line are in equal trouble.
This is a real rifle that will be made as Kodiaks answer to the Co-Pilot. Any input will be valued - I know theres a lot of knowledge and talent out there.
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Keith
The Bears and Bear Maulings Page: members.xoom.com/keithrogan
I'll give you my criteria and my solutions and I'm very interested in hearing your suggestions as well. The guy building the gun will be Phil Chiaravalle here on Kodiak Island and if the gun is successful it'll be his trademark rifle - The Kodiak Scout.
Criteria: Must be light, handy and fast shooting. Must handle a round thats appropriate for brown bear. (so far the Marlin guide gun fits the criteria).
Additional criteria: Must be capable of taking medium game at ranges of 300 yards. See, thats the stickler - A Co-Pilot is great until you want to go hunting in this open country and then you're screwed because your range is limited. We want a rifle thats truly versatile and does it all.
So far, this is what we've come up with. A short-action Browning BLR "Lightning" rebarreled to .350 Remington Magnum (.350 "fireplug" - same as Coopers Lion Scout). The Brown BLR is a magazine fed lever action. You can feed it spitzer bullets! Zeroed 2 inches high at 100 yards its but 9 inches low at 300. A credible 300 yard game getter.. With 250 grain bullets (Nosler Partitions or Failsafes of course!) it delivers more energy at 150 yards than the Co-Pilot does at the muzzle!
The BLR weighs 6 1/2 pounds. A decelerator pad and perhaps a muzzle brake will be added. Ghost ring sights and a forward mounted scout scope with quick detachable rings will complete the package.
What do you guys think? It seems to have it all, a mad browny at close range or a blacktail deer on the ridge line are in equal trouble.
This is a real rifle that will be made as Kodiaks answer to the Co-Pilot. Any input will be valued - I know theres a lot of knowledge and talent out there.
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Keith
The Bears and Bear Maulings Page: members.xoom.com/keithrogan