Thread: Bush pig/light/short/packs a punch

I had that Rossi 16" 8 shot 44mag with a scope on top, heaps of fun to shoot and pretty compact. I guess if I was to do it again I would go 308 cut down to min length and suppress it w/ 180gn corelokts you could still reach out and touch something few hundred metres away.

@Gibo that tikka 270 not cutting the mustard huh?

Originally Posted by Barefoot

@Gibo that tikka 270 not cutting the mustard huh?

Its gone from a T3 lite to a T3 heavy

Originally Posted by Gibo

Its gone from a T3 lite to a T3 heavy

All the 'scout badgers' made it heavy?......

Originally Posted by Scouser

All the 'scout badgers' made it heavy?......

All the haters drool mate

i run a ruger77/44 with a low power vx 3 leupold light short and does the job

@Gibo how about a .338 rcm (ruger compact magnum) mate of mine runs a short suppressed version
With Barnes ttsx and it hammers big east coast reds we even call her the
Sledgehammer

Bush Pig, Light, short Packs a punch.

Met one of those in Wanganui once... Nah nah nah my bad hang on she wasn't actually that light .................

Less recoil and a flatter trajectory there is nothing in NZ that needs more than a 265 - 300 gr bullet. The 45-70 is a lot of fun to use but has more power than needed with 400+ gr bullets its a close call but the 444 is slightly more versatile for my hunting. If going after NT Buff the 45-70 with a good 400 gr is better than 444 in my experiance. Both would work but bigger is better with something that can fight back.

Originally Posted by Happy

Bush Pig, Light, short

I have woken up next to a few Happy

My only issue with a single.shot is the need for a back.up shot.....it will happen and you will be farming around trying to find ammo etc, I don't recommend it for the average person. Even though have have shot one or 2 inbound.still fell unhappy not having a back up shot handy.

Chop a T3 to 16inches and suppress it. They're great set ups. Craigs is a 16inches version in 308 and mine.is 18 inch in 708. Great bush gun

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

My only issue with a single.shot is the need for a back.up shot.....it will happen and you will be farming around trying to find ammo etc, I don't recommend it for the average person. Even though have have shot one or 2 inbound.still fell unhappy not having a back up shot handy.

Chop a T3 to 16inches and suppress it. They're great set ups. Craigs is a 16inches version in 308 and mine.is 18 inch in 708. Great bush gun

The only issue I have with Bergara is there is no case extractor when you break the rifle open to slam in another round, just a small detail but if Bergara had added this they would have the perfect single shot. Id have bought a Thompson Center but cant justify the price of them for a single shot. As mentioned above a 16 inch T3 would be dynamite in the bush, I have had a couple of T3 rifles before but didn't chop and suppress them for bush guns.

I picture myself holding a spare round in my teeth for back up

Originally Posted by Gibo

I picture myself holding a spare round in my teeth for back up

was gunna put that in but i kinda figured you would have thought of it, imagine holding between ya teeth all day

Originally Posted by Gibo

I picture myself holding a spare round in my teeth for back up

spare round behind the left ear, spare smoke behind the right ear