Thread: To Bushpig or not to Bushpig this is the question what are your thoughts?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Just a thought the concept of the bush pig was a short rifle easier to handle and maneuver through scrub and also be capable of shooting through light obstructions twigs etc without the bullet being deflected. Typical ranges being within 100 but occasionally 200 or possibly more.
So a "slow" heavy bullet seems the most appropriate for the task it will scrub bust and if the opportunity presents for a longer shot it's not too hard to compensate for a small amount of drop.
A 308 with 180 grain bullets would be pretty good I think. I have been hunting with a guy who shot a pig at 220 yards and a deer at 30 with a 3030 on the same trip. Trajectory is easy to compensate for if and when you need to. Usually there is plenty of time available when taking longer shots as opposed to the spook n shoot when you have to take what's on offer in that situation possibly shooting through stuff I can't see a fast as fuck bullet brings anything to the party. What the duleys did I think was apply conventional rifle thinking to a short barrel version keeping flat trajectory at the top of the list and to my mind that not what a bush pig is about.

that is exactly why I have been using the 45/70 with 18 inch barrel. 325 grains travelling at around 2000fps still leaves a big hole and instant drop , rarely do they move far . The only reason I am going to a 308 bushy is less noise with a supressor and less drop at longer ranges. Also the sbl is a heavy piece of kit even with green dot pistol sight and not that confidant on longer shots with that sight system and rainbow trajectory. No problem at all out to 100m though. The 308 even with supressor and scope will still be lighter than the mighty sbl.

this is worth a watch....what is a brush gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5dve7vAY9I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCOzNzIkN4M