Bush gun, what should I get?

[jason.dickens]

I guide year round in Texas and out West. I have been kicking around the idea of buying a rifle for close range and follow up shots through thick brush.

Love a solid lever action and have been looking at the .45-70.

What does the green screen have to say about the .45-70?

What other heavy calibers should I consider looking at?


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[SmTx]

35 remington is mine.

[Jared.King]

.45-70 is a great choice! I've been using a .450 bushmaster in the Ruger American, it's a hammer. Blew a lemon sized hole through a WT buck last year. Shot the buck in my avatar with it too. Lever would be faster for follow up shots, but so far I haven't needed one.

[Johnny44]

Skip the caliber fodder, lets jump straight to Grizzly Bears

[COPPERHEAD]

I shoot a 6" barrel in the bush. Depending on the cougar the barrel could be longer.......

[critter69]

.475 Turnbull

[TacticalCowboy]

AR 10 in 308

If you’re stuck on a lever, a 44 or 45 with the right ammo would be my choice.

[Dushon]

Bush gun, what should I get?

I like my 338 marlin express in a lever


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[okrattler]

45-70 would be my choice. Whatever that hits ain't going nowhere.

[double bogey]

When i think about a brush gun it is a heavy caliber short barrel with easily acquired open sights. Shots have to be very close, because no bullets can survive hitting any sticks without deflection. The farther the stick is from what you are shooting at, the further the bullet deflects.
I once shot at a turkey 50 yds away, and when i fired i saw a mesquite twig i couldn't see in the scope fall. and the turkey ran off unscathed. Caliber 7mm magnum. Since, i have made sure any deer i shot at were well clear of any obstructions.
Many years ago i read an article in one of the gun mags where they set up some dowels with targets behind them at different ranges. Nothing they shot could hit the targets near the aiming point if it hit a dowel and was lees than a few yards past the dowels. So today when i think of a brush gun, i think of the gun i described above.

[LFD2037]

Marlin GBL .45-70.

https://www.marlinfirearms.com/lever-action/model-1895-big-bore/model-1895gbl

Close thread.

[krtnorris]

.444 marlin

[Sackett]

.350 Legend

[cantexduck]

35 rem

[Whampuscat2]

A lite, short barreled 243, bolt gun.