Originally published at: Brush Guns - Sixguns Firearm Fraternity
It happened again. It spite of all the testing that has been done with results to the contrary over the past four decades, two mainline publications once again both carried features outlining the best ‘brush’ cartridges. Both concluded that certain bullet weights and calibers would ‘cut brush’ and both are wrong! There are no cartridges that can be counted on to deliver killing shots through brush of any size. When a high speed projectile hits a twig or sapling or brush or bush or tree, anything can happen and very little of it is positive. Of course some are better than others. I would certainly expect a 500 grain .458 bullet to ‘cut brush’ better than a high speed projectile such as the .220 Swift. Maybe. At least if one hits a small tree in front of the intended quarry, the .458 might go through completely. Again, maybe. No, brush guns do not enable us to shoot through brush. They are so named simply because they handle easier in heavy cover or thick brush and most importantly, they come up to the shoulder and swing ever so smooooothly. The easiest carrying brush guns are short barreled, quick on the first shot, and just as quick to chamber a second shot. That means a levergun. Since we are talking close quarters, we do not need a three hundred yard cartridge such as the .270, .30-06, or 7mm Magnum. And since we are looking at cartridges, is there really any such thing as knock down power? In…
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Ah, Hell, Garrett moved to Texas, Jim moved to Vegas, rest who knows and no one reads to the bottoms anymore anyways…
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I almost clipped those as I do with some of the old ads but figured they were historic and left them
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And Jim opened a store in Vegas kept the other store in Anchorage from what I understand . I could be wrong . Ken that used to be on TV all the time moved possible to Thailand or singapore or something weird like that
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