The Firearm thread: Engineering artistry of wood, polymer and steel.

[Exocet25fr]

[em2nought]

I might be doing some wild boar hunting in Texas in the future. Anybody have a recommendation for an under $800 rifle in caliber 450 bushmaster? I'm open to single shots or bolt actions. I've watched some videos and almost every bolt action seems to have some sort of Achilles heel. The Savage scout for instance seems to have feeding issues. When I watched a video the guys all seemed to really fumble with the action as they operated the bolt to load the round. So funny that those guys made no mention of it.

I'm leaning toward the Gen I Ruger American, but I've seen some accuracy concerns.

[Rockstar]

Are you interested specially in the 450 bushmaster? The bullet diameter is the same size as any modern day .45 colt which is .452 in dia. Might open up a few more rifle options that could interest ya.

Anyway, Henry has break action single shot chambered in 450 bushmaster for $597.00

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/single-shot-rifle/

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Are you interested specially in the 450 bushmaster? The bullet diameter is the same size as any modern day .45 colt which is .452 in dia. Might open up a few more rifle options that could interest ya.

Anyway, Henry has break action single shot chambered in 450 bushmaster for $597.00

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/single-shot-rifle/

The single shot Henry is on the short list as well. I have always liked the traditional look of that particular Henry rifle. I seem to remember when that rifle model first came out it had some sort of safety issue that I imagine has been resolved. Haven't seen anything about it lately. I do want a powerful cartridge that can take down large predators of any type.

[Rockstar]

A powerful charge you say? Then spend mo’ money and get a nice side gate lever action in 45-70 government, loaded big it can produce close to 3400 foot pounds of energy. Charging Grizzly? No problem, it will smash through his skull scramble his brains, go straight past hide, fat, muscle, bone, clean through the boiler room and out its arse. It a heavy ol’ cuss bullet drop fairly significant compared to others.

[Aktungbby]

INDEED! I still shoot an original infantry 'trapdoor' Springfield rifle and a Shiloh Sharps carbine in 45-70. I resize and reload the Springfield with black powder and use only factory modern nitrate propellant rounds in the carbine; saving the brass for the Springfield reloads. Both weapons are absolute thunder hogs capable of serious carnage. At the range, heads turn at the blast from the long Springfield. I let the kids fire it just so they can say they once did so. The single-shot breechloader weapon was last used by US reserves in the Spanish American War but could not hold its own against the Spanish Mauser weapons on the battlefield in Cuba.

[Rockstar]

Currently compressing 40 grains of Swiss 3f into 45-40 brass topped with an Elmer Keith style 255 grain .452 SWC. A charge developed for our boys in blue to take down enemy horses on the fly love going to the range everyone shooting smokeless loud cracks and bangs. I step up pull the trigger and out comes a this thunderous THUMP and a cloud of smoke drifts across the firing line causing everyone to stop what they’re doing to look and see what the hell was that!