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ok this will probably start something but it should be a good topic.
People talk about this caliber and that caliber being a good "brush gun". I think when someone says brush gun it has nothing to do with the caliber. I think a brush gun is a gun that handles quickly, is short, is light, and doesn't have a Hubble scope on it. I've heard folks say that this bullet will deflect and this will bust through the brush. I don't believe this to be true. I've seen a 45 ml deflect while a guy shot at a deer at less than 50 yards. I think it, deflection killing or not, has more to do with the brush in relationship to the gun and the target. If the brush is near the target, say with in a couple feet, it could still be a killing shot and if the brush was within a couple feet of the muzzle who knows where it will go, regardless of caliber. I saw that Larry whats his name shoot at a deer with that 375 thing he shoots and because he hit a heavy leaf at 2 ft he missed the deer by 4 ft. I saw a deer killed with a 06 that went through a 2" limb and the bullet hit the neck which was the target. heck of a wound by the way. but only because the limb was only a couple feet in front of the deer.
just my thoughts. so to me a brush gun can be any caliber, the model is the deciding factor.
People talk about this caliber and that caliber being a good "brush gun". I think when someone says brush gun it has nothing to do with the caliber. I think a brush gun is a gun that handles quickly, is short, is light, and doesn't have a Hubble scope on it. I've heard folks say that this bullet will deflect and this will bust through the brush. I don't believe this to be true. I've seen a 45 ml deflect while a guy shot at a deer at less than 50 yards. I think it, deflection killing or not, has more to do with the brush in relationship to the gun and the target. If the brush is near the target, say with in a couple feet, it could still be a killing shot and if the brush was within a couple feet of the muzzle who knows where it will go, regardless of caliber. I saw that Larry whats his name shoot at a deer with that 375 thing he shoots and because he hit a heavy leaf at 2 ft he missed the deer by 4 ft. I saw a deer killed with a 06 that went through a 2" limb and the bullet hit the neck which was the target. heck of a wound by the way. but only because the limb was only a couple feet in front of the deer.
just my thoughts. so to me a brush gun can be any caliber, the model is the deciding factor.