Thread: It's called a carbine, not a bush pig.

I just wanted to bring attention to the trend of referring to a shortened down hunting rifle as a bush pig.


I'm not sure where people got this "BushPig" fad from, but enough's enough now, can we all kindly go back to calling a carbine for what it is.



A PSA on behalf of everyone this drives nuts when reading posts here.

Willy

A bush pig is not the same as a bushpig. Trust me, a bushpig is very unwieldy and not user friendly - I speak from experience. A bush pig seems to be somewhere between a carbine and a scout rifle, with optics and the 'legs' to reach out a bit when needed. The focus is on being compact and handy rather than purely lightweight. They are almost invariably also suppressed as the short barrels make for lots of tinnitus and deaf hunting dogs.

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

A bush pig is not the same as a bushpig. Trust me, a bushpig is very unwieldy and not user friendly - I speak from experience. A bush pig seems to be somewhere between a carbine and a scout rifle, with optics and the 'legs' to reach out a bit when needed. The focus is on being compact and handy rather than purely lightweight. They are almost invariably also suppressed as the short barrels make for lots of tinnitus and deaf hunting dogs.

Sounds a lot like a carbine...

Originally Posted by William

Sounds a lot like a carbine...

Yep, just heavier, suppressed and with optics.

Im sure mr Duley started that one. The saying, not the gun style

Bushidy bushy bushpig

You needed to be onta this about ?? eight years ago William. It's in common use so you're trying to hold back the tide.

Originally Posted by 6x47

You needed to be onta this about ?? eight years ago William. It's in common use so you're trying to hold back the tide.

Yeah, You're not wrong, I have just tolerated it for ages hoping it would loss interest and go away on it's own.

Originally Posted by William

Yeah, You're not wrong, I have just tolerated it for ages hoping it would loss interest and go away on it's own.

No different than the use of Rig for Gun and Blind for Lookout....then there is the use of ice axes in the NI bush.....

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

No different than the use of Rig for Gun and Blind for Lookout....then there is the use of ice axes in the NI bush.....

I'm happy for those things to also stop.

I have never seen someone carry ice axes when there is no ice, but it seems like something someone who calls their carbine a "bushpig" would do.

Originally Posted by William

I'm happy for those things to also stop.

I have never seen someone carry ice axes when there is no ice, but it seems like something someone who calls their carbine a "bushpig" would do.

Well i refer to them as bush pigs but I certainly dont carry an Ice Axe in the NI bush.....hehe

A short surpressed rifle definitely a bush pig.

Also in aussie a bushpig is an ugly Sheila.

I like my tikka 6.5prc bush pig.

Well I just googled Carbine Gun and I didnt see any short barreled supressed bush pigs....there were a bunch of MSSA that came up....so for me Bush Pig is what it will be.

Hamish

"Bush pig" rolls off the tongue better than "scoped, suppressed carbine"