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

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

Jeez this thread really got everyone going aye?!?

It’s an interesting thing about human nature, that every generation before the current one believes that the current ‘young generation’ are a bunch of fuck-ups on a strange trajectory, and aren’t anywhere near as sorted as the the previous. ‘Back in my day’ ‘the youngsters these days’ and all that B-S. Reality is that you ‘more experienced folk are no different to the current lot. Your brand new 1960’s Sako vixen or forester was a whole lot more advanced and long range capable than the .303s that the old guard were using. Those boys would have said the same thing about you- ‘what do you need a variable scope for sonny? 4x like on my old 3-0 is all you need! And don’t you know that those new fangled variables are unreliable?’

So someone came up with a pop culture term for a rifle setup, that was essentially pioneered in NZ? Cool. Who cares what it is, the important thing is that they’ve taken off for good reason. We have a generation of hunters (and shooters) that are far more educated on rifles and ballistics than ever before. They’ll be less likely to need hearing aids in their old age, and with their ‘fancy new gear’ will be able to hit those distant deer that (at the current time) need to be shot. I personally can’t see an issue.

PS the Duleys called it a Bushpig because with a suppressor right up against the stock, the rifle had a short stubby snout- like a pig. And because they were primarily developed for short range work in the bush - Bushpig.

I wonder if the young guys are familiar with the term banter. Something the older guys used to do without getting hurt feelings....