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

I have one but made well before the term bush pig came around and yes it is suppressed came with a 18 1/2 barrel circa 1975

Originally Posted by Gkp

When I was a young fella a "bush pig" was generally the result of too many refreshments at the rugby club and then waking up in the morning next to a not so flash looking female

Are you sure they didn't coin the phrase after waking up next to you ?

So to clarify It's the suppressor that tips a carbine over into being a Bush Pig ?

yes would seem that way say carbine to me and I see a Winchester 1890 something in a saddle scabbard on a horse

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.

Duley didn't invent it.

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yes would seem that way say carbine to me and I see a Winchester 1890 something in a saddle scabbard on a horse

I have a 1894 and a saddle scabbard for it, but I call that a "levergun". Not much use if you want a horse that can still hear you when you call for it haha. I ended up using my "bushpig" for that job.

So now you have a bushpig ?

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

yes would seem that way say carbine to me and I see a Winchester 1890 something in a saddle scabbard on a horse

That's a bush rifle, for pigs

In the old days, back before ww2, the Winchester 92 carbine in .44/40 was known as a 'bush carbine'.

So at what length does a rifle become classified as a bushpig? 16"? 18" surely not....

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The old cullers using a cut down sporter 303 certainly were at the fore front of this type of rifle. A good example is seen in Mike Bennetts book.

Originally Posted by blip

For extra gayness points do any of you name your bush pigs?

I've called my 18inch 7mm creedmoor the 7mmMidgetWhore, stamped on the barrel.
Also have a 25inch comp version called the 7mmCreedWhore. Also stamped on the barrel and as far as I know the first of its chambering in NZ

ya can call it anything but NEVER call ME late for breakfast .really all this sargument over a name ...frankly DILLIGAF

Originally Posted by kotuku

ya can call it anything but NEVER call ME late for breakfast .really all this sargument over a name ...frankly DILLIGAF

DILLIGAF: Well, now that you've joined in on page 7, as a matter of fact yes, it does.

Originally Posted by BFA

DILLIGAF: Well, now that you've joined in on page 7, as a matter of fact yes, it does.

Steady. You don't know what you are arousing there

It appears to me that almost every comment from "an older person" in this thread has been tongue in cheek (save for the most serious of souls). A bit of fun. Levity tinged with cynicism perhaps.
While on the other hand the majority of other comment reflects what might be expected from what I call, the ummm, "offended generation". You know. Disassociated from reality through technology but needing to defend propositions.