Jim n Iowa
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This a new round for the Bushmaster. Anyone have some input? I can maybe see it as a hunting round for hogs.
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450 hornady
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sagebrushstalker
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I saw the add in G&A. Sounds like it has the same case head diameter and over all length as the .223. Hornady hasn't yet released the ballistics.
Bushmaster
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I will have information to give out once we get closer to the production date. It looks like Hornady should be getting ammunition commercially avail by the end of August.
Jay Nistetter
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hunting round for hogs?
Oh yessssss! and much more.
Jarrod,
Did you get the pictures I sent?
Got a TSA story to tell you.
Oh yessssss! and much more.
Jarrod,
Did you get the pictures I sent?
Got a TSA story to tell you.
bearmanric
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Jay you crazy guy. that's your Favorate round. that would be a good one for one of my bear's.Rick
Byron South
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It's coming soon.
Last week I was fortunate enough to get to see the 450 Bushmaster in action.
Jarrod from Bushmaster came down and we were joined by Mike and Tom from Foxpro and even Uncle Jay made the trip. Thanks for coming guys /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif. I NEEEEEDED to get out for some fun.
I can't release the specifics of this round as they are still being worked out by Hornady but what they have so far is very impressive. Why would it not be though, it's pushing a 45 caliber 250 grain bullet very fast out of my favorite rifle platform. If you want to erradicate a hog problem or need a great bear gun this one would be hard to beat.
Here is a picture of one of the hogs we shot last week with the new 450 Bushmaster.
Good Hunting,
Byron
Last week I was fortunate enough to get to see the 450 Bushmaster in action.
Jarrod from Bushmaster came down and we were joined by Mike and Tom from Foxpro and even Uncle Jay made the trip. Thanks for coming guys /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif. I NEEEEEDED to get out for some fun.
I can't release the specifics of this round as they are still being worked out by Hornady but what they have so far is very impressive. Why would it not be though, it's pushing a 45 caliber 250 grain bullet very fast out of my favorite rifle platform. If you want to erradicate a hog problem or need a great bear gun this one would be hard to beat.
Here is a picture of one of the hogs we shot last week with the new 450 Bushmaster.
Good Hunting,
Byron
Jay Nistetter
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Work, Byron. It's Work! Not fun.
I told the wife I was working in East Texas.
Chiggers, snakes, gators and nothing to eat 'cept Boudan and Crawdads. 'Scuse me. I neant Crawfish. Never could locate fins and gills though. Dang mushroom were a might tangy. What's in Boudan anyway?
You forgot to mention that your "friend" showed up too. That guy in the magazine picture.
That 450 is sweet. I'd bet it kicks about the same as a 243. The only problem I had with it was that it wasn't mine. When they come out, one will definitely have my name on it.
I told the wife I was working in East Texas.
Chiggers, snakes, gators and nothing to eat 'cept Boudan and Crawdads. 'Scuse me. I neant Crawfish. Never could locate fins and gills though. Dang mushroom were a might tangy. What's in Boudan anyway?
You forgot to mention that your "friend" showed up too. That guy in the magazine picture.
That 450 is sweet. I'd bet it kicks about the same as a 243. The only problem I had with it was that it wasn't mine. When they come out, one will definitely have my name on it.
Byron South
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Here is a couple of pics of the 450 Bushmaster round.
left to right is .223 rem., 6.8 SPC, and 450 Bushmaster
in front are some bullets recovered from wet dirt behind the targets (none were recovered from the hogs we shot). If you look close at the center bullet you will notice it is acually 2 bullets stuck together (Robinhooded). They are really stuck together good too. For a big rifle it will shoot too. Bushmaster sent the rifle 3-4 days before the hunt so I could scope it and get it sighted in. I was concerned about recoil so I put a 2.5-8X Leupold VX-III on it in a Larue Tactical one piece mount (Cool mount, Highly reccomended). I was pleasantly supprized however the recoil is not bad at all. As Jay mentioned it is about like a 243 or maybe a tad more.
I plan on shooting some more hogs with it over the summer and certainly plan on taking some deer with it this Fall. The rifle I have on loan has plenty of accuracy for me to feel comfortable out to 300 yards and the 450 has plenty of thump left at that range as well for any hog, deer or bear.
Byron
left to right is .223 rem., 6.8 SPC, and 450 Bushmaster
in front are some bullets recovered from wet dirt behind the targets (none were recovered from the hogs we shot). If you look close at the center bullet you will notice it is acually 2 bullets stuck together (Robinhooded). They are really stuck together good too. For a big rifle it will shoot too. Bushmaster sent the rifle 3-4 days before the hunt so I could scope it and get it sighted in. I was concerned about recoil so I put a 2.5-8X Leupold VX-III on it in a Larue Tactical one piece mount (Cool mount, Highly reccomended). I was pleasantly supprized however the recoil is not bad at all. As Jay mentioned it is about like a 243 or maybe a tad more.
I plan on shooting some more hogs with it over the summer and certainly plan on taking some deer with it this Fall. The rifle I have on loan has plenty of accuracy for me to feel comfortable out to 300 yards and the 450 has plenty of thump left at that range as well for any hog, deer or bear.
Byron
Jay Nistetter
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While in Texaslandia, I pulled a rookie mistake by NOT stopping a coyote soon enough. I was too excited about using the Bushmaster fur gun and getting it all on film that I simply blew it. Lord knows I had plenty of time. When I saw the dog I moved the shooting stick pointing right at a thicket. Had I left them where they were, the coyote would have just wandered into my scope. Upon moving, it was a warning that something was 'bout to happen so quickly three other people moved like a syncronized swim team to get on the coyote. One extra gun and two cameras rolling. DANGIT! I had to move back to my original position completely forgetting to stop the coyote. He reached the caller and kept going. 3 Shots from the 450 ranging from 20 yards to 45 yards all missed but the amazing thing was that I had moving coyote in the scope all three times instead of BANG! SKY. BANG! SKY. No doubt I was paying attention to coyote and not crosshairs.
Anyway... My redemption came from a successful stalk on a Hawg (As if that's hard to do). I laid the gun on top of a solid 6-inch fence post. "I made the most PERFECT shot humanly possible" 'cept for the fact that the brute run off. We followed a good blood trail for 40 or so yards and then ran out of blood. We looked and looked and couldn't figure out why there wasn't a dead Hawg on the ground. Oh well. You win some and lose some. Byron started to step over a dirt pile. It was a good thing he looked down because that dirt pile was a dirty brown Hawg. It had doubled back about 5 yards from the last blood where we had fanned out to search. The hole you see is the exit.
Anyway... My redemption came from a successful stalk on a Hawg (As if that's hard to do). I laid the gun on top of a solid 6-inch fence post. "I made the most PERFECT shot humanly possible" 'cept for the fact that the brute run off. We followed a good blood trail for 40 or so yards and then ran out of blood. We looked and looked and couldn't figure out why there wasn't a dead Hawg on the ground. Oh well. You win some and lose some. Byron started to step over a dirt pile. It was a good thing he looked down because that dirt pile was a dirty brown Hawg. It had doubled back about 5 yards from the last blood where we had fanned out to search. The hole you see is the exit.
White Eagle
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man you guys have all the fun /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowingsmilie.gif