Show your work horses and bubba rifles

[Boone66]

The closest thing to a Bubba rifle I have is this. What makes it "Bubba"? If we are to believe etymologists, the word is an alteration of "brother".... in this case, this rifle is like the little brother who doesn't want to be left behind and insists on coming along:

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What caliber is it Chambered in?

 

[Badboymelvin]

Melvin, is that the same 425 Express round from the early 1900s?

I reckon you are thinking of the 425 Westley Richards mate.
The 425 Express is quite modern. It’s the .300 Win Mag necked up to .423
Awesome cartridge!

Russ

 

[Badboymelvin]

@Badboymelvin
After shooting that rifle I call it the pussycat that roars. Gentle in the recoil but packs a big punch in tuther end.
Bob

I disagree Bob, I think its recoil is substantial.
At 8.5lb it’s especially awful off the bench…
I wish l had’ve read your comment before l sighted it in last weekend!

Russ

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I disagree Bob, I think its recoil is substantial.
At 8.5lb it’s especially awful off the bench…
I wish l had’ve read your comment before l sighted it in last weekend!

Russ

@Badboymelvin
Russ
When I shot it I thought I would need 2 pairs of big boy pants from what you were saying BUT I could have worn my wife's frilly knickers ( if they fitted me) that's how pleasant I found it.
If I could post the video of me shooting it I would. Then again it did look small in my hands looking back at it.
Bob

 

[Tom Leoni]

What caliber is it Chambered in?

6.5x54!

 

[Boone66]

6.5x54!

Nice, a great cartridge

 

[SteveNZ]

That’s the original stock on the VZ33 ? Looks a good job.

Yes it is, since it spends a lot of time hunting Tahr in the New Zealand mountains i didn't see the need to change it (and it fits like a glove).

 

[Warbeast]

Some nice , well worn rifles here.

Love it

 

[Zinz]

It might not look well-worn, but my Winchester Featherweight stainless/walnut has the most miles on it…several safaris and countless Texas and Colorado miles in the last 20+ years. Shoots 180gr BarnesX into cloverleafs all day long. Absolutely, my go-to rifle. I found another one at auction a couple years ago and got it as a spare should something ever happen to this one.

Management buck and a whopper pig in S Texas last year.

Respectable kudu in Namibia 15 yrs ago

The spare, should I ever need it

 

[ftrovato]

Bare bones 340 Weatherby Mag. I call it my meat stick. Has gotten it done all over North America.

 

[Warbeast]

Does this count as well worn?

 

[ZG47]

Does this count as well worn?

It looks as if you have handled it and possibly carried it a little bit. Show us the bolt face and bolt handle!

 

[Andrew62]

My go-to safari rifle, Kimber Talkeetna, .375H&H, barrel cut down to 20” then threaded, put on a Lumley tactical style bolt handle to cycle shots faster. I sent the stock to Dead Eye Customs to be Cerakoted.

 

[Warbeast]

It looks as if you have handled it and possibly carried it a little bit. Show us the bolt face and bolt handle!

That will not count.
Its more of a beaty save queen then a daily.

Its a rifle of a friend of mine. Was astonished by the looks and that he used in africa.

 

[PanhandlinPat]

Old thread but I’ll play. This is the first rifle I ever built myself, 35 whelen on a 1917 gew 98, shilen #5 barrel cut to 21”, wisner 3 position model 70 type safety, FN bottom metal, old jaeger trigger, warne 1 piece mount with quick detach rings. I always wanted to put express sights on it but never got around to it. Cheap old fiberglass stock I reworked for the build, has a negative comb so rifle recoils gently - even with my magnum level loads. Pairs nicely with the dead air nomad screwed on the front. Spent many evenings with hand tools working the action over to get it to feed and run smoothly.

This is the rifle I grab for big critters up close. It’s been used as a backup rifle on many hunts, and finished off a few client animals. That 35 whelen is great for breaking down bigger animals that have been poorly hit. A .358 ttsx smashing through the hips or shoulders and then penetrating through the body of a 500 pound animal will make a 6.5 yielding client reevaluate their life decisions.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Old thread but I’ll play. This is the first rifle I ever built myself, 35 whelen on a 1917 gew 98, shilen #5 barrel cut to 21”, wisner 3 position model 70 type safety, FN bottom metal, old jaeger trigger, warne 1 piece mount with quick detach rings. I always wanted to put express sights on it but never got around to it. Cheap old fiberglass stock I reworked for the build, has a negative comb so rifle recoils gently - even with my magnum level loads. Pairs nicely with the dead air nomad screwed on the front. Spent many evenings with hand tools working the action over to get it to feed and run smoothly. View attachment 702994This is the rifle I grab for big critters up close. It’s been used as a backup rifle on many hunts, and finished off a few client animals. That 35 whelen is great for breaking down bigger animals that have been poorly hit. A .358 ttsx smashing through the hips or shoulders and then penetrating through the body of a 500 pound animal will make a 6.5 yielding client reevaluate their life decisions.

@PanhandlinPat
What do you call magnum type loads in your Whelen.
A 250 @ 2,700fps and a 310 @over 2,400fos is up there in power levels out of my Whelen.
Bob