Great thread with some nice pictures. I always love it when GW posts! I've shot deer in the thick stuff with a few different rifles - mostly a 7600 carbine in 30 06, though. I think, the most important considerations are stock fit, type of sight/scope and practice. You can make most rifles work well if when you see that deer and throw the gun to your shoulder it is as if the post or crosshair is just suddenly where it needs to be with no break in the continuity of your concentration on that vital zone. It's more of an upland bird kind of thing. Weight up front is probably nice for settling the gun but is balanced against the speed of a lighter barrel (do you like 26" or 28" barrels for grouse?). To my mind what makes Sell's gun a brush gun is that very cool aperture sight. I never heard of that one. Nice big ghost ring - perfect. I wonder what kind of post he used.
"One should not talk to a skilled hunter about what is forbidden by the Buddha."
