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Thumper build
« on: October 03, 2022, 03:06:10 PM »
Finally finished building my AR15 in .450 Bushmaster.  Just in time for elk season.  Just need to mount the optic and sight it in.




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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2022, 03:59:57 PM »
 AR's are cool, I built a couple myself and they are fun to shoot 8)

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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2022, 06:38:53 PM »
Nice build Chad!  Not what I usually see for an elk hunting gun, but it will do the job for sure.

Keep the reports coming and get out Pike fishing!  ;D
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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2022, 02:46:26 AM »
Looks good Chad, always nice to see your name on the board.  If you go, good luck with elk.  I haven't hunted since I moved back to S. Cal, I miss it
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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2022, 10:14:53 AM »
Putting all the parts together is most of the fun for me.
The 450BM is not a "normal" hunting round, but since I already had a solid lower assembly, it's a great, low budget brush gun.
I'm not a great long range shooter yet, so the 200 yard range is fine for me.  The mountains and thick, dark timber forest I hunt makes for shorter distances mostly, so the knock down power of this round in that range is perfect for larger game.  I already have a Savage bolt gun in .243 for deer and smaller game.  I'd like to add a 30-06 or 300 win mag someday when I have the funds. 

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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2022, 08:04:54 AM »
Got the optic mounted and heading out after work to sight it in.
Leaving friday for a long weekend looking for elk.

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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2022, 06:01:38 AM »
Got the optic mounted and heading out after work to sight it in.
Leaving friday for a long weekend looking for elk.

Good luck Chad!
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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2022, 07:11:51 AM »
Thanks Tom!  Got the 450 and my .243 all sighted in last night.
This thing kicks like a mule!


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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2022, 10:34:15 AM »
Well, no elk for me this year, but I did see some beautiful country!




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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2022, 01:14:14 PM »
Beautiful country for sure.  Is elk season over, or just the last time you can get out on the hunt?
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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2022, 01:49:00 PM »
It's over, ended yesterday.  :-[

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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2022, 06:40:27 AM »
Well, no elk for me this year, but I did see some beautiful country!

As you learn the terrain and the general habits of your prey, your odds will increase exponentially,  I took me a few years to learn the deer patterns in the Eastern Sierra, but with time my success rate increased ten fold.  Good luck my brother 
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Re: Thumper build
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2022, 07:33:42 AM »
Thank you Verne!