ORIGINAL: DougE
What's the definition of a brush gun?If you're asking what gun will shoot through brush the best,there is no answer because no guns do that.Deer are killed by shooting around brush,not by shooting through it.My choice for the best brush gun is the one that's most accurate and that I shoot the best.I want to be able to shoot tyhrough a small hole in the brush without having anything deflect the bullet.
...thats' called "tack driving", and not exactly a quality of lever action guns, or of the 30-30/35/or any other "brush" gun...especially when it "HAS" to go thru a tiny hole. I have a bolt 30-30,Savage 340, that can't touch my Ruger .270 @ 50/100 yds....forget anything past that... accuracy is what you want,not tree-trimming,log-splitting hunks of lead being thrown thru the brush, which is exactly what most lever guns will give you.
edit: is it any wonder why police/military snipers use bolt guns when they're called upon..? it's about accuracy,not fire power(altho that .50 cal is one bad dude!!)