Bushmeister BA-X12 - what target shot will make it work?

[@PiKLMedia]

Thx for the video. I am picking mine up tomorrow. Exciting. :)

[@beaufortmk.v6689]

Great video and fantastic production quality mate, hope to see more content in the future

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

Thanks mate, there is more in the works :)

[@Australia-ky7kx]

Another excellent video, informative and entertaining. Thanks for posting.

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

Thanks mate, I hope it helps

[@bigben8865]

Picking one up a week from now. Good insight to which ammo goes well

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

Great! It's a fantastic system that I'm sur you're going to love using. I would suggest looking at my earlier video to see what kinds of malfunctions might happen to a less used Bushmeister, but ultimately it looks like most ammo will run through this when it is run in thoroughly. Keep in mind though that this one has probably had around 500 rounds through it now, so it is nice and loose. Those 1250fps shells didn't run reliably at first.

[@bigben8865]

Cheers mate will do! Love your work🤙

[@MatthewRyan-mp8pp]

Good to see leaning into it. :)

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

Thanks mate - it's gotta be run the right way! The way I used to shoot it is pretty embarrassing to watch now, but I leave those videos up as an example of what not to do.

[@MatthewRyan-mp8pp]

@@blackstumpballistics5361 No all good you can handle the shotgun well.

[@leighhoffman9425]

It seems now that the gun is more broken in, it’s more likely to cycle the lighter loads. Good to see 👍

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

It definitely is interesting to see, and it makes the Bushmeister a more versatile and appealing option for a wider range of shooting. I might have to take it clay shooting and compare scores with an over-under.

[@pzuliomaccavellion9711]

Awesome beard, bud!

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

Thanks! It has the added benefit of cleaning the bolt face every time I get it caught in the action

[@Mud24]

Great video, I'd love to see how different slug loads go and their accuracy

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

That is another topic I want to cover, but getting a good variety in loads is often a bit difficult. I have a small number of a couple ready for a video like that someday... I would expect any variation in accuracy to come from the load and the shooter though, rather than the gun.

[@bigben8865]

Do you know if they might release a rifled barrel option?

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

Honestly, I would really love for them to produce a rifled barrel option for the Bushmeister, but I don't think we're ever going to see one. Turkey has some quite restrictive customs regarding the export of rifled barrels for commercial products (or so I've heard, anyway), and Rec Arms, who make the Bushmeister, only appear to make smooth-bore shotguns. Their air rifles all use German-made Lothar barrels. However, even if they do produce a rifled barrel as an optional extra, I would probably need a new shotgun anyway as my "old-pattern" is a bit different from what is currently available. At this stage, I think the best options for rifled shotguns would be either an Adler (available for most models when they're in stock) or a Savage 212. Next time I see our local NIOA rep I'll definitely be asking him though.

[@bigtrev761]

🇦🇺😎👍It’s a lot better than my ultra slow Adler 110 bindupamatic 5 shot 🤣. It’s shit !

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

Yeah, the old Adler levers are well loved by many but I never really liked using them much myself. That being said, there are some really slick conversions available for them that turn them into straight-pull bolt actions, and the conversion that Beatons do feels better than Adler's own straight-pull.

[@losicki57]

Could you hold the bolt release down and continuously shoot it?

[@blackstumpballistics5361]

I actually filmed a couple of clips of me attempting to do that after I'd finished with the target shot to prove that it doesn't work on this firearm; might finish them sometime... Short answer is no - you can't do that on a Bushmeister. Long answer is "noooooooooo". I think the sear auto-resets every time the bolt passes over it, requiring new input every time you want to release the bolt. Or something like that - I'm not feeling overly smart right now. That all being said - this stuff is all tested really thoroughly by agencies like Border Force, and if it was easy to shoot a lever-release firearm like that you wouldn't be able to be import that gun into the country.

[@losicki57]

@@blackstumpballistics5361I thought that would’ve been the case was just curious while seeing it in action on this video, cheers for the reply mate