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Hog Cal.
Hawkshaw
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Not yet being a hog hunter, please give me your opinion of the following: Assume 100 yds. or less.
1---444 Marlin
2---350 Rem mag
3---30-30
4---338 RCM
5---308 Win.
Any others?
THX Hawkshaw
1---444 Marlin
2---350 Rem mag
3---30-30
4---338 RCM
5---308 Win.
Any others?
THX Hawkshaw
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30-30
7mm-08
223
30-06
270
BUT the best one I have found is a 35 Remington in the Marlin 336 loaded with 38 gr of Varget and a 220 gr SP.
It takes on prisoners!!!![;)]
If you chose a lesser caliber use a heavy for caliber tough bullet!!!!
At our hunting camp, the majority of hogs are dispatched with 30-06, 270 Winchester, 30-30, and 7mm-08 - probably in that order. From what I have observed, it is not so much a question of caliber, but in the accuracy of the shooter to place the bullet into the vitals. A hog doesn't really require a big-bore or monster magnum, because non-magnum calibers in the 7mm to 30 caliber range work well.
Personally, I use a 30-06 using 165 grain Sierra soft-point boat tails and about 58 grains of H4350.
Some of the hunters who drive dogs into the brush and cane to flush the hogs out have done well with pistols including the 45 Colt and 44 Magnum.
Good luck on your hog hunt.
Heavyiron
I have killed hogs with:
30-30
7mm-08
223
30-06
270
BUT the best one I have found is a 35 Remington in the Marlin 336 loaded with 44 gr of Varget and a 220 gr SP.
It takes on prisoners!!!![;)]
If you chose a lesser caliber use a heavy for caliber tough bullet!!!!
Jim,
I hope you mistyped. The .35 Remington is a stumpy little thing. IMR lists charges with varget from 34 grains starting to 38 max with a 220 grainer. I doubt that you could get 44 grains of Varget into it, but if you somehow did I surely wouldn't want to be behind the trigger, especially on a lever action.
As to the question, while all of the choices on your list are fine, I'd be a little leery of the 30/30 unless hunting from a tree stand. Hogs can be mean and if I'm on the ground I'd not want to face one with just a 30/30. The others should all be fine though.
Suppressed 300 Whisper at night.
CP
quote:Originally posted by Jim Rau
I have killed hogs with:
30-30
7mm-08
223
30-06
270
BUT the best one I have found is a 35 Remington in the Marlin 336 loaded with 44 gr of Varget and a 220 gr SP.
It takes on prisoners!!!![;)]
If you chose a lesser caliber use a heavy for caliber tough bullet!!!!
Jim,
I hope you mistyped. The .35 Remington is a stumpy little thing. IMR lists charges with varget from 34 grains starting to 38 max with a 220 grainer. I doubt that you could get 44 grains of Varget into it, but if you somehow did I surely wouldn't want to be behind the trigger, especially on a lever action.
As to the question, while all of the choices on your list are fine, I'd be a little leery of the 30/30 unless hunting from a tree stand. Hogs can be mean and if I'm on the ground I'd not want to face one with just a 30/30. The others should all be fine though.
THANK YOU![:I]
I had a 'brain fart'. It is 38 gr. I fixed it![;)]
Like Jonk said, you don't want to be close to a pizzed off hog in close quarters and/or heavy brush. A short barrel, large caliber handgun is always a good thing to have handy.[:)]
As for .44Mags bouncing off the pig's head it's all about shot placement. Also they got a bit of neck gristle that's pretty tough.
"just" a 30/30?
must be bigger hogs than we see here. or much longer distances.
just nailed two on my BIL ranch in texas. less than 100 yards, less than 200 pounds. .222 in the ear on one, 243 on the other. the bigger one wasn't going anywhere, but needed a second kill shot when we got close.
i think my winchester 94 would have ended the second one with one shot.
i could be wrong, i'm not much of a hunter.........[B)]
tom