Bullet for hogs
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Varmint Hunter
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While I'm sure that any 180gr bullet would work from a .308, my preference is for one of the mono-metal bullets. I've really come to like the 130gr TTSX in my .308. It is surprisingly accurate with the right load. I shoot it often at 400yds.
Zen Archery
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Reloading or boxed? Any hunting bullet .308 will work fine with proper shot placement.
I am sure it will work, esp. with the proper shot placement. However, Nosler Partition would be a better option IMHO.
The 175 SMKs M118 LRs never failed me on hogs.
Howard Van Horn
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I have loaded many types and weights of bullets for my 308 over the years. I load a 150 gr Nosler Ballistic tip and IMR 4064 at 2800 fps for Mule Deer and performance has been the best of all bullets and velocities tried. Going to a 180-gr ballistic tip for hogs may be fine but I would go to a 180-gr Nosler Partition bullet.
med358-boise
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A consider with with hogs is the gristle shield. The issue is not that it is "armor plating" like some folks think. The issue is it can be thick and has an elasticity to it and can "kinda seal up on itself" and blood trails can be limited. Given, all of that I think a 180 BT at 308 win velocities will be just fine.
Moose Loop
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Choot' em in the ear hole, any bullet that is the cheapest for you will work perfectly
I've killed hundreds of these things, my best cartridge so far is 6.5 Grendel AR, then the 6.8 SPC AR, then 308 AR10, 120 GR Grendel, 95 GR 6.8 and 150 GR in the 308, if you shot em in the shoulder to the jaw area they will succumb quickly, farther back and its a crap shoot no matter how big and heavy the bullet is. No vitals behind the shoulders, just sayin! What Moose Loop said holds true in all cases!!!!
I'd choose a 150 ballistic tip if I was reloading ballistic tips, it's plenty and another 200-300 fps will not hurt. The 180 would also work fantastically. For me though I would pick up some 150-180 Hornady Interlocks or some other decent low cost cup and core bullets. Hogs are almost always shot at short-ish range, and with a middle of the shoulder hit they will pile up in 60 yards or less. Unless you spine or brain them they will run some distance no matter what you hit them with so personally I would leave the dollar each bullets home and get the exact same if not better results with a 25 cent bullet. Just my opinion.
At one time military pulled bullets, 762TNB1 from MK319, were available. I grabbed 2K of them. They were called out as OTM match. While they are not exactly at par with typical 30 cal match bullets, they are pretty effective on hogs.
Federal Lake City 7.62x51 NATO MK319 MOD 0 Ammo 130 Grain SOST Open Tip Match - Ammo Deals
https://www.targetsportsusa.com/fed...in-sost-open-tip-match-t762tnb1-p-109718.aspx
Federal Lake City 7.62x51 NATO MK319 MOD 0 Ammo 130 Grain SOST Open Tip Match - Ammo Deals
https://www.targetsportsusa.com/fed...in-sost-open-tip-match-t762tnb1-p-109718.aspx
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