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.243 Win....enough for hogs?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1226869" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>The 280 would be even better.</p><p></p><p>As I said earlier, it is bullet mass and the bigger the bullet the more energy it will transfer to the pig.</p><p></p><p>Wild hogs are very tough and if you want to bring them down where they stand you need ether a head shot or a bullet with lots of energy transfer.</p><p></p><p>We have lots of hogs In Texas and most hunters have lots of experience shooting them. I have used everything from a 17 HMR (Eye Shot) to a 416 Rem and the 7mms seems to be the smallest calibers that will drop them where they stand shot in the boiler works. I have seen one shot with a 30/30 in the armored shoulder that Didn't penetrate into the body cavity.</p><p></p><p>Hogs are very tough and hold a grudge if you don't put them down hard. so use a cartridge that will guarantee a one shot kill right there. I have had to go into the brush to finish off poorly hit or when not enough cartridge was used, and it is no fun when one charges you with bad intentions.</p><p></p><p>My favorite cartridges for hogs is a 7 STW (Bolt gun) and a 450 bushmaster (AR 15) these two cartridges will stop them in there tracks, avoiding and possibility of having to track them and possibly giving them a chance to get even.</p><p></p><p>I know smaller calibers will kill them, but a larger cartridge will bring them down, safely.</p><p></p><p>You ask, and that is my recommendation.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1226869, member: 2736"] The 280 would be even better. As I said earlier, it is bullet mass and the bigger the bullet the more energy it will transfer to the pig. Wild hogs are very tough and if you want to bring them down where they stand you need ether a head shot or a bullet with lots of energy transfer. We have lots of hogs In Texas and most hunters have lots of experience shooting them. I have used everything from a 17 HMR (Eye Shot) to a 416 Rem and the 7mms seems to be the smallest calibers that will drop them where they stand shot in the boiler works. I have seen one shot with a 30/30 in the armored shoulder that Didn't penetrate into the body cavity. Hogs are very tough and hold a grudge if you don't put them down hard. so use a cartridge that will guarantee a one shot kill right there. I have had to go into the brush to finish off poorly hit or when not enough cartridge was used, and it is no fun when one charges you with bad intentions. My favorite cartridges for hogs is a 7 STW (Bolt gun) and a 450 bushmaster (AR 15) these two cartridges will stop them in there tracks, avoiding and possibility of having to track them and possibly giving them a chance to get even. I know smaller calibers will kill them, but a larger cartridge will bring them down, safely. You ask, and that is my recommendation. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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