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<blockquote data-quote="budlight" data-source="post: 2475742" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p>When I was younger and you heard stories of how tough the shoulder shield is was on feral hogs. My biggest rifle back then was a 270 win 26 inch barrel so I loaded up a bunch of 150 spbt for Texas stands with hog feeder hunting.</p><p></p><p>Everyone I shot was blow throughs and you could even have chunks of lungs on the ground and a big blood trail and they would run off and die. So you had to go searching for them. The 150's were good for the two for one shots. You just wait for two to be eating side by side before you pull the trigger. The pig on the far side was often dead right there because it got hit with an expanded bullet and took on the foot pounds. blow throughs don't impart energy on the animal. </p><p></p><p>That is when I figured out that varmint type frangible bullets was the DRT ticket and the thick shoulder shield didn't matter unless you were taking on Hogzilla! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> 130 gr. Barnes X .277 or just 100 and 110 varmint rounds were the best. I was into sub 250 pound hogs. Easier to deal with to remove the hams and back straps. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Since then I moved onward to AR10 in 308 and the TNT exploding 125 grain heading out the barrel at 3100 fps is the round for putting them down fast without runners.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budlight, post: 2475742, member: 2939"] When I was younger and you heard stories of how tough the shoulder shield is was on feral hogs. My biggest rifle back then was a 270 win 26 inch barrel so I loaded up a bunch of 150 spbt for Texas stands with hog feeder hunting. Everyone I shot was blow throughs and you could even have chunks of lungs on the ground and a big blood trail and they would run off and die. So you had to go searching for them. The 150's were good for the two for one shots. You just wait for two to be eating side by side before you pull the trigger. The pig on the far side was often dead right there because it got hit with an expanded bullet and took on the foot pounds. blow throughs don't impart energy on the animal. That is when I figured out that varmint type frangible bullets was the DRT ticket and the thick shoulder shield didn't matter unless you were taking on Hogzilla! :) 130 gr. Barnes X .277 or just 100 and 110 varmint rounds were the best. I was into sub 250 pound hogs. Easier to deal with to remove the hams and back straps. Since then I moved onward to AR10 in 308 and the TNT exploding 125 grain heading out the barrel at 3100 fps is the round for putting them down fast without runners. [/QUOTE]
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