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<blockquote data-quote="snox801" data-source="post: 3009052" data-attributes="member: 54383"><p>That's fine and it works for you. But those are really just a small sample size with lots of other variables. I've killed piles of hogs for just about as many years. And as stated started with a .223 it now the last one I reach for. Started with the .223 moved to .458 socom, then to .300blk with 100gr projectiles. Then to the 6.5 Grendel about 5 years ago. I can say that if average out for shot placement and how fast they expired the Grendel is still the king. The socom of course flattens them but has the trajectory of a rainbow. </p><p>Sure you can say cost per kill may go to the .223, but it certainly will not kill better than a 6.5 Grendel. The math behind it just doesn't work. Less bullet mass and less energy. </p><p> And as we all know not every shot can or will be a good shot. So the 6.5 gives a much larger margin of error.</p><p>Sure you can save a few bucks by using .223 for hogs. Or you could not drink that next beer, smoke the next cigarette, not go to the movies. You could save more money driving a car to work instead of a truck. Fact is we all have hobbies we waste our money on. Shooting is one that is expensive so for some saving a few bucks on ammo is a choice they make. That works for them and me. But that doesn't change the fact it is not a better round for pigs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snox801, post: 3009052, member: 54383"] That's fine and it works for you. But those are really just a small sample size with lots of other variables. I've killed piles of hogs for just about as many years. And as stated started with a .223 it now the last one I reach for. Started with the .223 moved to .458 socom, then to .300blk with 100gr projectiles. Then to the 6.5 Grendel about 5 years ago. I can say that if average out for shot placement and how fast they expired the Grendel is still the king. The socom of course flattens them but has the trajectory of a rainbow. Sure you can say cost per kill may go to the .223, but it certainly will not kill better than a 6.5 Grendel. The math behind it just doesn't work. Less bullet mass and less energy. And as we all know not every shot can or will be a good shot. So the 6.5 gives a much larger margin of error. Sure you can save a few bucks by using .223 for hogs. Or you could not drink that next beer, smoke the next cigarette, not go to the movies. You could save more money driving a car to work instead of a truck. Fact is we all have hobbies we waste our money on. Shooting is one that is expensive so for some saving a few bucks on ammo is a choice they make. That works for them and me. But that doesn't change the fact it is not a better round for pigs. [/QUOTE]
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