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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 2007718" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>A good friend of mine had a KA pig turn to face him right after ignition. What was a broadside shot with a 180gr. .30-06 became a gristle plate shot. Worse, the ricochet off the gristle plate bounced again off a rock outcropping and caught one of the flankers in the thigh and just above the belt on his left. Note that they were line abreast, the flankers were not leading the shooter. Now they had a ****ed-off pig charging the shooter and a hunting partner who was leaking profusely. Pig died at the shooter's feet because it ran out of blood (leaking out of 4 more -06 holes), not because it changed its mind about death and mayhem to the shooter. Sad part was that they had to leave the pig to get the flanker to a hospital.</p><p></p><p>In my mind the caliber to choose isn't the minimum that will do the job in a perfect shot. The caliber to choose is the one that will still do the job when something goes wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 2007718, member: 93138"] A good friend of mine had a KA pig turn to face him right after ignition. What was a broadside shot with a 180gr. .30-06 became a gristle plate shot. Worse, the ricochet off the gristle plate bounced again off a rock outcropping and caught one of the flankers in the thigh and just above the belt on his left. Note that they were line abreast, the flankers were not leading the shooter. Now they had a ****ed-off pig charging the shooter and a hunting partner who was leaking profusely. Pig died at the shooter's feet because it ran out of blood (leaking out of 4 more -06 holes), not because it changed its mind about death and mayhem to the shooter. Sad part was that they had to leave the pig to get the flanker to a hospital. In my mind the caliber to choose isn't the minimum that will do the job in a perfect shot. The caliber to choose is the one that will still do the job when something goes wrong. [/QUOTE]
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