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Can A Bullet Be Zipping Too Fast? Hammer 99 Hunter @ 3170 FPS On Hogs
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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1916950" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>This says it all, really. Anyone that has hunted hogs enough has seen the same thing - they are surprisingly tough for their size. Great shot placement WILL and DOES kill them, but unless you take out the spine or brain, expect them to keep going for a bit, regardless of caliber used. </p><p></p><p>I've done the double lung with complete penetration using a .308 Win (cup and core bullet) and had the piggy run off. We did eventually track it down and finished it with a .243 Win, but the hog was still alive over an hour later. Buddy shot one with his 7mm Rem Mag only to have the hog jump seemingly straight in the air, turn, and come right at him upon landing. Bizarre. Another shot put it down, but it shook my friend enough to make him switch to a .300WSM, even though the cartridge and bullet he used are more than 'enough' for hogs. When something the size of a hog demonstrates the staying power of much bigger animals, it gets your attention.</p><p></p><p>And for all that, there are the times where the hog goes down and doesn't twitch after some dude with a .223 shooting 64gr Power Points takes his heart/lung shot. But...shoot enough hogs and you'll see things that will make you re-think how tough the little bastages can be. They have my respect. I don't think the Hammer "failed". It expanded, flung off it's four petals and the shank fully penetrated, as they do. It just takes hogs a bit to 'decide' they are really dead sometimes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1916950, member: 9308"] This says it all, really. Anyone that has hunted hogs enough has seen the same thing - they are surprisingly tough for their size. Great shot placement WILL and DOES kill them, but unless you take out the spine or brain, expect them to keep going for a bit, regardless of caliber used. I've done the double lung with complete penetration using a .308 Win (cup and core bullet) and had the piggy run off. We did eventually track it down and finished it with a .243 Win, but the hog was still alive over an hour later. Buddy shot one with his 7mm Rem Mag only to have the hog jump seemingly straight in the air, turn, and come right at him upon landing. Bizarre. Another shot put it down, but it shook my friend enough to make him switch to a .300WSM, even though the cartridge and bullet he used are more than 'enough' for hogs. When something the size of a hog demonstrates the staying power of much bigger animals, it gets your attention. And for all that, there are the times where the hog goes down and doesn't twitch after some dude with a .223 shooting 64gr Power Points takes his heart/lung shot. But...shoot enough hogs and you'll see things that will make you re-think how tough the little bastages can be. They have my respect. I don't think the Hammer "failed". It expanded, flung off it's four petals and the shank fully penetrated, as they do. It just takes hogs a bit to 'decide' they are really dead sometimes. [/QUOTE]
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