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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="5.56×250" data-source="post: 2276705" data-attributes="member: 110162"><p>I know, old thread, but I found it looking for info on 99 hammers before I start load development on my Grendel. </p><p> Now, just wanted to add a story on the resilience of an old boar hog.</p><p> I was hunting some fed land here in Ga a few years ago, late season , for a meat deer. I had heard a few hogs had been seen in the area. We don't seem to HOLD a hog population here, but pods appear from time to time.</p><p> Sitting in my climber , I had just watched a group of 6 nice long beards work their way off the hill behind me and after they wondered off, I heard a rustling in the leaves from the same location. I thought a stragglers turkey was working down the hill and almost didn't even turn to look. Imagine my surprise when I found myself staring at a 300lbs boar hog scarring white oak acorns . I had my favorite late season meat gun. A 45-70 with 300gr hp Winchester factory ammo. Heavy, slow bullet that expands good on anything. Little meat damage and drt performance as the norm. I punched through both gristle plates at 75yds. The pig twitched , gave a short grunt and trotted off like he was headed to a watering hole for a wallow ! I honestly thought I had missed the chip shot somehow. I walked over , just to verify my miss and c ound a hand full of black hair and a blood trail the width of a car hood headed down the hill. A little over 100yds down the blind man blood trail and there he laid , dead as a hammer. It blew my mind that I had penitrated both plates and barely got a reaction to the shot. They are some more kinda tough. Hit them clean and they don't live. Hit them marginally, and they probably won't die in a time frame that will let you get a good recovery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="5.56×250, post: 2276705, member: 110162"] I know, old thread, but I found it looking for info on 99 hammers before I start load development on my Grendel. Now, just wanted to add a story on the resilience of an old boar hog. I was hunting some fed land here in Ga a few years ago, late season , for a meat deer. I had heard a few hogs had been seen in the area. We don't seem to HOLD a hog population here, but pods appear from time to time. Sitting in my climber , I had just watched a group of 6 nice long beards work their way off the hill behind me and after they wondered off, I heard a rustling in the leaves from the same location. I thought a stragglers turkey was working down the hill and almost didn't even turn to look. Imagine my surprise when I found myself staring at a 300lbs boar hog scarring white oak acorns . I had my favorite late season meat gun. A 45-70 with 300gr hp Winchester factory ammo. Heavy, slow bullet that expands good on anything. Little meat damage and drt performance as the norm. I punched through both gristle plates at 75yds. The pig twitched , gave a short grunt and trotted off like he was headed to a watering hole for a wallow ! I honestly thought I had missed the chip shot somehow. I walked over , just to verify my miss and c ound a hand full of black hair and a blood trail the width of a car hood headed down the hill. A little over 100yds down the blind man blood trail and there he laid , dead as a hammer. It blew my mind that I had penitrated both plates and barely got a reaction to the shot. They are some more kinda tough. Hit them clean and they don't live. Hit them marginally, and they probably won't die in a time frame that will let you get a good recovery. [/QUOTE]
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