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Favorite gun and cartridge for hogs?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1720816" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>As you can see, there are lots of opinions so you will have to rely on choosing based on your hunting conditions. There is no doubt that almost any well placed bullet will kill hogs, the issue becomes how far they can run once shot, and if they can get lost.</p><p></p><p>We have lots of hogs in Texas and most of us have many years of experience with them. For my type of hunting there is a range of cartridges that always work and drop them where they stand. I have found that 6.5 to 6.8 is about the smallest that is effective in all conditions, The two ARs that I built specifically for hogs are a 6.8 and a 450 bushmaster. both are very good for running targets, anything above these cartridges work well in bolt action rifles. the other dedicated hog rifle is a 7 STW loaded to max that is a real hammer at extended distance and also for mutable kills with one shot. Where we hunt they only have 10 to 20 yards to run before they are out of site so we like to line them up and take as many as possible with the one shot we get. </p><p></p><p>We are working on a 300 RUM loaded with 30 cal AP bullets that should really do the job.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1720816, member: 2736"] As you can see, there are lots of opinions so you will have to rely on choosing based on your hunting conditions. There is no doubt that almost any well placed bullet will kill hogs, the issue becomes how far they can run once shot, and if they can get lost. We have lots of hogs in Texas and most of us have many years of experience with them. For my type of hunting there is a range of cartridges that always work and drop them where they stand. I have found that 6.5 to 6.8 is about the smallest that is effective in all conditions, The two ARs that I built specifically for hogs are a 6.8 and a 450 bushmaster. both are very good for running targets, anything above these cartridges work well in bolt action rifles. the other dedicated hog rifle is a 7 STW loaded to max that is a real hammer at extended distance and also for mutable kills with one shot. Where we hunt they only have 10 to 20 yards to run before they are out of site so we like to line them up and take as many as possible with the one shot we get. We are working on a 300 RUM loaded with 30 cal AP bullets that should really do the job. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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