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<blockquote data-quote="John Klingenberg" data-source="post: 1903542" data-attributes="member: 107749"><p>I did hog control on a large Texas ranch for a number of years. I used a .308 and reloaded most everything. I took in excess of 500 hogs a year between control and recreational shooting. I got to "test" a lot of bullets out since I wasn't real choosy about what I was shooting vermin with. Match bullets are not up to the task. They'll kill for sure. Logic says any high speed projectile hitting flesh CAN kill but what's it worth to you? Respect for an animal you don't want to wound? Loss during a lifetime hunt? Your life if it's game that bites back? I'll shoot a hog with pea gravel just to get it out of the population. A Texas whitetail or black buck will tip over from a 22 hornet. A Saskatchewan buck or an elk/stag/oryx/barbary no way. I want a bonded core of some sort. Nilgai...bring a bigger caliber and a DG bullet. Match bullets work mostly well for a shot in the ribs but if you're quartering or facing they're iffy. My experience says hunting bullets for game, match for target/vermin. There are plenty of accurate hunting bullets available...spend the money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Klingenberg, post: 1903542, member: 107749"] I did hog control on a large Texas ranch for a number of years. I used a .308 and reloaded most everything. I took in excess of 500 hogs a year between control and recreational shooting. I got to "test" a lot of bullets out since I wasn't real choosy about what I was shooting vermin with. Match bullets are not up to the task. They'll kill for sure. Logic says any high speed projectile hitting flesh CAN kill but what's it worth to you? Respect for an animal you don't want to wound? Loss during a lifetime hunt? Your life if it's game that bites back? I'll shoot a hog with pea gravel just to get it out of the population. A Texas whitetail or black buck will tip over from a 22 hornet. A Saskatchewan buck or an elk/stag/oryx/barbary no way. I want a bonded core of some sort. Nilgai...bring a bigger caliber and a DG bullet. Match bullets work mostly well for a shot in the ribs but if you're quartering or facing they're iffy. My experience says hunting bullets for game, match for target/vermin. There are plenty of accurate hunting bullets available...spend the money. [/QUOTE]
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