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What caliber for a suppresed short barrel lightweight build
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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Post" data-source="post: 2247759" data-attributes="member: 8907"><p><strong>Europe based</strong>, super and subsonic, and a bolt action rifle with a 14~16 inch barrel is a really difficult combination for a practical cartridge given the extremes of super and sub sonic. It needs to be effective at 400 meters so that helps but a Russian Boar or big Bear is no slouch in the tough game department. <strong>Battue rifles</strong> are more common in the EU and I see them in calibers like 375H&H for Russian Boar as one point of reference.</p><p></p><p>For the <span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">'finishing shot' around your dogs</span>, I would personally use a 9mm pistol with a 147gr FMJ. It will suppress well and fairly easily and has enough mass and toughness to punch through and break a spine, take a head shot to scramble the brains, etc.</p><p></p><p>In my case, in somewhat similar conditions, I use an auto-loading rifle in at least a 6.8SPC for feral hogs in the 100~150lb range at 200 yards max range. I'm debating moving up to a 308W/7.62x51 for a bit more smackdown with head shots. Both suppress well for supersonic rifles with a good can.</p><p></p><p>For close in shots, personally, I'm using a Glock model 40 (6" barrel) in 10mm which will finish game humanely and in my case is a heck of a lot easier to use if I'm attacked by my 'neighbors' dogs (suspected meth cooks and marijuana growers using ill tempered dogs to complicate law enforcement discovery in the country).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Post, post: 2247759, member: 8907"] [B]Europe based[/B], super and subsonic, and a bolt action rifle with a 14~16 inch barrel is a really difficult combination for a practical cartridge given the extremes of super and sub sonic. It needs to be effective at 400 meters so that helps but a Russian Boar or big Bear is no slouch in the tough game department. [B]Battue rifles[/B] are more common in the EU and I see them in calibers like 375H&H for Russian Boar as one point of reference. For the [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]'finishing shot' around your dogs[/COLOR], I would personally use a 9mm pistol with a 147gr FMJ. It will suppress well and fairly easily and has enough mass and toughness to punch through and break a spine, take a head shot to scramble the brains, etc. In my case, in somewhat similar conditions, I use an auto-loading rifle in at least a 6.8SPC for feral hogs in the 100~150lb range at 200 yards max range. I'm debating moving up to a 308W/7.62x51 for a bit more smackdown with head shots. Both suppress well for supersonic rifles with a good can. For close in shots, personally, I'm using a Glock model 40 (6" barrel) in 10mm which will finish game humanely and in my case is a heck of a lot easier to use if I'm attacked by my 'neighbors' dogs (suspected meth cooks and marijuana growers using ill tempered dogs to complicate law enforcement discovery in the country). [/QUOTE]
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