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Post by DocHolladay on Sept 25, 2008 19:15:29 GMT -6
I like them GunBlast fellas.
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Post by juliang on Sept 26, 2008 5:47:25 GMT -6
Yeah, the gunblast crew live in TN so they're bound to be good. I like his reviews
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Post by smokepolehall on Sept 26, 2008 5:49:37 GMT -6
Any of my ML's will cleanly take any Hog that ever walked, or if it wants to stand there thats fine too! ;D
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Post by juliang on Sept 27, 2008 7:04:21 GMT -6
Hogs are not well known for standing still. They also travel in groups, I'm thinking a semi-auto would be ideal medecoine for them, lever action at least. Bring 'em on, I am ready.
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Post by bubbawitha4570 on Oct 3, 2008 4:51:44 GMT -6
I watched a vid of a fellow in the south somewhere taking out hogs with a mini-14 very easily. I have my own thoughts on the perfect rifle/caliber but in ND there isn't much in the way of performing tests on wild hogs, and farmers don't care to let you get into the pen and start shooting up their money walkers.
Making the jump from deer sized bodies to a hog sized body type....well anything that you can take a large deer with, should allow you to cleanly take any normal pig. hogzilla types not alowed in this characterization....
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Post by bigblue on Oct 4, 2008 7:21:45 GMT -6
Bubba, I'd be interested to hear what your thoughts are on an ideal boar rifle. I think some of the key aspects have to be fast handling, short barrel and enough rifle to penetrate the largest boar that you can reasonably expect to encounter. As stated any rifle capable of taking large deer should suffice as long as the barrel is short enough to easily swing on moving or multiple targets in heavy brush. I would think that heavy recoil might hamper fast follow up shots. Given those parameters a lever action in .30/30, .32 or .35 sounds about right or even a bolt action with an 18" barrel in .260, 6.5x55 Swede, 7mm-08 or 7x57. As for sights I'd like to see a low fixed power 2.5, 3 or 4x or a variable with a 1.5-4.5x range. Aperture sights or ghost ring sights should also come in handy.
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Post by DocHolladay on Oct 4, 2008 21:00:43 GMT -6
How about the SBDB with some "reduced recoil" loads?? Or maybe your standard deer load?
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Post by bubbawitha4570 on Oct 12, 2008 8:03:32 GMT -6
How about the SBDB with some "reduced recoil" loads?? Or maybe your standard deer load? The SBDB would fit the bill for the easy handling and sight requirements, but would definitely make anyone not liking recoil take a bit longer to get back on target. That said, I can take it with with something in the 300gr bullet range and do a lot of playing for recoil reduction, and come out with less recoil than my Ruger bolt in .308 (perceived recoil now, as I don't have any technical calculators on this). The type of area that one decides to hunt in would do more for the choosing of rifle type for myself, as doing a bit of "open country" shooting (somewhere above 50 yards or so) I would feel very confident with any reasonably faster handling deer rifle. After shooting it, my .303 No.4 MkI would fit this bill very nicely: excellent stopping power in the cartridge for this size of critter, very proven action when in "danger", and mine just happens to have the quick handling characteristics that Big Blue wants>short barrel and "ghost ring" sights. My comments on the .223 Mini-14 as being suitable for hog hunting came from watching one being used to good results on a video. Watching this, coupled with my knowledge of what kind of hunting has been done with the Mini in my area over the past years and years. Deer hunting can be easily accomplished with this round, and I don't see why a hog wouldn't fall to it. One doesn't have to look very far for one more example of what the .223 is used for, military ammo is loaded with FMJ's and it is considered adequate for killiing human/deer/pig sized targets. Replace the FMJ with good soft points/HP's, and the effectiveness of the killing power goes up for hunting needs.
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Post by bubbawitha4570 on Oct 12, 2008 8:05:24 GMT -6
And yes, Don, my idea of the "perfect hog rifle" falls into the SBDB class. Not too much suprise in that one is there?
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Post by bigblue on Oct 12, 2008 9:09:19 GMT -6
And yes, Don, my idea of the "perfect hog rifle" falls into the SBDB class. Not too much suprise in that one is there? No surprise at all! LOL Don
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Post by bigblue on Oct 13, 2008 18:18:44 GMT -6
I think the 45/70 would probably be enough gun for those hogs, after all....that's how this little piggy went to market. Don
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Post by DocHolladay on Oct 13, 2008 22:47:10 GMT -6
WOW!!! Looks like 3 shots.
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Post by bubbawitha4570 on Oct 15, 2008 19:49:35 GMT -6
How about the SBDB with some "reduced recoil" loads?? Or maybe your standard deer load? In all actuality, my deer hunting loads ARE reduced loads. They are a couple of grains below book and STILL don't stop in any of the deer that I've hit with them.
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Post by bigblue on Oct 16, 2008 19:17:29 GMT -6
How about the SBDB with some "reduced recoil" loads?? Or maybe your standard deer load? In all actuality, my deer hunting loads ARE reduced loads. They are a couple of grains below book and STILL don't stop in any of the deer that I've hit with them. I have one light 45/70 load that groups real good using 300gr. JHP with bullets just chuggin' along at about 1420FPS. I know from a handgun in .44mag. that would be considered more than good deer medicine. Don
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