Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game How about Mr Fugly...?

Looks like that one's got some "russian" boar traits.

Picked up a Varmint Special a few months back. Lucked into through a local online auction. Its in very lightly used condition. Under $500 after tax and fees. I could not tell if it was a heavy barrel or standard from the bad pictures and angles. Was hoping for a standard barrel contour but for the price Im happy as can be. Only shot once so far and its very promising as a accuracy goes. Its my third 222 and the only one I have at the moment. Sold a very accurate 722 a couple years back to a buddy who kept crying for me to sell it to him.
Hopefully I will find a good deal on a walking around one.
May build one on a Ruger no 1 that doesn’t get much use. Just picked up a extractor just in case

...But lets talk about the hog for a minute.

232# Covered up with Ugly. Rio7

A guy killed a boar up at the lease a few weeks back and cut out the hams and shoulders for sausage.

I hung around and watched the proceedings as all I had ever done was cut the back strap out of one little sow. The few other pigs I’ve killed were coyote food.

The “shield”, for those on here who’ve never seen it, was comprised of thick hair, thick hide and about 3/4”-1” of hard, dense, fat that went from the shoulder all the way back to the flank.
I could see where that, along with shoulder bones and muscle, could give a lightly constructed bulllet pause.

Head shots negate this, if only obviously.

I shot a big boar hog point blank with 7 1/2 high brass express in the shield, the shot and wad was stuck in the shield as one.

Nicely played......

THATS a cool lookin' hog Rio!

Here's another Ugly Pig 227# young Pig small cutters. Rio7

He DED Aspirn didn't help. Rio7

My contribution to this thread

Mas Fuglies........































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GWB

them hogs look like what we call piney woods rooters here . no tame blood in them

Some of mine from SC

Theres some fugly contenders there for sure...