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This little bolt 223 is awesome for dispatching piggies. A 62 grain Bear claw will slay them quickly ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/XqyqFjCR/IMG-5571.jpg) I think I bought it from Chlinstructor
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A 358 will certainly do the trick ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/9fdZsBg4/IMG-9688.jpg)
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308 subsonic loads are fun to shoot, made a mess here. I have something I should be doing, having a hard time motivating myself this morning ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/LX07wfs1/IMG-6204.jpg)
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By the way, for a pig killer, what is the 8.6 BO? I know 8mm and 8.8 (358 or 9mm)? RZ.
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Little girls can blast them with a 223 AR ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/VNTMrLZ8/IMG-2285.jpg)
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Killed lots of hogs with .223 but they were nearly all head shots and a 6.8 SPC with a green light capable of taking hogs at 200 yds. I love big calibers like the 444 Marlin also just because of the sheer knockdown power.
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Seems like getting it bored out to .308 Win, 338 Fed, or 358 Win would be straight forward and damned effective.
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Just an opinion, would think a 6mm BR Norma would be a nice sweet spot for a custom pig rifle with low recoil and accuracy that takes a back seat to nothing at 300 yds. Plenty of punch as well.
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We don't have wild hogs in Wyoming (thankfully).
But if I were asked to make such a rifle I'd opt for an AR10 type in 358 Winchester. PacNor makes a barrel with a 1-10" twist so I'd get one from them and do my own profiling and set my gas system up for a sub-sonic load using a 270-300 grain cast bullet, powder coated. A 35 caliber bullet of a weight in that range, fired from a semi-auto suppressed rifle at about 1100 FPS would seem to be about perfect in my mind.
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Would be very tough to whoop a 16” Ruger SFAR with a light suppressor and a 10-20rnd mag of bargain 150/165 loads. My Saint Victor 16” runs a bit heavier.
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Ar15 in 223 is good for hogs but if you want something different then go bigger. 308 ammo is everywhere and will do the job on hogs. Step it up to a 358 if you want something that’s capable of killing anything in North America. I love my 358 but I reload for it and love the premium bullets I can get for it. Good luck with your decision.
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AR10 style rifle in 308 supressed.
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Don't think I would go to, to much expense for a hog gun, a .223 in a bolt gun or AR-15 will kill the hell out of Pigs, pigs are easy to kill you don't need anything special to kill pigs. Rio7 This.
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