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I have also killed hogs with several different calibers from the .22LR to the .338 win mag and on up to the .458 Win mag. However, my favorite hog killing caliber and rifle are in fact the Triple 4 Marlin 1895 model.
Yes, a .444 Marlin with a 265 grain Leverevolution bullet that will be good out to 200 yards. A lever gun is fast shouldering and that .444 makes a nice big hole putting a healthy amount of lead into the target. I have also used .325 grain hardcast bullets with a large metplate, they will travel from bow to stern on any hog.
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if i ever get to go on a hog hunt like i want to i will use my .300 ultra mag with handloaded 200gr accubonds, but thats just me and since i already have the ultra mag sitting here why not? thats what i use most of the time.
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I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
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I agree with bear, hogs are not all that tough, if hit in the right place. Go to http://www.texasboars.com/ and explore. I am not a fan of the smaller calibers ie 243 and down for hogs or deer for that matter, but in the right hands taking the right shots they are ok. I just think the 6.5s and up offer a little more assurance. Remember a pigs 'vitals' are much lower and forward of a deer's. if you can imagine a 1/2 gallon milk jug on it's side half way down the hog side. The back end needs to line up with the middle of the shoulder and it needs to go forward to a few inches behind and below the ear. I hope that this makes sense. Just remember shoot them lower and forward to where you would shoot a deer. My choice is a 7x57 using 150gns. capt david
"It's not how hard you hit 'em, it's where you hit 'em." The 30-06 will, with the right bullet, successfully take any game animal in North America up to 300yds.
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i've killed hogs with 243, 270win, 30-30, 308, and 30-06 (and some caught in traps with .22 lr and .22 mag). about any centerfire will work, just hit em' right. good luck on your hunt.
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No matter what you hear on the Internet hogs aren't that hard to kill . Agreed! As has been stated, use the gun and caliber that you shoot best. SHOT PLACEMENT IS EVERYTHING.
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anything that holds lots of rounds of ammo and that shoots fast... Just remember to kill every one of the damned things you see.
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I just remembered this thread. As close to scientific as you're likely to get in this area of study. FC
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In my teens back in the 60's i worked at a packing plant and did the killing . I used a single shot 22 rifle with 22 shorts and killed a bunch of Hogs that weight 400 lbs plus and they dropped right there with one shot between the eyes. Bullet placement is the key more than the cal used.
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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going to use the AR in the morning for hogs and deer.will report back tomorrow evening.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
Roger V Hunter
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A Ruger Deerfield .44 carbine with a reflex type sight would be my dream hog gun. Wife took one of those with a 1.5-4.5 scope to Caryona 4 or 5 years ago on a NRA Women hunt. She shot a 300 pounder in the shoulder with a 270 Gold Dot and it dropped. Said the guide was quite surprised; both with the rifle and with her shot.
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i didn't shoot anything with the 223. my brother shot a hog with his 30-30 but it ran off. poor shot placement the hog was running and he's not the best shot to begin with.
God bless Texas-----------------------
Old 300
I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
Roger V Hunter
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Just about everything is a hog cartridge as long as you use a sensible bullet choice. I have killed them with most cartridges between .223 to .460 Weatherby. All worked.
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A leveraction marlin in 30-30, 44mg, 45lc, 35rem, 444, 45/70, 450m, 308/338mx. A good peep/ghost ring or low powered scope. Good bullets, good placement, good pork to eat!
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Capt David said it right....lower and more forward than a deer if you cant shootem in the head.
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I opt for the same thing I use to shoot everything else with in short range close cover situations.
35 Whelen, 2X scope, 250 gr. CoreLokts. (Ruger 77)
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anything from 223 rem to 45-70
personally I have used my 250 Savage model 99. light, fast, short, open sites. fast on target.
1. I now see the wisdom and merits of much older generations.
2. Technology makes things cheaper, easier, and less labor intensive, but not necessarily better.
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Any of the below should be sufficient.... Why use a marginal cartridge? Mr Browning's big 50 is the way to go...
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I would use a 458 Win Mag with a 1x4 Leupy on it. Probably pushing a 450gr Barns 
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