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Quite effective on kudu also if the shot was well placed.

Probably the same thing as spurred the similar threads I see on lots of other forums:
* "Is .44mag enough for hogs?"
* "Is 45-70 effective on pigs?"
* "270 enough 'knock down' for hogs?"
* "Is the 30-06 a hog gun?"

Ad Nauseam... I blame that show "HOGS GONE WILD" on the Discovery channel, depicting pigs with glowing red eyes, chasing lone 70lb yearlings with a pack of Great Danes, and acting like (word for word) "80lb monster" piglets are a genuine threat to human life.

My wife raised pigs most of her life. She gets mad when those people open their mouths.

Come on now Mable, cut them boys some slack. Would they sell any advertising or get anybody to watch their show if they just pointed and said," looke there, it's another durned hog."

BCR

It's enough. This is a friend and these are only a few of his kills in June, 2011.....all with a DPMS 308. He's killed bigger with the 308...these are just the most recent examples. The peanut farmers and those with wheat in the field thank him.

Don't listen to those guys. You need a 416 Rigby, or a Lott or 404. Maybe not for the pigs, but as good an excuse as any.

I hunted hogs in Calif. for at least three decades, and saw them taken with just about every cartridge you can imagine. As always, it's not the size of the hole that matters that much -- it's where it's located. The 308 is MORE than sufficient for the purpose if you place the shot where it's supposed to go.

PM me if you're going to hunt in a lead-free zone. I'll share some pertinent info.

I've killed several truck loads with an AR-15 .223 and a .22-250. I have filled a couple more trucks with a 12 gauge shotgun from a helicopter and a bunch more with 7mm-08 from the ground. They are super easy to kill. I love how they "paddle" no matter where you hit them or what you hit them with The only time I have had issues killing pigs is when they are over 300 lbs. and I was shooting the AR-15 .223. Those bullets just don't seem to do much to them. They took a LOT of killing Flinch

Heaven,
I certainly hope you requisitioned those pics through proper channels!!!

I have found some hogs to be pretty tough animals. If you wound one, he might run off or he might get pissed and come at you. I prefer the traditional "deer" calibers and the bigger the better.

Pretty much says it all.

You mean you recycle?

I walked up on a bedded hog once. If he'd had a mind to get me I'd have been got. Don't know which of the two of us were more scared. He squealed loud & I was speechless. My 45 Super was holstered up. Don't think it would have done me a bit of good as I had a rifle in one hand and shooting stix in the other.

I learned a lesson that day.

Bullet MAKE, not the same bullet.

Look a 308 is plenty for most things on the planet, pigs in California being one Taliban in Afghanistan another. Its all about sticking the right bullet in the proper place. Just know were the enards of the pig are, and you should have no problem even with California pork.

...and if it's NOT enough bullet, just shoot them several times

Dave.......You really might try posing with pouty lips or a mean scowl next time instead of that same old schitt-eatin' grin!

This one weren't little. I burned about a grain of powder for about every 15# of hog.

I've used a variety of cartridges on pigs and think a 308 loaded with 150gn pills is perfect in most situations.














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A .308 seems a little light for Cali hogs.

I'd go .309, myself.

OMG! Reminds me of my FAVORITE movie quote:

130 ttsx @ 3100+ outta a 308 is good medicine