I worked there in 2000-2001, for eight months, in central Italy. I managed to join up with a hunt club outside Riete, and hunted wild boar with them for 12 weekends in a row, killing 63 pigs total. I borrowed their firearms to use, as it was too much hassle to take my own. By far, the most common guns used were Browning BAR's in either 30-06 or 300 win, for the guys that could afford them. The best hunter in the group had a H&K in .308 and was VERY deadly with it. The guys that couldn't afford multiple guns tended to settle on double barrel shotguns, shooting slugs....they frowned on buckshot, as it tended to wound so many pigs. The gun they gave me to use was a Winchester 94 big bore in .375 win, of all things. Being from western U.S., they offered me the "John Wayne" rifle, as they called it. The crazy thing was ammo was available for it, at all ammo stores! I don't recall many euro "mm" calibers...mostly 30 calibers from the states. Andy#3
