I have several Win 71s--am planing on using one of the 450 Alaskan on pig in a couple of months--in CA it is varied terrain but pretty wide open in many places so using iron (peep) sights will be more challenging than my scoped .270.. Pigs have great smell but sight, not so much, so you can stalk them pretty close if they don't smell you. Clearly pigs can be brought down with much less firepower but hey, fun to shoot the big bore levers--will leave the 50 Alaskan home for the next trip. BTW--love cycling my 71s--very analagous to the pre-64 bolt--butter. marty
