Originally Posted by Hastings
I just shot a huge Russian boar after dark tonight with a 155 scenar. 200 yards 2 and 1/2 hours after sunset using an Elusive Wildlife brand Blindsider green light. Rifle was a Weatherby Vanguard II, .30-06 caliber with about 2850 MV using a load of 56 grains of IMR 4350. This rifle doesn't open easy with higher loads. The scope is a 4X12 Leupold VX-R with lighted reticle. Everthing lined up perfect, the light was on, the hog was eating, the hold and shot were steady. Fired at mid ribs and after recovery from recoil the hog was gone. Rifle is sighted in at that distance and I can't believe it was a miss. Haven't missed one shooting from a dead rest in years. No blood, no hair, nothing. I have noticed when shooting milk jugs full of water the Scenar does not blow them up like our .270 with Winchester Power Points does. Will report back tomorrow after my son and his girlfriend and I do a search. Wasn't too interested in tracking dangerous game alone in the dark Louisiana jungle. I'm on Xarelto blood anti coagulant and could end up bleeding more than the pig.

My neighboring landowner just now reported to me that I in fact did kill this hog in question. He expired about 500 yards from point of impact after not leaving a trace of blood in the vicinity where he was shot. I held the crosshairs further back than usual on this hog due to his shoulder being behind the T-post mounted feeder. The bullet must have passed through with little to no expansion maybe behind the diaphragm. Three nights ago I shot another hog at the same place and distance. This time with a Hornady 150 grain flat base lead nosed bullet. This hog was shot low quartering away. I aimed at the back ribs with the line of bullet travel toward the off side shoulder. Still no blood at all, but dead within 40 steps. I can't disown the 155 Scenar over this but it sure does seem to not expand without meeting considerable resistance or shot at considerable velocity.

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