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Pulled off a pretty good one on my way home from work today 17Rem 25gr Hornady HP Congrats on a fine shot. Myself I won't shoot a hog with anything less than a 55 grain bullet. And that placed in the neck of spinal cord. But each to his/her own. On the other hand it's a freaking hog! Kill it with a rock if that's all you've got!!!
Last edited by Filaman; 11/15/19.
What goes up must come down, what goes around comes around, there's no free lunch. Trump's comin' back, get over it!
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I echo T_Inman. The .17 at those velocities is a way bigger hammer than you would think. I too had an older BDL pressed checkered .17 with the barrel cut to 20". It still ran about 3950 with less than hot loads and killed stuff really dead.
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Oh yeah the old BDL has electrocuted the schit out of everything I’ve ever pointed it at. I have a few hundred Barnes Original .030 jacket soft points. Barnes says they never made any but I somehow ended up with them in sealed orange label boxes. Loaded up a box yesterday for my dangerous game loads. I wish they made TSXs in .172” it would be a giant killer for sure then.
My old buddy from Glenallen had killed 17 wolves and 8 bull caribou with his old BDL. He was a fan of the 25gr Hornady HP driven to about 3800fps with 3031. Hard to argue with his results but I’m a CFE223 fan.
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