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I bought a Merkel SR 1 .30-06 for Florida pig hunting!

Yes, the boring .270 is pretty effective. Sako Model 75 Hunter Stainless.

My wife breaking in my dedicated hog rifle! .223. 1/7 twist daniel defense. 75 bthp

Good work on those hogs!

Man tons of cool guns in this thread. The Ruger GSR would be neat as would an AR of some sort.

A Tikka in 308 with a 2x7 or 3x9 would be hard to argue against for practicality IMO

Forgot to state that the Bushy Firefly gets a big thumbs up.

That 400 Whelen has poked 5 pigs and two were with an illuminated Firefly.

Here's one of those in the "Ain't getting it in the truck" category. Sorry about the way it's posted. I can't figure out to post it as a picture from this machine.

Didn't shoot it with the M94 I'm holding. That was just in case he wasn't really, really dead when I got right up on him. Shot him at a tad over 200 yards with a cheap truck gun (.30-06, Rem 180 gr. Core-locks).

A Merkel for pig hunting. Hy daddy! I am your long lost son. Can I have a Merkel too?

Hey...I know that hog.

You'll shoot your eye out!

Last time I was in Texas I used a 356 Win with the 220 Speer and hammered a hog. Next time this will get the nod.

My dedicated wild boar rifle: Ruger SS Hawkeye Compact Magnum chambered in 338 RCM, housed in a McMillan Sako Classic, a lit S&B Zenith 1.5-6x42 sitting on top, pushing 185 TTSX's or GMX's out of a 20" tube.

A 308 does kill hogs just fine, though. Of course, it kills most things just fine.

243 doesn't do too badly, neither.

Let's see,

Since you asked,

Just fer [bleep] n giggles,

nope,

I may be married to one woman,

but I'll be darned if I'll be married to one rifle........




Sako Riihimaki, 222 Rem.



Weatherby Accumark, 240 Weatherby




Sako 75, Varmint, 260 Rem.



Cooper Model 22, Montana Varminter, 6.5 x 284




Remington 700 C Grade, 270 Win.



Merkel k1 Jagd Stutzen, 7mm-08


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Browning Micro Medallion, 7mm-08

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Sako l61r, 7 mag.


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Weatherby Super Varmintmaster, 308 Win


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Remington 700 KS, 300 H&H

Remington 700 Sendero, 338 RUM




Custom Mauser 98, 35 Whelen




Merkel K1 Stalker, 9.3 x74r


But if I ever did,
it would probably be this Nosler Custom Sporter in 325 WSM







Best,

GWB

Summary. Most any caliber will kill pigs. When I was a kid, the first cold spell, preferabally with an ice storm - or so it seemed, was hog killing time. Dad would shoot them between the eyes with a .22 Short (cheaper than LR) and the process began.

A couple of years ago, a bunch of farmers and ranchers hired an exterminator to thin their population. The tools were a helicopter and a shooter with an AR .223. They got many dozens in one day.

One of my frugal friends hunts with a WWII Ariska 7.7 whatever with a 50 year old Weaver. He has killed dozens of pigs over the years.

IIRC, I have only killed pigs with a .223 TC, 30-06 , & .338-06, (both BARs ). I'm surprised that more do not prefer semi-auto especially BAR and Remington. I never had a 742 that I considered accurate, but had more than one 760 pump that drove tacks. I do not recall anyone mentioning the pump actions. The short barrel model would do nicely.

One poster suggested no dedicated pig gun, just use what you got. Basically that is what my pig and coyote gun is. Whatever I have that day. For Dad, it would have been a 336 in .30-30. That and a .22 was all he ever had in the way of rifles. That's OK, because most anything will work if the bullet is directed to the right spot. For eradication purposes, a wound is just about as good as a kill. When a wounded hog lies down, his cannibalistic friends will have him for dinner. Jack

Just got this thing rigged out! It's a very long 300 win tikka. Ready to domino a few hogs with her. I bought it to hunt nilgai with it, but its going to draw swine blood pretty quick!


Its amazing how these things shoot even with a 2# weight on the end of it, but around the new year it will have a 1# titanium weight on the end of it.
Five quick shots with a suppressor leaves the barrel pretty warm in the 90 degree heat!

Dang, GW; you have one for every day of the month! That .325 makes a pretty impressive exit. Thanks for the pics.

My go to load in the 325 WSM is rather mild. I load 180 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tips over 62.5 gr. of W-760 for a muzzle velocity of +/- 2,850 FPS. For making meat,I prefer muzzle velocities +/- 2,800 fps or less. On hogs my preferred shot is one that is about two inches below the ear, on an imaginary line between the ear and shoulder. If done correctly, they drop and paddle and no tracking. As most of the hogs I shoot are at dark-thirty, I like the no tracking aspect.





That shot severs the spine and don't waste much meat.


However as they are constantly moving, sometimes POI ain't always where your plan.

Here's one that between the time my brain said squeeze and my finger did, this guy moved almost a foot.


entrance


exit.

This one I had to track. All in all, not too much meat damage.

Best,

GWB