A good gun for hogs?

[Natural]

I'm going hog hunting for the first time. Just wondering what gun to use.

[redsox3624]

calibers like the 45-70, 30-06, 308, 270, 280, 7mm will serve you fine.

[BareBack Jack]

Don't for get the shotgun,a 12ga with 000 buck can be devestating.

[Carpmaster]

My grandpa always swore by his 8x57 mauser on hogs, so thats my choice when i get around to going.

[JeffS]

Any good deer rifle you have will work good for hogs. I personally use a .450 Marlin. It is more gun than you need but it makes a good play toy.

I am getting ready to go, and taking my browning gold slug gun with 1oz copper solids and a 1.5-5 scope.

[Virginia7]

ORIGINAL: Natural
I'm going hog hunting for the first time. Just wondering what gun to use.

Any good deer rifle will likely do the job, from 260/6.55x55 on up, using the heavier or
better constructed bullets. I'd want 140gr. bullets or heavier.
Depending on the ranges involved a good Marlin 45-70 or 450 would do nicely, as could
a 12ga shotgun with slugs.

[New York Hunter]

Don't forget the 444 Marlin!

[jmfa1957]

It's hard to go wrong with a .30-06. The best gun to use on hogs is the one that you can place your shots with. Hogs are tough animals, and a wounded hog can run a long way. I had this happen last week when my first shot didn't go where I wanted it to.[:@] Could've been the brush, could've been the high winds, could've been the poor light, could've been me shivering, could've just been piss poor shooting on my part. Took awhile to find the hog, but thank God we did. I used a Remington 700 BDL with 165 grain handloads.

Under ideal conditions, even a small caliber bullet behind the ear will work, but I have yet to experience ideal conditions, so I leave my .243 at home when I hog hunt and take my ought six.

Next time, though, I'm going to try my 8x57 Remington Classic, and after that I'm gonna try my CZ 550 6.5x55 with 140 grain bullets. Both rifles are very accurate and have the power and penetration to do the job (assuming I do my part.)

Whichever caliber you choose, just make sure you can hit with it, and you'll do fine.

[little-d]

what guns do you have. I use a black powder rifle in 50 cal. with big bullets or bow or spear or knife with pitt bulls and plotts, i also use a 7mm and a 300 win. The only trick to killing hogs is shot placement, it takes a head,heart,or spine shot to drop them in their tracks,a lung shot will kill them but they will cover a lot of ground.