your rifle will do awsome for hogs. if you can hit the hog anywhere with that rifle, chances are you will have a deadhog.i use my.300RUM for pig hunts during day light hours and i haven't had one get away yet. i shot a 250 lb sow in the ham and she didn't run, granted the shot didn't kill her butshe sat there where i shot her until i could put the fatal bullet in her. i love my .300rum!!