ORIGINAL: schoolcraft
Come on folks! I need some feedback here. This is where I WANT you folks to voice your opinions about your experiences.
The requirements for shooting big hogs/wild boars is entirely different from shooting deer. What becomes important is not the cartridge that launches the bullet so much as it is the construction of that bullet. You need a tough, deep-penetrating bullet for big pigs, and a lighter, more frangible one for deer, which are much more lightly constructed than pigs!
IMO, a .270, a 7mm Rem. Mag., and a .30/'06 are all more than capable of doing what you want if you choose the right bullet. But if you want to use the same bullet for both, use a Nosler Partition - a 180 grain in the '06, a 175 grain in the 7 Mag., and a 150 grain in the .270. There are bullets in all three calibers that will drop deer SOONER, but none that will do for tough and fragile game bothas well as the Nosler Partition. The Barnes X's are great for deep penetration, but a little on the tough side for fast kills on small deer.......