Thanks for the advice everyone. As noted, this will only be temporary to confirm if I like the sport of hog hunting or not, then I can buy a more appropriate weapon.

I have a friend or two that are gunsmiths, and I plan on taking both SKS and the Mini to be gone over, cleaned, and checked. At the same time, I figure it would be a good time to learn how to take them apart and clean myself. From videos, it looks like the SKS may have won the battle in this area as far as easier to do.

Either way, whichever rifle is most accurate will be my weapon of choice. I have no wants to trophy hunt or bring down a very large boar (maybe in the future). I am just looking for something more javelina size to put some meet in the freezer.

I mainly want something to keep me safe while out surveying my FILs hunting land to try and find signs of hogs. I will also have my 9mm Taurus on my side.