JMO. . . .but. . .I have a Browny lever action in a .357, it is great for short range pig hunting. Picked it up last year and have now taken 7 or 8 pigs with it, mostly under 30 yards. Biggest pig was not a monster though maybe 150lbs. Look at the ballistics charts, even the lowly .357 through a long barrel, compared to a pistol, does quite well out to 100 yards or so, not sure I would go past 50.