OK guys and gals hold on cause I have a whopper to tell!

A few weekends ago my dad and I were out riding through the country and spotted a wild boar on the opposite sideof a peanut field rooting. It was my dads turn to have the first shot so as he got his bipod set up I ranged the distance with the range finder. The range finder maxes at 600 yards and I couldn't get a reading on the range to this pig. In the middle of this peanut field there is a pivotcenter to the irregation system. I ranged to the pivot and it came up to 390 yards. Knowing the pivot is in the center of the field and the pig was on the edge opposite of us we estimated 780 yards. After adjusting his scope he took a steady aim and pulled the trigger. I was looking through the spotting scope and I saw the pig drop. He didn't kick, flinch or anything that I could see. We drove around the field and the pig was laying there. As we got out of the pickup I noticed an exit wound on the opposite side through the shoulder blade. I know he was using his 7 RUM but I'm not sure of the cartridge. We were both surprised to see that effect at that range. If I'd had a video camera I'd sent it to "The Best of the West". It was truly an awsome shot.

I guess I don't hold pigs in the same esteem level as deer and elk; so the responsibility aspect of taking a shot like this doesn't really offend me. I have fired at prairie dogs at distances where my chances of hitting them might have been only 1 in 5. Just for fun, you might return to the same spot and put up a large target over where the pig was standing. Shoot a 5 shot group from where you were from the same position. Just see how much of a "Hail Mary" this shot was . . . . .

I would like to hear the results myself.

If he was using his 7mm RUM,the i guess that would be the cartridge that he was using in his gun. I hope so. vangunsmith

I am curious. What would be an acceptable group for you 2? Not a lot of guys on here seem to be in favor of longer than usual shot.

To me the group size is not the most important factor,rather that a very,very high percentage of the shots strike a selectedtarget the size of the kill zone at whatever distance that you choose to shoot.However if the group islarger than the animals kill zone,it is obvious thatsome of the shots would not provide clean kills at that distance.I don't care how far a person shoots as long as he can consistantlyplace his shots well enough to make clean kills.

I agree with you 100%. I was just curious.

The other "issue" I would have with very long shots is the impact velocity at distance. In this case, obviously, the bullet had enough umph to kill the pig. But at impact velocities below about 2,000 fps most controlled expansion bullets give very little expansion - and they also don't seem to have the ability to create a wound channel bigger than their frontal diameter. This may not be a factor here, but is definitely something to consider . . . .