Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

Hi. I have just begun hunting wold hogs. I use an '06 or .300 Win mag. I want to take my friend hunting but he a stoggy and conservative. He has no scopes on any of his rifles. Further, he only shoots single action revolvers. He doesn't want a 1911 because he doesn't trust such newfangled guns. After all, the 1911 is only about a hundred years old!! LOL.
Anyway, he wants to take his MArlin Cowby model lever action in .30 .30 out to hunt hogs. Oklahoma hogs can get up to the 450-550 lb range. Is the .30 .30 suitable for ranges at 100 yards and less? And whayt factory loads would you suggest?
okcmco

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

I've shot a bunch of hogs with an open sight lever action .357. Mind you nothing out past about 30 yards but it does just fine. Your 30/30 should do just fine. Shot placment. . . . . . . .

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

I always chamber a 150gr Silver Tip or Pointed soft Point
for my first round in the chamber. In the magazine I load
Flat Nose.

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

that'll get the job done. i shoot several hogs with a 45lc single action pistol and have yet to have one come at me after i put one of those behind it's ear

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

My favorite brush gun is a lever action Marlin 30-30 with a side mount scope and iron sights. I can use the scope for distance but open sights for up close and personal. lol

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

A single action revolver is the best gun for the first six shots. Ain't nothin' more reliable.

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

I have always hunted with dogs and always used a side arm. In the early days I used a S&W "Trooper".357 and then started using a Ruger SP100 .357.

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

The 30-30 is fine for pigs. You have to remember that for years and years and years people have killed pigs with knives, arrows, and smaller less powerful rounds than the 30-30. You can get a good variety of excellent hunting bullets, and inside 100 yards, any of them will cleanly take almost any North American from wood chucks to moose.

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

I shot my first hog(175lbs) with a Marlin 336W 30-30 loaded with remington corelocks(around 150ish grains cant remember) a single shot right behind the shoulder at about 75yards and he dropped like a ton of bricks

RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
 

Ive taken many hogs with a 30-30 out to 150 yards. It will work fine. I have also shot many with my 1911 45 acp. I have a special hog round for my 45 though. My favorite method for hogs is a bow, but I have shot them with 300 wby, 22-250, 30-06, 25 06, 30-30, 300 wsm, 243, and 223. Pistols; 44 mag, 357, colt 45, 45 acp, 454 casul, and 38 special. All took the hogs with no problem when used at the approriate range and proper shot placement.