Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
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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
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
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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. . . . . . . .
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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
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RE: Marlin Cowboy .30 .30 for Hogs?
ORIGINAL: Susquatch
A single action revolver is the best gun for the first six shots. Ain't nothin' more reliable.
A single action revolver is the best gun for the first six shots. Ain't nothin' more reliable.
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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.
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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
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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.