If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
#21
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Posts: 24
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
LOL @ Rebel Hog I actually have a .458 win mag , was gonna take it on my hunt but decided to step it down to my .375 h&h then found out that was till a bit much .
#22
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
ORIGINAL: royalcoke23
LOL @ Rebel Hog I actually have a .458 win mag , was gonna take it on my hunt but decided to step it down to my .375 h&h then found out that was till a bit much .
LOL @ Rebel Hog I actually have a .458 win mag , was gonna take it on my hunt but decided to step it down to my .375 h&h then found out that was till a bit much .
#23
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 59
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
Marlin Guide Gun in 45-70 works for me. Mounted some Tru-glo fiber optics on it and I've never had to shoot one twice....this gun would work nicely for black bear as well.....however, I wouldn't try using the LeveRevolution ammo in it...it's got a fairly short barrel, and the LR ammo is designed to be used with a longer tube(look at the new marlins being developed for it.....all have longer barrels than the standard 30/30's and .35's.)
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: south carolina
Posts: 133
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
i hunt with a 7 mag and early this year killed two with one shot through the head , they were lined up next to each other. i have since moved to a 30/30 . i want to avoid too much pass through for safety. i usually kill hogs around 20 yards so really a 270 or 243 to the head would work
#25
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
ORIGINAL: gunny97
i hunt with a 7 mag and early this year killed two with one shot through the head , they were lined up next to each other. i have since moved to a 30/30 . i want to avoid too much pass through for safety. i usually kill hogs around 20 yards so really a 270 or 243 to the head would work
i hunt with a 7 mag and early this year killed two with one shot through the head , they were lined up next to each other. i have since moved to a 30/30 . i want to avoid too much pass through for safety. i usually kill hogs around 20 yards so really a 270 or 243 to the head would work
#26
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 122
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
I still like using my 12 gauge shotgun...maybe because I cannot rationalize buying any of the rifles suggested. I wouldn't be able to use the rifle in illinois anyway.
#27
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
ORIGINAL: Newhunter1 at work
I still like using my 12 gauge shotgun...maybe because I cannot rationalize buying any of the rifles suggested. I wouldn't be able to use the rifle in illinois anyway.
I still like using my 12 gauge shotgun...maybe because I cannot rationalize buying any of the rifles suggested. I wouldn't be able to use the rifle in illinois anyway.
#28
RE: If you were setting up a dedicated wild boar rifle, what would it be?
Last spring I took four hogs from 160# to 320# with my 22-250. I load a 53gr. Barnes TripleShock solid copper bullet pushed with 35gr. of Varget and it knock the stuffing out of the hogs that I shot, none of them went more than 20 feet and they were all lung shots.