ballistic tip bullets
 

Has anyone ever used ballistic tip bullets to harvest a hog? How efficent was the kill? Did the bullet have good penetration and expansionor did it blow up on the shoulder plate of the hog. I'm considering loading up some 358 cal, 225gr Noslers to around 2700fps. Thought this might do the job.

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Partner, most of us either kill them with a sharp stick at 30-40 yds, withcalibers from .17HMRto .30-30,with a side arm at 3-4 ft or at the throat with a knife when using dogs. Most on here are hog hunters not hog shooters at long range......

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Do you know anyone in South Louisiana who goes after them with dogs and knife? I have been trying to hook up with someone who does this for a long time. If you can help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

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I shot one hog with a .308 using a 150 gr Winchester Ballistic tip round at 75 yards. It went in one side of the chest breaking two ribs and exited the other side taking out two or three ribs. The hog ran 30 yards and piled up. After gutting him and seeing the damage(little) it did, i switched back to cheap old Federal 150gr soft points, which at the time were $11 a box. I shot 7 more hogs that year using the soft points and never had one run more than 15-20 yards. I found that the ear hole shot does wonders and drops them down to do the dirt dance on the spot.

Would i recommend Ballistic tips - No - why pay that much for bullets.Save your self some cash.

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I have always shot nothing but ballistic tips-never lost any animal,almost all have dropped straight to the ground.
But now I have switched to the Accubond.

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dead is dead, why try to improve on something that has worked for you? it's more important on how well your rifle shoots different bullets than the extra couple of yards it ran after the shot.

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Dead is dead.I switched due to penetration.Also because the 140 gr accubond has the same BC as the 150 gr.I reload so its easy for me to build them the way I like them.

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According to some ballistic tips "blow up" at high velocity and should only bu used on thins skin game, such as pronghorn and whitetail. You should have no problems withthat heavy bullet.

That said I personally use the ballistic tips out of my 308 in 150 grain and as a rule dont recover the bullet.Theyusuallypass right through shoulders and all. Taken deer and pigs. I was hunting with my brother in law when he took a 150lb sow at 455 yards using his 270 wsm with 140 grain ballistic tips. Passed through both shoulders, dropped on the spot. Range verified by the farmer who counted irrigation pipe segments between the shot and the pig......

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I've used nosler BST 150 grains on smaller hogs (100-120lbs) without any problems. For larger hogs I use hornady's Interbond 150 grains. The BST is a good bullet but not for 200lbs or even biggerhogs.

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What Dixie Hog said.They are hogs, not rhinos. I've shot hogs with .22 rimfirethrough .30-06.Theydie quickly when hit right: If not hit right youwill likely never see them again.Sawa big boar run off and not be recoveredafter a guy with a .300magnum shot it twice with someones 180 grain "premium" bullet.

The vast majority ofmy hogsare killed with a cheap old CVA .50 muzzleloader and .44 cal. 240 grain Hornady XTP bullets.Had one hog go over 60 yards. That hog wasgutshot at a distance of 120 yards withmy muzzleloader.Found it standing on top the hill one quarter mile away. It got down the backside of the hill about 75 yards before I was able to get a shot and kill it. No bulletwill turn a gut shot into a bang flop every time.

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As mentioned above, any bullet can kill a hog but after seeing hundreds of hogs shot with every conceivable caliber and bullet type, the ballistic tip is the least reliable. It will blow up on the shield of a big euro boar a majority of the shots. If you're just after ferals with that large caliber, it should work most of time.

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My attitude about hogs is different than many people who view them as "trophy animals". I am a grass farmer which I feed to my cows, but the hogs seem to enjoy rooting up my pastures. Therefore, they are nuisance animals, and I want them ALL dead. I don't care how they die or where they die as long as they die.

I like ballistic tips for hogs because they do "explode" on impact but penetrate enough to do lethal internal damage. They run off and die, and I don't have to dispose of them. This may sound cruel, but with farm diesel at $4.45/gallon, I don't have the time or the money to keep repairing my fields.

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I have shot god knows how many hogs with my 30-06. I use Hornady 165 grain SST bullets. I have shot them up to 200+ pounds. I have NEVER not had one penetrate the animal and utterly destroy whatever was on the other side. I am sorry but these bullets just are not stopped by a shoulder blade or a shield. I just have not seen it yet. Maybe if you are using a .17HMR round but any larger size caliber just knocks the crap out of them. People make hogs sound like main line battle tanks and they just arent that damn tough.

retrieverman I too shoot them out of the rye grass field cause they screw them up and we have to replant. I wish they would run on out but we have to go get the gator and drag them out.