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Forum: Guns

04-03-2009, 10:28 AM

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.40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

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Posted By MM4L

RE: .40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

I respect your opinion.

That said, the 47th edition of the Lyman Reloading Handbook lists "optimum game weight" (OGW) for a standard 180 gr. solid base ballistic tip partition-type .308 round at...

Forum: Guns

04-03-2009, 08:08 AM

Replies: 23

.40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

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Posted By MM4L

RE: .40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

Again, you missed my point. A 30 cal. ball round that overpenetrates is not delivering it's full punch.. the energy is going THROUGH the target and out to whatever it hits beyond the target. The...

Forum: Guns

04-03-2009, 07:08 AM

Replies: 23

.40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

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Posted By MM4L

RE: .40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

No, I am not joking. I have seen plenty of .308's go through and through a hog and require extensive tracking, sometimes to no avail. Whereas a hollowpoint .40 S&W not only delivers the full kinetic...

Forum: Guns

04-02-2009, 03:54 PM

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.40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

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Posted By MM4L

RE: .40 caliber carbine for HOG HUNTING.

I have a Ruger PC-4 carbine and it takes boar all the time, big (250#) and small (75#). I have taken them at 20 to 80 yards. I also hunt with a group of cops that routinely take coastal deer and...

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