Cast Boolit Hog Cartridge List

[Armorer]

are these small pigs or neck shots i've read the .223 was not enuff gun for larger pigs , what is your point of aim with lighter , smaller boolits i want to pig hunt , not good enuff with my 454 casull and my surplus rifles are too dang heavy , i want a quick follow up but that would be my unissued sks yugo , maybe i could trade it off for a nice russian sks , o that is another post

Bob, It's been my experience that pigs are not anywhere near as hard to kill as the TV would have you believe. My 7 year old nephew just killed one late last summer with his daddy's AR-15 with cheap FMJs. I have seen, not just heard of, hogs taken with handguns, rifles, and shotguns running the range from .22LR, to 9mm pistol, to 12 gauge. I think like anything else, shot placement is more critical than anything. I have shot them in textbook heart-lung shots and they ran 50 yards or more. And I have shot them in the head from 100yds and they dropped like a sack of taters.

Armorer

[Armorer]

This past deer season, took one with my Mauser in .308 with a 311165 RFHP. He was too big to eat. Made nice coyote bait for my Mrs and her .243 though.

[hicard]

The one in my avatar is with a 444 got a couple with a 45-70 (with one shot), 35 whelen, 358 win, 35 Rem, 458 socom, 00 buck and a 9mm used to dispatch a wounded charging hog,

[cbrick]

My last piggie fell to a 7 1/2 inch OMSBH in 44 mag with the RCBS 300 gr HP'd by Erik. On the same hunt Glen Fryxell took one with a 40-50 Sharps Straight in a 10" T/C Contender using an Erik modified to HP Ideal #403149.

Rick

[reloader28]

I've only killed one. On a paid hunt in Idaho.
30-30 with a (gasp) j-word before I started casting.

[Milsurp Junkie]

7.62x54r using Lyman #314299 sized and gas check seated w/ Lee .314" sizer. I believe the load was 28 grains H4895. Accuracy was nothing to write home about (barrel slugs out to .313"), but it did the job.

[BPCR Bill]

Feral pigs have moved from northern California up into Oregon finally. I should go to the state and see if they have any plans for letting the good citizens try and control them. Like the good liberals they are, they will probably let the situation get to crisis proportions before they allow any hunting. Might point out that hunting them here will be real tough with the heavy brush.

[pmer]

5, 200 LB feeder pigs with a 22 LR rifle. Right in the middle tween the eyes and ears...up close.

338-06 for a neighbors oinker that got out and couldn't be caught. 225 Barnes X just smeared him. His nose was on the ground and the bullet went in between the eyes, out the neck and it almost severd its right front leg, save for a peice of skin.

[Gee_Wizz01]

I killed one with my Colt Govt model and an old Ohaus 452-189 button nose wadcutter. The hog weighed about 95lbs.

G

[Gundawg]

Linebaugh .38-40 sixgun w/ a 200gr LFNGC. Thumped her good. Update: I did not mention I have taken them with a .480 ruger, a .475Linbaugh, and a .410GNR as well.

[woody1]

Feral pigs have moved from northern California up into Oregon finally. I should go to the state and see if they have any plans for letting the good citizens try and control them. Like the good liberals they are, they will probably let the situation get to crisis proportions before they allow any hunting. Might point out that hunting them here will be real tough with the heavy brush.

If you care to check it out you'll find there's basically no restrictions on hunting feral pigs in Oregon. ODFW would rather they were all taken out!

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources...ng/small_game/

Regards, Woody

[Hickory]

.950jdj........

Jeff, I guess you can't wait for your pork sausage.
You may have to pick the bone out of your sausage.

[badbob454]

This past deer season, took one with my Mauser in .308 with a 311165 RFHP. He was too big to eat. Made nice coyote bait for my Mrs and her .243 though.

too big to eat do they get tough or musky ? and what is a good size ?

[cbrick]

too big to eat do they get tough or musky ? and what is a good size ?

My biggest pig was about 250 pounds. As it was explained to me when they get much over around 300 pounds they start to get fatty and greasy. But I cannot say that from experience, just what I was told by a long time slayer of porky's.

Rick

[TXGunNut]

too big to eat do they get tough or musky ? and what is a good size ?- badbobgerman

I make sausage out of boars starting about 150 or so because they're too tough for much else. Much over 200 and a boar can be a bit too rank to eat, biggest boar that's made it to my freezer lately was about 250 (that's 400 TV lbs ). Made a mistake processing a huge boar once, got about 200 lbs of sausage I couldn't eat. If you take a big step back when you're dressing him, keep on walking. Sows are usually better but either sex can be pretty nasty depending on diet & other factors.

[JeffinNZ]

Nah, just teasing you guys. The .950JDJ is Jim's new 'coon' rifle.

[Old Goat Keeper]

Add 2 to the list. One porkie with a Marlin in 375W...bang...flop. Second with a Marlin Cowboy rifle in 38-55...bang...flop also. First bout 150 liveweight and the second bout 90 pounds. Both excellent eating!

T-o-m

[cbrick]

Nah, just teasing you guys. The .950JDJ is Jim's new 'coon' rifle.

Wow Jeff, we need some coons up here like that, could use them to control the grizzly population.

Rick

[TXGunNut]

Nah, just teasing you guys. The .950JDJ is Jim's new 'coon' rifle.-Jeff

Need the alloy recipe....do you skim out the clips or leave them in?

[badbob454]

ill have to shoot the smaller ones for better eating i guess.. thanks, ive never shot any yet .think ill use a sks for kill shots, and a quick follow up if things get angry .. he he