RCBS 45-300 and wild hogs....

[rickt300]

[QUOTE
I assume the 420 grainers would better suit the huge ones, but I never know their size in advance, nor from what distance I'm to shoot.

The RCBS 405's shoot into 1" at 100 yards for me using Elmers load (53 grains IMR 3031) and has NEVER failed to anchor a hog for me.[/QUOTE]

I have loaded up some of those and they seemed a bit buckish in my Marlin carbine. Shot great though.

[Bouteselle]

Howdy folks!
Yesterday it was a huge one that came out of the bush..
200 lbs, well-armed, and very thick.
I admit that I had a doubt about the ability of my bullets to make a mess on a big wild boar like that, but it was too late to think.
I fired three bullets well placed at 15 meters, but one would have sufficed. He made a few meters.
Of the three bullets, I found two. One in the boiler room, another under the skin on the opposite side, and the third went through completely.
It was the biggest I killed with the 45-70.

[HWooldridge]

Howdy folks!
Yesterday it was a huge one that came out of the bush..
200 lbs, well-armed, and very thick.
I admit that I had a doubt about the ability of my bullets to make a mess on a big wild boar like that, but it was too late to think.
I fired three bullets well placed at 15 meters, but one would have sufficed. He made a few meters.
Of the three bullets, I found two. One in the boiler room, another under the skin on the opposite side, and the third went through completely.
It was the biggest I killed with the 45-70.

That looks like one we might kill here in south Texas - bravo on your shooting skills! And the bullets behaved perfectly...

My son killed one a couple weeks ago with a 30-30 that weighed 346 lbs on the scale - after the head was removed. We think it was pushing 400 on the hoof.

[Bouteselle]

Here the biggest weigh around 250 lbs and it’s already huge. Congratulations to your son!

[Rick R]

The expression around here is “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. Looks to me like your rifle/boolit/alloy/velocity mix is just right for your intended quarry.

Congratulations!