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02-16-2019, 06:21 PM
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Hog Hunting Rifle Choice
From my research and by nature of these critters, it seems quick follow up shots capitalize on your opportunities when hunting wild hogs. I am curious what seasoned hog hunters would use for caliber and rifle selection to maximize the harvest opportunity of pigs when a large collection of them presents itself.
I am thinking semi-automatic with enough to get the job done but manageable recoil to keep you on target and minimize muzzle jump allowing you to harvest multiple animals in a shoot.
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02-16-2019, 06:26 PM
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Double post....rookie mistake!
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02-16-2019, 06:27 PM
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I would think an AR in 50 Beuwolf would be dandy, and probably no need for a follow up shot...even 300 Blackout. If one were being serious about it. I'd love to try hogs with my Colt Anaconda Hunter, but apparently that is far too terrifying to be permitted....
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02-16-2019, 06:52 PM
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The 300 blackout makes sense for this.
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02-16-2019, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Badone20
The 300 blackout makes sense for this.
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And, it's cool....
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02-16-2019, 07:07 PM
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Watch the program Wild Boar Fever, and see what the pros use. They kill a lot of hogs in a short time, and they use bolt action rifles.
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02-16-2019, 07:28 PM
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Where are you hunting them at and what style of hunting? I killed one that was around 300 lbs with a 220 Swift hunting from a blind where I had a solid test and time to set up. For spot and stalk in the thick stuff, I would probably take my Winchester lever action 30-30 with a ghost ring sight. Unless your hunting at night or have a crew driving them past you, I think multiple shots at multiple pigs is unlikely. Dick 284’s Mennonite machine gun would be the ticket if you did get into a bunch of them. My girls each shot one with a 257 Roberts last week. It penetrated the shoulder of a 150lb boar no problem.
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02-16-2019, 08:50 PM
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A lot of folk down south use an AR platform in .223 or 6.8spc. If I had a trip planned I’d take my AR and probably build one in 6.8 to use with my suppressor. I’d also take my 35 Remington!
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02-16-2019, 09:37 PM
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Merkel Helix rifles seem to be the choice of some serious hog hunters in other countries. They have a straight pull bolt.
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02-16-2019, 10:17 PM
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Rifle of choice
Blaser R8
Way faster than any traditional bolt gun. Straight- pull guns rock!
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02-16-2019, 11:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by oldgutpile
Blaser R8
Way faster than any traditional bolt gun. Straight- pull guns rock!
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Gotta agree with that one. The Italians like 30-39 levers too
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02-17-2019, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by NCC
Where are you hunting them at and what style of hunting? I killed one that was around 300 lbs with a 220 Swift hunting from a blind where I had a solid test and time to set up. For spot and stalk in the thick stuff, I would probably take my Winchester lever action 30-30 with a ghost ring sight. Unless your hunting at night or have a crew driving them past you, I think multiple shots at multiple pigs is unlikely. Dick 284’s Mennonite machine gun would be the ticket if you did get into a bunch of them. My girls each shot one with a 257 Roberts last week. It penetrated the shoulder of a 150lb boar no problem.
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Hunting farmland and posting where they are coming out to feed. Group of at least 30 or so come out in the evenings. I have a 25.06 or a 300wm i can use but both are bolt guns. So was thinking of a semi to maximize my opportunities in these types of situations where the possibility is there for multiple targets.
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02-17-2019, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Badone20
Hunting farmland and posting where they are coming out to feed. Group of at least 30 or so come out in the evenings. I have a 25.06 or a 300wm i can use but both are bolt guns. So was thinking of a semi to maximize my opportunities in these types of situations where the possibility is there for multiple targets.
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If you keep the rifle shouldered, and cycle the action as you swing from target to target, you will be able to kill multiple animals with a bolt action. And you can use a magazine with as many rounds as you choose with a bolt action.
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02-18-2019, 04:09 PM
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Winchester/Marlin 30/30 would do just fine...or an SKS.......
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02-18-2019, 05:12 PM
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BCL102 in 308 or any other 308 variant. Quick follow up shoots and pretty darn accurate to 450yrds
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02-20-2019, 10:24 AM
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Where are you planning on doing your hog hunting?
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02-20-2019, 10:48 AM
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Bolt or lever should be fine. After the first shot they will scatter fast and are low to the ground. Unless you get them crossing in front of you, one or two good shots are all that will be likely.
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02-20-2019, 12:18 PM
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If I was going to my safe it would be Winchester 100, Finnwolf or Winchester/Marlin 30-30. So basically what everyone else is saying semi or lever
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02-20-2019, 12:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Bullets
Merkel Helix rifles seem to be the choice of some serious hog hunters in other countries. They have a straight pull bolt.
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+1 on a Merkel Helix straight pull over any other straight pull like a Blaser R8.
You get more rounds in a magazine than the Blaser, and the magazines are inexpensive enough to carry 4 of them in your pocket, vs the $500 trigger assembly/magazine in the Blaser.
Boar hunting is the only hunt that an R8 isn't the perfect rifle for.
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02-20-2019, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Atlas12
+1 on a Merkel Helix straight pull over any other straight pull like a Blaser R8.
You get more rounds in a magazine than the Blaser, and the magazines are inexpensive enough to carry 4 of them in your pocket, vs the $500 trigger assembly/magazine in the Blaser.
Boar hunting is the only hunt that an R8 isn't the perfect rifle for.
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And yet some of the most well known driven hog hunters don't use straight pull actions at all, they use Sauer rifles with conventional bolt actions. And if you watch the best of them in action, a regular bolt action doesn't appear to be a handicap.
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02-25-2019, 01:09 PM
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Any deer rifle will do fine
Good chance to pull out your old Lee Enfield, too.
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02-25-2019, 03:19 PM
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And yet some of the most well known driven hog hunters don't use straight pull actions at all, they use Sauer rifles with conventional bolt actions. And if you watch the best of them in action, a regular bolt action doesn't appear to be a handicap.
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Not a handicap wutsoever....long before Wild Boar Fever was hatched there was a vid on youtube(somewhere in Europe) and this guy was a killing machine with a bolt rifle,just folding up broadside running hogs left,right and center one after another,one helluva good shot with rifle,most guys wouldn’t have that kind of hit percentage with a shotgun,lol
This guy was like running rifle shot Level EXPERT...WOW...pretty impressive!!😎
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02-25-2019, 03:22 PM
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I'd think that in close range, a 357 mag lever carbine would be great.
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02-25-2019, 03:52 PM
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Who is the member here that has the sig line that reads something like “back in the day before we became so affluent that we have a different rifle/caliber for everything we might hunt.....”??
I wouldn’t concern myself with a specialty rifle for hog hunting...just grab your favorite fast handling deer rifle,the one that you’ve shot dozens of bush deer with over decades of hunting and have at’er.
For me that’s be my ol Rem 760 30-06 topped with 1.5-4.5x Elite 3200 and my 2 spare mags for it....or as somebody posted here earlier the ol Mennonite machine gun,lol
I’d pity the herd of hogs that crosses my path toting that rifle ,there’d be some pile of bacon hitting the dirt. 😝
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02-25-2019, 04:08 PM
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02-25-2019, 06:12 PM
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223 works lol
Headshot and drop
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02-26-2019, 09:00 AM
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45-70 with 300 grain power shocks work well.
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02-26-2019, 09:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badone20
From my research and by nature of these critters, it seems quick follow up shots capitalize on your opportunities when hunting wild hogs. I am curious what seasoned hog hunters would use for caliber and rifle selection to maximize the harvest opportunity of pigs when a large collection of them presents itself.
I am thinking semi-automatic with enough to get the job done but manageable recoil to keep you on target and minimize muzzle jump allowing you to harvest multiple animals in a shoot.
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If you talk to someone with actual first hand knowledge, I bet they will tell you to use what you shoot the best with. For me its a lever or most likely a semi.
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02-26-2019, 10:21 AM
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SKS with hunting loads would probably work pretty good.
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02-26-2019, 10:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by West O'5
Not a handicap wutsoever....long before Wild Boar Fever was hatched there was a vid on youtube(somewhere in Europe) and this guy was a killing machine with a bolt rifle,just folding up broadside running hogs left,right and center one after another,one helluva good shot with rifle,most guys wouldn’t have that kind of hit percentage with a shotgun,lol
This guy was like running rifle shot Level EXPERT...WOW...pretty impressive!!😎
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I think that guy was a Sauer Factory Team shooter. Looked like the Sauer 202 he was shooting. Amazing !!
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