Boar guns
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10/29/2007 4:24 PM
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I love hunting boar. So far I`ve used the following calibers: 454...44mag...41mag...460S&W....353Casul...45 Colt. Right now a favorite for me is my FA 454 shooting Winchester`s 260gr Partition ammo or my Redhawk with a 300gr HC handload. What are some of the calibers and handguns that you guy`s have used to take boar??
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Re: Boar guns
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10/29/2007 5:15 PM
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The only pistols, I know I am almost ashamed to admit it, I have shot a pig with are a 7-30 Waters and a 270 Win. The 7-30 worked beautifully and very effectively. She shot a 139 Hornady SST with 33.3 grains of H335. The 270 shot a 130 at 2700 FPS. She took 3 pigs out of 1 pack. They dropped like rocks.
Duane
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Re: Boar guns
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10/30/2007 2:22 AM
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I have not had an opportunity to hunt pigs yet. I would not hesitate to go after them with my 7-30 Waters. Never be ashamed of that 7-30 Waters TC Man!
Last edited by pab1; 10/30/2007 2:23 AM.
Experience is the best teacher, hunger good sauce. Osborne Russell Journal of a Trapper
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10/30/2007 7:45 AM
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I've used the .41 Mag., .44 Mag., .45 Colt, .454 Casull, .475 Linebaugh, .50 AE and .500 WE. I've used a mix of Ruger SBH's, Redhawks, S&W's, T/C's and FA 83's and 97's. In the mis-spent days of my youth, I had occasion to take them on several continents with rifles too, including the .308 Win., 7 mm Rem. Mag., .300 Weatherby Mag.(long distance, in New Zealand), and .338 Win. Mag. Except for long distance shooting, which I have no use for, nothing is really any better for hogs than a .44 Magnum revolver.
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Re: Boar guns
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10/30/2007 12:11 PM
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James, I also love to hunt wild hogs. I've used, like many of you, the 41 Mag, 44 Mag, 45 Colt, and the 454 Casull in revolvers. As for a Contender the 309 JDJ, 375 Win, 375 JDJ, and the 45-70. All have worked just fine and I don't think the hogs have any preference for one over the other. I find myself picking either one of my 44 magnums or 454's along with my 309 or 375 JDJ most of time.
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who did not." Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Boar guns
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10/30/2007 4:34 PM
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clayfht......yer the only moderator that has been here for eons. whur they at?
Kentucky….no place like home.
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Re: Boar guns
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10/30/2007 6:27 PM
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Except for long distance shooting, which I have no use for, nothing is really any better for hogs than a .44 Magnum revolver. Couldn't have said it better myself.
I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a handgun today.
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Re: Boar guns
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11/01/2007 2:46 AM
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38 spc, 357 Mag, 41 mag, 7-30 Waters with handguns, Everything from a 22mag to a 45/70 with a rifle. Prolly killed more with a .223 than everthing else combined. I have an old BDL that stayed in my truck for killing vermin. If a pig showed himself within rifle range he was shot! Killed a bunch with catch dogs and a pocket knife. 10 mins from my front door I can be hunting pigs they have become a problem around here, not near as bad as they were a few years back but still trouble.
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Re: Boar guns
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11/01/2007 1:01 PM
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ClayFHT
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Can't speak for the other guys. I know Gary is pretty busy. Our deer season opens here in Texas this Saturday so I'm looking forward to sunrise Saturday.
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who did not." Thomas Jefferson
The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others. General Dwight Eisenhower
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Re: Boar guns
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11/08/2007 2:54 AM
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Only one for me so far. This past september I got my first one with a FA Mod 83 475 Lingebaugh.
I did make a follow up shot on a Russian one time with a FA 454.
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Re: Boar guns
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11/08/2007 3:16 AM
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Hey James, glad to see another Boar Huntin fanatic. I've used 44 mags, 9 mm, 40 s.w, 357 sig, and on the rifle side used .223, 338 mag,( this is a very devastating round) AS you know, boars are one of the toughest critters out there. So they deserve to be hunted by the toughest hunters out there. Take care.
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Re: Boar guns
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11/09/2007 12:40 AM
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416 Rigby - 16" with Holland Brake. 350 barnes TSX over copius amounts (105gr)H4831sc. Zips out at 2350fps; kicks worse than Bill 'Superfoot' Wallace, and barks like a really big dog!! The flame at dusk is impressive too. Sort of reminds me of a small nuclear weapon! Heck, it even shoots inside of 2" at 100yds with a 2x Leupold.
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Re: Boar guns
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11/09/2007 5:19 AM
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I've only killed one and it was with a long gun in 458Lott, he went about 750# and his big head is on my wall, my wife complains about it weekly which is better than a couple years ago when it was daily. The only reason I used so much gun was that I was after aisian water buffalo on a private ranch and the pig was a bonus. The 458 was a bruiser it dropped the bull which was over 2000# and the pig with one shot using hornady 500gr soft points. ( sounds like an encore round to me, but then Bullelk would get jealous cause mine would be bigger)
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Re: Boar guns
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11/09/2007 8:21 PM
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James I am from NJ also, Where are the boars at No, all joking aside where are you hunting these boars? I really want to go after one of these guys. Brian
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Re: Boar guns
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11/10/2007 2:40 AM
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Brian, I sent you a PM. James
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Re: Boar guns
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11/10/2007 2:52 AM
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Bullelk Hunter & Wapitirod, Know about those big long guns. Used my Ruger 416 Rigby bolt gun on a big buff. Could not imagine shooting that round from a 16" barrel. Have a Contender carbine in 45-70 that kicked my rear end. A 325lb boar is big...how much wall space does a 750lb boar take???? James
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Re: Boar guns
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11/10/2007 4:01 AM
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more than my wife approves of but not as bad as my buff.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. John Wayne-The Shootist
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Re: Boar guns
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11/10/2007 4:02 AM
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more than my wife approves of but not as bad as my buff.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. John Wayne-The Shootist
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Re: Boar guns
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11/10/2007 4:35 AM
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Mig rod, You could not have said it any better. JFJ
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Re: Boar guns
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11/12/2007 4:15 AM
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Wapitirod, Could you post a photo of your boar. James
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Re: Boar guns
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11/12/2007 4:28 AM
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I'm trying, I'm not the most computer savvy guy in the world and for some reason when I posted my gun pics it went easy but last night I tried to post pics of the buff and boar but it didn't want to upload so my wife is going to give me a hand with it. The only bad thing is the only pics I have are of the shoulder mounts, when I went to take pics during the hunt my battery in my camera was dead, I now make sure to charge it before every hunt. The only thing that helped was my boss at the time went with me and used a cam corder and though not the best quality I watch it time to time to relive the hunt.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. John Wayne-The Shootist
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Re: Boar guns
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11/12/2007 7:12 AM
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OK, I've got a pic of the boar, and buff on the bragging board as well as a couple other pics.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. John Wayne-The Shootist
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Re: Boar guns
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11/13/2007 12:26 AM
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Rod, That is one big son-of-a bitch that I would hate to meet in a dark ally!!! That`s really a big "bore" (boar). James
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Re: Boar guns
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11/13/2007 1:28 AM
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Though I've taken many boar, I just recently began to hunt them with a handgun. My first handgun hunt was filmed for an '08 episode of the Hunters, Inc TV show with Tony Pannkuk. On that hunt I used a .44 Magnum Taurus Raging Bull, shooting CorBon DPX. I now use a handload w/ a 320 grn Cast Performance bullet. Awesome bone-crushing power w/ incredible penetration! My new handgun is a T/C G2 Contender in .375 JDJ, sporting a Bushnell Elite handgun scope. It puts them down with no problem.
Gary D. Dowdy
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Re: Boar guns
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11/13/2007 1:58 AM
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All the boar hunting up in northern ca has been dead for the whole last year due to drought, hopefully when it starts raining more, because we've been having light sprinkles once every 2 weeks the last month,more feral pigs will show up,and i can bring the big smith (500) out to "try it out" on some piggy's.
I have more guns than I need, but not nearly as many as I want...
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11/13/2007 2:20 AM
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GaryDowdy
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The 500 is a real hog-stomper!
Gary D. Dowdy
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Re: Boar guns
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11/13/2007 2:21 AM
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mig rod
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375 JDJ is a serious caliber. Anything will fall like a rock if hit with this monster round. Even African elephants. Nice choice.
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Re: Boar guns
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11/13/2007 9:19 PM
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I'm a firm believer that there is a difference between "killing-power" and "stopping-power". Any animal that can potentially do harm to me, meets option 2. A .22 can kill a hog; stopping it is my goal. I've had firends cut up and one nearly died before getting evacuated. I used to hunt them with bow only and never carried a handgun for back up. That has all changed!
Being an avid shooter and handloader helped me come to the conclusion that handgun hunting is is the perfect combination of all of my interests. All of the things I love about firearms, and requiring a bow hunters skill. I love it!
Gary D. Dowdy
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