I got a whopper of a hog this morning at the Texana. He weighed 225 lbs. 94 yard shot with my FA 475. He dropped in his tracks. The shot was high enough to interfere with his spine.



He stretched the width of the truck bed.

Congrats Gary!! What a nice porker.....great shot too. That sucker is as long as the truck is wide. I betcha he had a little odor about him.

Y'all make me jealous with all this success. Seems like me and my shootin' irons got some bad charma or something......not much in the way of animals around us so far....

Anyway, glad you had a great hunt, you deserve it.

Gary, He`s a classic lookin boar....Look at the size of his shoulder.You handgunned one nice boar. What was the load in your 475???

Way to go! That is a nice hog. Is that a hunting ranch where you took the hog?

Mike

Great boar, Gary! He's worthy of mounting on the wall. Congratulations!

i bet that was a nice hunt. good lookin hog. do you have them processed the same as....uh....a regular hog....lol. the meat cuts etc....

What a shot!!!! Congrats

Gary,

I think your request to get a squealer with some good chompers just got filled! Congratulations on a nice pig!

Great hog, Gary! Congrats!

Very nice hog.The truck bed picture really puts it into perspective.

I'm shooting the Speer 325 with 30.5 gr. of 296 and a Federal Magnum LP Match primer and Starline brass. He's definitely going on the wall.

I did take him on a hunting ranch but they don't have a large population of hogs because they are shot on sight for all intents. I'm actually guiding for the ranch and I was sitting in a blind photographing deer while a client was in another blind when the hogs showed up. They don't charge for hogs so that's a bonus if you're hunting with us.

Congrats on a nice hog! Sounds like I need to book a hunt...

I think you should!

great hog!

Well done, nice Boar. If you dressed the Boar out, what was the wound channel like? Did the bullet exit?

nice shooting,very nice hog!

Yuuumm! That looks like some good eating.

Congrats!
That is one big boy

The bullet didn't exit, it got caught up in the spine, and I took him whole to the taxidermist. The guy I was guiding had to leave for a business trip and I didn't have a lot of time to fool around with the pig as I had to get him squared away to catch his flight. In any case, he dropped in his tracks and fully expired within about 30-45 seconds.

thats a great boar gary

Very nice boar Gary

You just gotta love that 475. It's a great performer on game.

Great hog, That will make a fine mount!

I've really been impressed with the 475. It doesn't recoil terribly and hits very hard.

Thanks

Nice job Gary!

WOW What a hawg!!

Congrats Gary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Gary, nice hog!

Gary's 475 is a great gun with very moderate recoil for its hitting power. I've tested it so I can tell...

Put a 420 grain bullet on top of 27 grains of 296 and it will kick really hard

Actually I have and don't find the recoil to be bothersome. As others have said the recoil on a 475 seems to have more of a push, it just doesn't seem as sharp as some others I've shot.

sharp like the 454 gary . really want a 475 working on it for next year. how would u compare it to the 500 s&w mag in BFR that i have 7.5 barrel

It's like a .454 but with a heavier push -- if loaded to its potential.

thanks whit . i think the SRH is little heaver. then a FA my 500 has lot of puch but heavy revolver in bfr.

BFR's shoot great but I'm definitely not a fan of the hard kickers with the grip frame they use. I haven't shot the 500 Smith in BFR but I have shot the 500 JRH and I find it absolutely brutal with 350's running around 1500 in comparison.

I too prefer the Bisley grip frame in the heavy kickers.

yes not a good grip made yet for the bfr i put hogue grip on does not cover the back strap so use shooting gloves.