Hunting Hogs

I know a well placed shot will knock down just about anything with the right ammo. I only have 3 rifles I will take on this trip and that's all, but its a blast doing it all day specially if you love it and don't have to clean them. I read a bunch on these Hogs and Monster Hogs. This is not going to be a fun trip where I get to go melt my barrel trip. I have to clean some out and everything I read it seems everyone has there own way on knocking them down, and I'm sure there all great ways I'm just looking for the the best way without getting into trouble like last time.

1. BM 59 but what type of ammo
2. M16A1 20" " " "
3 My 5.56 Shorty Carbine 52gr. GP or RP

With 5.56 I wouldn't go small bullet, but use a soft point. I've taken deer without trouble with 55 gr soft point. As for the .308 ammo, a 150gr soft point should be fine. The name brands should all be about the same.

i got a pig problem at my camp. i use nothing less then .308,
for them big pigs, i shoot them in the belly and let them run off to die in the woods.

Large boars can have a gristle plate up to 2" in thickness to protect them from another boar's tusks when fighting over females in estrus. There are a lot of anecdotal accounts of light or soft point bullets not penetrating deep enough to drop a large hog. Soft-points larger than .224 will do the trick but I'd hesitate on using .223/5.56 soft-points if you want to kill the big ones.

Go with the BM 59. The 7.62 is much better suited than 5.56 for getting in deep through tough muscle and bone.

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Originally Posted by Sapper740

Large boars can have a gristle plate up to 2" in thickness to protect them from another boar's tusks when fighting over females in estrus. There are a lot of anecdotal accounts of light or soft point bullets not penetrating deep enough to drop a large hog. Soft-points larger than .224 will do the trick but I'd hesitate on using .223/5.56 soft-points if you want to kill the big ones.

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On my way to New Orleans I stopped at a friends in Bhama. Who invited me out to a organized Hog hunt. I was only traveling with a handgun so he loaned me a AR 15. I Learned Sapper's point the hard way after the first 3 I hit with 5.56 55Gr FMJBT with the tiny hollow point bounced (or seemed to) off of them. Then realized I was hitting too high like I was Deer hunting. After placing my shots right behind or through the leg, under that shoulder blade I was good to go. Right behind the ear worked well also when given the chance. They donated that nasty pulp, loaded by tractor and hauled by trailers. As I happily drove away for New Orleans.

Be Safe Frank

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

As for the .308 ammo, a 150gr soft point should be fine. The name brands should all be about the same.

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Jim, That's good ammo hope i find some locally. I need to find some HC nasty Ammo. The Backhoe is broke so I cant get too wild like last time, they were all so mad I guess they were much more ****ed at those darn hogs. I got so lucky but that was a great idea, Thanks (I will modify them myself.

I'm using my Ruger 30 Carbine BlackHawk with Critical Defense Ammo. just have to be careful i've had shell expansion before

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Originally Posted by imntxs554

Jim, That's good ammo hope i find some locally. I need to find some HC nasty Ammo. The Backhoe is broke so I cant get too wild like last time, they were all so mad I guess they were much more ****ed at those darn hogs. I got so lucky but that was a great idea, Thanks (I will modify them myself.

I'm using my Ruger 30 Carbine BlackHawk with Critical Defense Ammo. just have to be careful i've had shell expansion before

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Whereabouts in Texas are you? I live 1/2 hr. North of Dallas but I'd sure be happy to give you a hand culling the herd, either day or night. I've got a few spare ARs if you need to borrow one.

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Originally Posted by imntxs554

(I will modify them myself.

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Are you suggesting you'll cut tips off FMJ ammo? That can result in a stuck jacket in a barrel, be aware. It's not a regular occurrence but really CAN happen. Would be disastrous...

The pigs I've shot I've used a 444 Marlin (240gn FBHP @2400fps) and a 303 (150gn FBSP @2500fps) there is no trade off with horsepower get a large boar with hard baked mud on him then the 5.56 may struggle but a 308 or 303 energy rifle will see them off.

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

a 444 Marlin

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That'll do it...

One of my older brothers carried a 444 Marlin for deer and black bear when he lived and worked on the Queen Charlotte Islands (now Haida Gwaii). It was the perfect rifle/cartridge combination for the thick Salal thickets you encounter on the West coast of B.C.

My 444 Marlin story;
When I was a farmhand up north of our state I was checking the house windmill to ensure it was pumping correctly as I had just repaired it after a cockeyed bob had come through which had the lift rod bitter & twisted plus fan blade damage, I nearly had no water in the house tank but it was beautiful drinkable soak water.
Anyway it was a fair way from the house and I was in a LWB landrover well body with the half door windows out so having ascertained all was well with the windmill I set about part B) of the job to shoot a roo for some reason I took the 444 instead of my PH 22/250 possibly thought I may get a bush chook instead.
So on the way back I see what I thought was a rock above the stubble but it turned out to be a 'roo feeding just the right size for some roo tail soup & pet food so switching the landie off I coasted to a stop on the fire brake and prepared the rifle to do the business.

Now here is where the thought train gets a bit awry as landrover doors are notorious for squeaking and just making a racket when opening them so not wanting to spook the prey I decided to fire from inside the vehicle with my back braced against the drivers door firing out the passengers side window !
So bracing my left leg on top of the gear box tunnel on the floor with my left elbow just behind my knee which was not ideal, rather uncomfortable but was the best I could do, at this juncture hoppy has decided what the heck is that sandy coloured thing doing there!
So with the range I estimated to be around the 130-150M roo angled facing me I let the crosshair travel over his head then when I reached just under his armpit level on it's chest I let drive a 240gn Hornady FBHP at the max loading of 2,400 fps for 3070 Fp/Me. (Hornady Handbook Vol II loading 41.8gns 4227)

Well a couple of things quickly became apparent firstly the was this enormous concussion of noise which made me deaf with ringing ears, I then became aware that every bit of fine dust in the cab rose as one and I found myself in a veritable dust storm inside the cab.
I had hit the roo after the dust cleared with me gaining some composure but man my ears wow it was bad, what had I done well that was simple the Marlin was a short L/A and I simply left the muzzle inside that small 2 door cabin when I fired the thing yeah it had a fair amount of muzzle blast with full power loads, it was not a rifle to pour ammo though.
Mine had the micro grooved bore which I reckon was a good thing bit more fiddly to clean but that rifle was deadly up to 180-200M I shot a roo once on the hop he was at around 40M with the same load hit him broadside on his left level with his arm pit as he hopped.
Fired, it dropped like a stone, upon inspection the Rt arm was completely torn from it's body with most of the chest cavity emptied of it's contents that rifle was just plain nasty both ends.

Even at that range it still hit with authority! Great story but I figured after reading halfway I was sure you were going to tell us that the scope was looking over the door but the bore wasn't and you put a .429" hole in your Land Rover's door! I had the 444 Marlin's younger brother, the Marlin Model 94 chambered in .44 magnum which I purchased to take to Cowboy Action shoots as it was convenient to have the rifle and handgun chambered for the same cartridge. In a little bit of gamesmanship I loaded the rifle with .44 Special so as to be able to get one more cartridge in the tubular magazine.