Two key aspects to this upfront, which have a huge effect on confidence. Never in my life have I had such an easy cartridge to find a working load for. And never have I had a rifle that dealt out...
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 12:54 PM
While you can kill a pig with a .22lr, bigger, more powerful calibre's open your options. The good old .308 would be my go-to for big boars, although that shield can still present some difficulty. ...
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 11:53 AM
really depends on shot placement I guess, hit a soft spot they will pencil through and it's down to luck if you hit vitals and do enough damage to drop em fast, hit a boney shoulder and likely they...
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 10:43 AM
If he has a pig problem there will be a lot of little ones either still with mum or weaned. It's the little guys that do the damage by skimming the grass off over large areas, there noses can't root...
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 09:55 AM
A stout pill in most calibers will do it. A barnes ttsx will show them who's boss!
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 09:54 AM
I went with a 7mm08 as my do everything centrefire. I have shot pigs, deer, tahr, chamois, wallaby and goats with it out to 300m no problems.
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 09:54 AM
all of those should be fine I personally wouldn't use sst's on anything as they have a bit of a reputation for blowing up but others may disagree
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 09:34 AM
Pigs hate being shot and don't stand up to it. What this means is that most any centrefire 222 and up is ok. Don't shoot big boars if you can choose a smaller pig as they will likely be tough,...
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 09:18 AM
I hit an average sized boar in the neck with 308 168gr sierra matchking. It was pretty close at 15yards or so but those copper jacket hollow points do the job a treat. It blew a huge exit hole and he...
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 08:59 AM
Bumped into the farmer whos land I go shooting on yesterday, he was saying he is having some pig problems on his land. They come out of the forest on his boundary at this time of the year and root up...
Liked On: 01-06-2020, 07:53 AM
They are the same except you need to be 100 metres closer with the 7mm08
Liked On: 31-05-2020, 03:42 PM
Went out to check a new bush stalking spot this morning.. into the bush shortly after first light with my young dog.. he’s still a bit too keen when he’s on a scent and will pull away from me. ...
Liked On: 28-05-2020, 03:54 PM
Ive seen that before when scope was moved and it HADNT yet settled it self into where it needed to be......old engineer mate always told me to move 3 clicks past where you want it then take it...
Liked On: 19-05-2020, 08:53 AM
Lol will be taking .308 mate has a better optic than the crappy bushnell on that howa
Liked On: 17-05-2020, 03:09 PM
I've been lucky enough to have worked right through the lockdown but not getting into the outdoors for a hunt was getting a bit tedious. Wife had birthday on Thursday so I took Thursday and Friday...
Liked On: 17-05-2020, 10:04 AM