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Old 09-24-2011, 11:17 AM
WR Moore WR Moore is offline
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There's several factors here: how big are the hogs, what kind of attitude do they have, what's the range and what's the realistic range that you're accurate (4-6 inch groups)with your pistol and the loads-from a realistic shooting position? Your ability to shoot groups from a bench don't matter unless you cart said bench into the field and shoot from it.

I don't think you're going to get satisfactory hunting loads with either Unique or 231, but the edge would have to go to Unique. 100 odd pound Javalinas are an entirely different matter from 200+ pound feral hogs. If I just had to give this a try, I think I'd be looking at bullets from 170-200 grains. Elmer Keith designed 173 grain.357 bullets for a reason. And practice, practice, practice and more practice.
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