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Old 09-26-2011, 03:51 PM
David Sinko David Sinko is offline
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I killed my one and only hog earlier this year. I used a 240 gr. SWC with a stiff charge of 2400 in my Mountain Gun (the Elmer Keith load). A friend used his Guide Gun with my .45-70 heavy handloads and a .45 Colt Blackhawk with my heavy LBT handloads. All bullets completely penetrated the 300 lb. hogs. Another party was using Winchester 12 gauge 3" magnum slugs which failed to completely penetrate the head and neck with two shots (the slugs were too soft for the velocity) but did get the job done. The most instant kill was actually with an AK-47 using heavy steel jacketed Russian softpoints which I suspect were not so soft after all. One round behind the shoulder completely penetrated and dropped it instantly. If you can put a good .357 bullet where it needs to go, it will get the job done.

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