jerkface11
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I think it has some hard plastic removable spacers.
I've seen hogs run a 100yds or more after being hit with a 300 Win Mag. Its more about placement than caliber. 300 Win Mag is a great choice though. Just don't expect every one to keel over and start kicking every time you touch the trigger.I don't care if I can do it with less gun. I want that hog to drop like a rock!!!
+1. I've taken several dozen hogs, most with a 30/30, several with an AK, a few with a.308, one with a .270, two with a .243. Dozens more clearing traps with a .22 rimfire or whatever pistol I happened to have on my belt. All had one thing in common. if I hit it, they were DRT. In my experience they drop faster than whitetail deer, even with the occasional marginal (gut) shot. They are not bison.My hog gun is a Marlin 30/30 drops em dead every time.
300 win mag is way over kill dude.
no doubt but probably not any more powerful then a 22-24 inch 06 and would be an absolute bear to shoot in the field without double ear protection. All for what? Ive hunted with 20 inch guns and with 26 inch guns and the only real advantage to the short ones is weight savings and that ruger isn't a light gun even at 20 inch. Don't get me wrong. I do like a nice super light short action 308 or other similar rounds that are efficient in that length. I may be a bit old school but any standard chambering in a long action needs at least a 22 inch barrel and a mag needs a 24. Only exceptions I might make are something like a bigger bored 375 or 458. The bigger bore allows more powder burned in shorter lengths. 16-20 inch guns are short action propositions to me.A 20 inch 300 is going to have more power than a 20 inch 06.
My though on the bullet. i have seen it time and time again on deer. poor bullet performance. The 300 win mag bullets ( factory loads ) are constructed for bigger game and higher velocity. they will not expand on medium sized game such as deer and hog. if you hand load this can be changed but from my experiance the 300 WM does not like 150-165 grain bullets, most of them are also not designed for the 3200+ FPS the 300 WM will send them. and if you load it down to 30-06 or .308 then why bother with the 15+ grains more of powder.I wonder if the ammo at 50 yards would have time to even open up and not act like FMJ out of a 300 Win Mag. I'd opt for something lesser with faster follow up shots. Maybe a AR-10, Lever Action 30-30 or .44 Mag.
I like my Ruger M77/44 for hog hunting out of a stand or stalking, but for stalking nothing beats a lever action except for a semi-automatic rifle. Bolt actions are slow, and with the large recoil of a 300 Win Mag even slower follow ups are most likely the norm.
I wonder if the ammo at 50 yards would have time to even open up and not act like FMJ out of a 300 Win Mag.
+1. This is my experience as well, but I've been hunting them less than half the time you have. That said, I've walked up dozens, more likely hundreds of pigs in all kinds of cover, some of them I did not see until I was right on them. For me they all ran the other way. While I am aware of the stories of aggressive piggies, I've never seen it. In fact, when looking for them on YouTube, most "charges" are nothing more than the pig being pointed at someone when it was panicked into running. It just happened to be the direction they were facing.I have hunted wild hogs for well over 30 years. I have killed them with 357 magnum revolvers, 50 caliber sidelocks, 45 Colt revolvers and rifles, 12 gauge pumps, 30-30s, 7.62X54R chambered rifles, 270s and 308s. I have now switched over to ARs. Hogs are not tanks and they are very rarely dangerous (despite internet lore). In all of my years I have never been endangered or personally knew of anyone that was. Hunt them with whatever you want.
you have no need for a car with anymore then a 150 hp 4 cly. Me I like a bit more and sure wouldn't go hunting moose if I knew the shot could likely come at 500 yards with an 06. Would I take that shot with an 06? Maybe. If I knew a better opportunity might not present itself and I had people along to help track it because I seriously doubt if id dump it in its tracks at that range. Bottom line is I think id feel a ton more confortable with a 300 or 338 mag for a shot like that and even something like a 340 wby would be overgunned. I think a lot of EXPERIENCED rifleman would agree. A guy is much better off with to much gun then not enough. What I absolutely hate is guys that want to hunt with the smallest pee shooter they can get away with. Like bragging that you hunt deer with a 22 hornet or 223. Sure, even a 22 lr will kill a moose but im sure not bragging I did it. I feel I OWE any animal a quick and humane death and have rifles to take care of that. So why would I want to leave them at home and take something marginal. I also don't understand your theory on a 308 opening up more then a 300 mag. If there is ANY problem with the 300 for hunting it might open up to much if your shot is inside a 100 yards. Again this argument just doesn't fly. Nobody knowledgeable goes out for moose with a 300 mag with 150 grain ballistic tips and there aren't to many premium bullets that fail to open up sufficiently with the 300 including bullets up to 200 grain. Now a 1000lb animal in front of me what would I rather have. A 308 shooting a 165 at 2700fps or a 300 mag pushing a 180 to 2900. Its about as much of a no brainer as youll find. At least if your like me and hate animals suffering and chasing wounded animals.I'm gonna rant on this whole belted mag thing going on. That is just a sales gimmick. You do not need anything over a 30-06 for north America period. including 500 yard shots on a moose. The whole want the bullet to go in and out no matter what is a joke. I want a bullet to transfer as much energy and expand as much as possible before it leaves the animal. what good does it do to transfer 1300 ft/lbs of energy with a 300 WM when a .308 win with a better suited bullet will most likely expand to a bigger diameter and transfer 1800 ft/lbs of energy? That is my thought on all this belted mag stuff.
No kidding, I hope he's saving up for a hearing aid.A short barrelled 300 Win Mag WITH a muzzle brake?
Knock yourself out. Sounds like a headache to me. a shorty .308 with a brake is bad enough.