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Not much to say because this is one of the few pigs I've shot off a feeder at night. I didn't even know how big he was until I walked up to him.
The shot was at 180 yards from a seated bench rest the hog was feeding under a lighted feeder. this was more of a shoot than a hunt. But I thought I'd share some news about a neat new rifle.
The rifle is a Hawkeye M-77 .358 win, I was shooting 225 gr Barnes TSX the bullet gave boringly good performance as they always do. One shot end on and Mr Hog was on the ground dead.
Of the hundreds and hundreds of head of game I've killed with Barnes X and TSX I've never had one do anything but what it was supposed to do. They are simply one of the most reliable performers on game of any bullet made.
I can tell you this about the new Ruger Hawkeye rifles. This is the first series of Ruger rifles that I can unconditionally recommend. Ruger got it right with these. They are accurate, stout and ready to go out of the box. The new trigger is fantastic. For the price I think they are the best bargain for a truly functional working rifle available today.
I rarely hunt over feeder. But with a new rifle in hand this was just to much of a temptation to turn down.
The shot was at 180 yards from a seated bench rest the hog was feeding under a lighted feeder. this was more of a shoot than a hunt. But I thought I'd share some news about a neat new rifle.
The rifle is a Hawkeye M-77 .358 win, I was shooting 225 gr Barnes TSX the bullet gave boringly good performance as they always do. One shot end on and Mr Hog was on the ground dead.
Of the hundreds and hundreds of head of game I've killed with Barnes X and TSX I've never had one do anything but what it was supposed to do. They are simply one of the most reliable performers on game of any bullet made.
I can tell you this about the new Ruger Hawkeye rifles. This is the first series of Ruger rifles that I can unconditionally recommend. Ruger got it right with these. They are accurate, stout and ready to go out of the box. The new trigger is fantastic. For the price I think they are the best bargain for a truly functional working rifle available today.
I rarely hunt over feeder. But with a new rifle in hand this was just to much of a temptation to turn down.