Timbertoes, I got the exact same rifle you got in 6.5 and love the hell out of it. I got a 3x9x40 Leupold on mine, I put all my larger caliber guns in the back of my safe now. if you are like me, that is a fair size pig but I know me and you got pigs that make that one look like a baby. as for eating them, I wouldnt waste my time on one that big, about 60-80# is all I'll bother with and that will only be the hams, maybe the backstrap. most I leave lie. here in central Texas we are infested with them and anyone that posts that they wish they had them will wish they never seen them. I shoot Hornady SSTs and they get the job done, I guess you must reload. I got too many guns to reload for allthem. my Tikka T3 will shoot 1" groups easy and my shots around here might be from 100-300 yards, I think you will agree, great gun, great caliber.