Dogtown 55gr HPS, how will they do on hogs?

[ArchAngelCD]

Well there's your fix, that 300 Blackout is the beast to kill those beasts! You will have no problems at all with the upper you're building, that's the ticket.

Don't forget the hunt report and pictures would be best!!!

 

[gdcpony]

I would sing the praises of DT bullets for most varmints, but not for hogs. Sorry, go to a different bullet at least. Better yet a bigger round.

 

[Rushthezeppelin]

Well there's your fix, that 300 Blackout is the beast to kill those beasts! You will have no problems at all with the upper you're building, that's the ticket.

Don't forget the hunt report and pictures would be best!!!

Will most definitely have some pictures up as soon as this all comes together. Can't wait till I finally get to shoot at something besides steel and paper, I'm 28 and have never been hunting in my life (except maybe TRYING to shoot pesky blackbirds with my stepdads pellet rifle). Putting some bacon on the table is of course a big bonus on top of that. And of course doing my small part in reducing the Texas feral hog population is just icing.

 

[R.W.Dale]

A word of caution

Just keep in mind that hogs are tough and 300blk is no 308 for all intents and purposes it's a 357 mag that works in the ar15. Meaning that proper bullet selection and shot placement are still quite critical in spite of the larger bullet diameter.

 

[hpluseleven]

.300 blk kills them just fine. I built my upper with PSA parts and it's my new favorite gun. Now if Barnes will just start selling their black tips to us.

 

[Blackrock]

I use the DT PSP 55g bullets for my .223cand 22-250. Never shot a hog yet but have got a lot of Yotes with them. The HP bullets are supposed to be more accurate but I cab still hold a - 1" at 200 yards with the PSP's.

 

[jmorris]

With steel speed is EVERYTHING and bullet construction is irrelevant.

I disagree with that statement, construction makes a difference in how bullets perform even in steel. Like this ball round compared to AP and API.









For the ops question, I personally feel that the .223 is marginal for the job to begin with; however, I have used it before but never with bullets designed for squirrel sized animals.

 

[oldpapps]

jmorris,

I love your photos and agree with your evaluation of the DT bullets.

Not wanting to side track this thread, I would love to have more details on the photos, range/cartridge/bullet and the like.

Many, many years ago (late 70s) a good friend and I set up a walking range with 3/8 inch boiler plate targets. Ranges from 20 yards to well over 150 yards, most painted orange. One of us would set it up and walk with the shooter as he found and hit each target. Lots of fun. We found that some times hot steel plugs would come back at us (shorter ranges or more potent rounds). But the dam was finished and that area is now under water. Have you experienced any steel plugs coming back at you?

 

[jmorris]

Not wanting to side track this thread, I would love to have more details on the photos, range/cartridge/bullet and the like.

1" steel plate shot at 200 yds with my homemade 50 BMG.

 

[kerreckt]

In a word or three...placement placement placement.

 

[Swampman]

I've shot quite a few hogs with the .223/5.56, not because I think it's the best caliber for the purpose, but that's what I'm issued for work.

While I agree that shot placement is important, when you come up on a sounder of hogs you MIGHT have a chance for surgical placement of the first round, after that you'll be shooting at animals that are running, bouncing and pretty much presenting only their hind ends as targets.
Even the best .223 bullets aren't really adequate to anchor a hog much over 50 pounds with a shot in the butt. A light, highly frangible varmint bullet is likely to create a shallow, gory wound that won't anchor even a small pig and will more often than not cause it to die days later from infection.

When walking up hogs on my own time, I prefer to use my .308 M1a and a 20 round mag loaded with 150 or 165 grain Partitions. Even on large hogs they're able to smash the hip and still penetrate through the gut cavity to reach the lungs and heart for a quick, sure kill.
I heartily dislike feral hogs, but no creature should be made to suffer needlessly. Besides, they taste a lot better when they haven't run a half mile with adrenaline and gut contents tainting the meat.

Not to hijack the thread, but diseases carried by feral hogs can be dangerous to humans if proper precautions aren't taken. I'd urge anyone going out after hogs to check out the links below.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5822a3.htm?mobile=nocontent

http://feralhogs.tamu.edu/files/2011/08/Feral-Hogs-and-Disease-Concerns.pdf

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/nuisance/feral_hogs/