Look I refered to it as your opinion, and you are very much entitled to it, By the same token I believe I'm entitled to disagree.I made a statement based on my own experience, and made my choice...for me...based on that experience. If I'd known that it wasn't gonna "fly" well with you, I'd have just kept it to myself.
IMHO saying that a 200gr 10mm XTP @ 1200 fps is a poor choice for boar because a 140gr JHP 357 @ 1400 didn't work, just doesn't make any sense.
just as It wouldn't make sense to me to say any cartridge is a poor choice because a poor choice was made in picking a load for said cartridge.
sorry if that hurts your feelings, but hell you could load that same 140gr 357 bullet to well over 2200 fps in a 35 Remington rifle and it'd probably blow up worse and be even less effective (might not even make it through grissle plate) would that make a 35 rem a poor choice for boar?
It was hypothetical, It's the only 41 mag load I could think of that I feel would be a poor performer on heavy skinned game.Those were Winchester factory loads, right?
Winchester markets it as a hunting round for thin skinned medium game and lists black bear, I think I'd prefer a heavier constructed bullet even for bear.The .41 175 Silvertip is a decent defense round...with low recoil and flash from a Model 58, and acceptable expansion/penetration in gelatin...but I don't think it was ever intended to be used for hunting.
A 38 Super loaded properly makes a fine choice for a woods carry gun in most parts, As for hunting boar I wouldn't care what was on my hip cause I'm gonna have a rifle too and the rule is the same no matter what the prey is or what's in the holster "If I don't think it'll work it stays in the holster". I'm not real worried about defense from a boar either they ain't exacticly stelthy.
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