trueblue1776
Member
Hello, two-fold question here:
Got wind of some large hog tracks/sightings and jumped the gun a bit, I bought a box of .308 200gr Speer Trophy Bonded Bear claws.
Being the hillbilly that I am, I will use these premium bullets in my MN 91/30 (7,62x54r). The Hodgdon max load for that cartridge and similar bullet with H4350 is 52.0gr, which may be sticky bolt territory @ 46,500cup (2529fps).
The last thing I want to do to a 400lb hog is wing him. So I have two roads:
1. Reduce loads to normal vintage 7.62x54r pressures to avoid sticky bolt, therefore making follow up (if needed) a possibility. But also possibly sacrificing expansion of projectile?
2. Nuclear hot loads, the 200gr TBBC will put down anything this side of a T-rex on fairy dust. But if I make a bad shot, I will be mauled, or fighting of a big angry boar with a (nearly) hundred year old jammed commie rifle.
Just to reassure those who doubt the sanity in my bullet choice, I will carry two loads when hunting this area. When I confirm tracks, the corresponding rounds will be loaded into the magazine. My current light load for pigs is a Speer 180gr SP @ about 2300fps.
So what would you choose? Did I screw up buying the big bullets? I hope H&H reads this, he knows trophy bullets for sure.
Got wind of some large hog tracks/sightings and jumped the gun a bit, I bought a box of .308 200gr Speer Trophy Bonded Bear claws.
Being the hillbilly that I am, I will use these premium bullets in my MN 91/30 (7,62x54r). The Hodgdon max load for that cartridge and similar bullet with H4350 is 52.0gr, which may be sticky bolt territory @ 46,500cup (2529fps).
The last thing I want to do to a 400lb hog is wing him. So I have two roads:
1. Reduce loads to normal vintage 7.62x54r pressures to avoid sticky bolt, therefore making follow up (if needed) a possibility. But also possibly sacrificing expansion of projectile?
2. Nuclear hot loads, the 200gr TBBC will put down anything this side of a T-rex on fairy dust. But if I make a bad shot, I will be mauled, or fighting of a big angry boar with a (nearly) hundred year old jammed commie rifle.
Just to reassure those who doubt the sanity in my bullet choice, I will carry two loads when hunting this area. When I confirm tracks, the corresponding rounds will be loaded into the magazine. My current light load for pigs is a Speer 180gr SP @ about 2300fps.
So what would you choose? Did I screw up buying the big bullets? I hope H&H reads this, he knows trophy bullets for sure.