I did something with my Ruger SR-9 that may be a first for this particular model...I killed a 200-250 pound Russian Boar with it this past Saturday. I used Extreme Shock EPR 9mm ammo, and it worked just fine. This letter I sent to Extreme Shock this morning tells the story.... My SR-9 will go with me to the grave, I like it that much!
Boarhunter
Guys:
Your ammo works even better than promoted, and for that I am most impressed and most appreciative.
This past weekend, I was at Caryonah Hunting Lodge in Crossville, Tennessee, a place I go fairly often, with plans to take a Russian Boar with a Magnum Research .45/70 BFR. The gun/cartridge combo is a proven hog-killer and a pleasure to shoot. But I was also packing an early-production 9mm Ruger SR-9 handgun, one I carry for protection purposes and often shoot in local IDPA competition.
Well, I am always interested in making the hunt more "exciting," so when the guide, Matt, pulled a pocket-full of your 9 mm rounds out and suggested I give them a try, I immediately jumped on it (with a little encouragement from my buddies)! I stuffed your ammo into my Ruger and headed off to slay a hog. (Confession: I did take the BFR with me, just in case….).
To make a very long and interesting story short, on Saturday afternoon I put a single round of your 9 mm EPR into the side (just behind the shoulder) of an old warrior hog at 25 yards or thereabouts, and sent him to hog heaven! The hog was approximately 200-250 pounds, and our initial inspection suggested that he had suffered a heart attack rather than death by gunshot. We looked and looked and looked for the entry wound, and all we could find was what appeared to be a very small puncture wound where the round would have entered. Surely, that could not have killed the hog. But when we field dressed it, the internal trauma was a sight to see. The EPR created massive damage to the hog's internal organs without exiting. We never found the bullet itself. But it was clear it had done its job.
I am a believer. Although your 9 mm EPR rounds did not make as big an exterior mess as would the .45/70, it kills just as effectively.
Keep up the good work.
mf
