What's your favorite hog rifle?

[Plink]

For hogs here in Texas, I tend to prefer handguns. Either a Redhawk in .44 magnum or an XP-100 center grip in .308 for longer shots are my preferences, though I've used .45 ACP, 9mm and .38 Super quite a bit also. When I feel the need to take a rifle, my favorite for the purpose is an SKS. It's a handy brush gun.

 

[ldyates]

Texas as well...

We hunt the golden triangle..... San Angelo, Abilene and Lampassas area.

No shortage of these 4 legged fire ants in this area.

We use just about anything that goes bang and has some power. My personal favorites are:

Marlin 30-30.... great for walking and follow-up shots.

Marlin .444...... if you want to see a 200 pound hog tumble from 70 yards, go
get one of these and use the Hornady Levereveolution ammo. I am hunting this weekend and I will try to video tape it.

I keep a 1911 on my hip just case. Good for Rattlers too!

Maybe for another topic.... but I think these pigs are getting smarter as we kill off the less adaptable and the ignorant. Darwin may be right.

Cheers!!!!

 

[TnBigBore]

It is hard to beat a Marlin 1895 45-70 with just about any load. I also have Marlin 336RC Marauder in 35 Remington topped with a little Leupold 2.5X for crawling around in the rhododendron thickets in the East TN mountains for hogs. I would not feel undergunned even against the largest hogs with this hard hitting, accurate little rig.

 

[utgopher]

I am looking for a hog hunting rifle. I found a used Herter's .264 with a custom stock. They wanted too much for it but it fit like a glove. By the way I am old enough and from the Herter's part of t he country to like Herter's. My serious question is: is a .264 big enough for approx. 100 yd blind shots. I know you can use anything but is this big enough for an aveage shot like me?

 

[DWARREN123]

I have three, but only one is a rifle. Ruger Mini-30 with 123 or 125 gr SP, 12 ga with slugs and a Ruger KGP-161 in 357 mag (usually the back up).

 

[marksman13]

Beat up old SKS...kills em dead...

Longer range...Browning A Bolt 7mm WSM

 

[floridaboy]

I'm finding that my Rossi M92 in .45 Colt works great. 300 grs at 1400 fps seems to just ruin their whole day.

 

[Kurt S.]

utgopher, you asked:

My serious question is: is a .264 big enough for approx. 100 yd blind shots. I know you can use anything but is this big enough for an aveage shot like me?

I'd have to say that's plenty of gun. I have killed hogs with a .243 at that range, and when I hunted the west Texas canyons and senderos I used a .25-06 for years. Range was between 80 and 200 yards; there were much longer shots but I wouldn't take them even though I'm sure that rifle is capable of killing with good placement well past 200 yards. BTW, I have "budget" optics on it - Simmons 3-9X.

I am hunting east Texas piney woods now, shots are 25-60 yards max. My hog/deer rifle is a Marlin 1895 .45-70, plain 405 grain lead loads. I have a Leupold 2-7X scope on it now that I am trying to change out to a big old moonscope - a 3-10X 56mm with lighted reticule. (I am going to post my tribulations with this project in the Gunsmith forum). The porkers have a tendency to come around my stand only in low light these days.

 

[surfinUSA]

I use a 8mm mauser or SKS. My son uses a 30-06. They work great. The last hunt we were on the largest pig (275 lbs) was taken with one shot from a Marlin 30-30. No need for a cannon, as someone previously said any good deer gun will work fine.

We back up the rifles with a 357 (158 SP), 44 mag (GA 240 @1100), or 10mm (175 gr silver tip).

 

[phantomak47]

How does a .300 Savage in 150 grains sound for hogs?


I would use 180 grains but they dont feed well in my old savage 99.

 

[surfinUSA]

Phantom sounds like you'll be having some good pork sandwiches. The females and smaller ones are good eating. The big boars supposedly make good sausages and look great mounted.

 

[coelacanth]

that old Enfield. . . . .

is fine as wine bro. I use a No.4 barreled action with a synthetic stock and Remington 180gr psp. Gets about 2300 fps and out to about 150 yds its point and shoot. Hunter, gun and ammo are all very happy together.

 

[huntershooter]

Mod. '86 Winchester in .33 WCF-brush/woods gun.

 

[uk roe hunter]

i don't shoot pigs, but if i could i would use my 12 bore with slugs or my .30-06 with 180 gr sp.

uk