What's your favorite hog rifle?

Nice bubba job on the Norinco PAPACHUCK. I think I will go ahead and get that trigger job done on mine and start using it. I am stubborn however and am going to buy another boom stick.

 

Soon to be a Marlin 1895G in .45-70! Great post! We need more pics though!

Grunt Out!

 

Marlin 1895 Guide Gun in .450 Marlin.

 

My favorite hog gun is my cheap old CVA Staghorn muzzleloader. It has killed over 60 hogs. All but a very few were bang flops.

 

If I were hunting hogs in heavy timber where the range is short, I'd carry either my Winchester Model 94 in 30/30 and 170 grn rounds or my Lee-Enfield #5 Mk I "Jungle Carbine" and 180 grn rounds. In more open cover, I'd use either my 270 or 7mm Mauser deer rifles.

 

Marlin 1895 Guide Gun: 45-70.

 

I'm no hunter, but just a naive question here about hunting.

If you manage to hit the pig in the right area of its abdomen/shoulder from about 100 yards, does it really matter whether you have a standard "deer rifle", an AK/SKS, or a Ruger mini etc?

Or even with my store-bought M-1 Carbine (built by Kahr)...when it one day gets back from the factory for repairs (serious malfunction after three months of shooting)?

A buddy at work told me that his brother sneaked up on a wild pig in Texas and killed it with a pistol/revolver. This might be a bit ironic. The buddy is on the Navy Marksmanship Team and they use the M-1 Garand.

 

Ignition Override, lets see...A friend of mine who was in STA/Scout Sniper Plt once said that shot placement is everything! True, as is the case when you are in the bush and a giant hog comes up on you and you have little time to react but with a .45-70 one hit will definately put the odds in your favor(when it comes to who is gonna go home...you or the hog)! More punch for the dollar! IMO!

Grunt Out!