DFWDave wrote:It's a good thing the Hornady ammo works well on feral hogs, because for a non-reloader, there aren't any other options as of right now.
For this particular application, feral hogs, the round and the caliber seem perfectly suited:
1. you have a flat trajectory out to typical feeder-blind distances,
2. the round leaves a large enough entry wound to allow most of the blood to drain out,
3. it does the requisite amount of internal damage to take the animal down right there on the spot, and
4. it doesn't provide too much risk of collateral damage (as for instance if it were able to create an exit wound and travel another hundred yards, for instance)
Great Job and ConGrats!!
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This definitely shows some of the things we've been talking about..
Even though the bullet failed, it killed with deadly aplomb all the same, something that a 300 magnum, might not do, especially if it had the same type of failure, which would be normal for a small caliber like the .30. Now, what would be the results if a 7mm Mag were used or a 308 or 6.5 Grendel (yeah right) and those guys all tout the success of the 6.5g on Hogs, at incredibly ridiculous ranges. If ya just gotta kill it NOW and if the animal stays alive for fifteen minutes, in the heavy Mountains, it might take a couple of days to get to it, get my meaning?
So, the moral of the story is to take enough gun.
Now for the rest of the story and this is why enough gun is the prerequisite. These were done with my personal 450b with 325gr BarnesBusters@2100fps.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1589&start=0#p9932These should be real Eye-Openers and will further educate, on the reasons to take enough gun-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ1Mg0a7Tpw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfpzDYogmnM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AaCIcxz ... re=related