I think the sharps is interesting. Kind of like clambering an AR-15 in 25-06.
I only question barrel life, but I suspect ammo cost will prevent most from doing mag dumps at the range.
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Hog hunting calibers?
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I think the sharps is interesting. Kind of like clambering an AR-15 in 25-06.
I only question barrel life, but I suspect ammo cost will prevent most from doing mag dumps at the range.
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Do we still do signatures? Because this is quotable material.
25-45 Sharps is work looking at as mentioned before if you want to stay semi-auto. You can get either a barrel and re-barrel your upper, or get a barreled upper and just use your AR-15 lower, bolt carrier group and mags. When you're done hunting, you can put the AR-15 upper back on and you're golden. If you handload, dies are available and plenty of bullets in .257, you'll just need to neck up some .223 brass. Factory loads come in 87, 90 and 100gr.
Personally, I'd stay away from using 5.56 on hogs.
Personally, I'd stay away from using 5.56 on hogs.
I've dropped 1000# cattle with a 22lr. Between eyes, forehead.
223 would have blown their brains out the ears. I've taken whitetail with 223. Heart and lung shots. Grey Fox, Raccoon, Goat....
Errors in shot placement are reduced by bigger cals. Say you shoot at the heart. You miss it by 3" to the side. Hit lungs. In that scenario, a 223 won't do the damage intended. If a 270 is use, that 3" won't matter as much.
However, if the heart is directly hit by either. The animal is the same kind of dead.
You'll also have better luck dropping an animal on the run with a 300blk vs 223. It's that deviation of shot placement and the extra power needed for close is good enough.
Don't discount the 223 because it looks small. Send it down an ear canal and see how effective it really is.
223 would have blown their brains out the ears. I've taken whitetail with 223. Heart and lung shots. Grey Fox, Raccoon, Goat....
Errors in shot placement are reduced by bigger cals. Say you shoot at the heart. You miss it by 3" to the side. Hit lungs. In that scenario, a 223 won't do the damage intended. If a 270 is use, that 3" won't matter as much.
However, if the heart is directly hit by either. The animal is the same kind of dead.
You'll also have better luck dropping an animal on the run with a 300blk vs 223. It's that deviation of shot placement and the extra power needed for close is good enough.
Don't discount the 223 because it looks small. Send it down an ear canal and see how effective it really is.
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Lol.
Who said anything about deliberate gut shots. See below.
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Oddly enough, the first feral pig that I killed was with a long-barreled 9-shot .22LR revolver at about 20M, just outside Kirby, Arkansas. = Dressed about 50# & went straight onto the BBQ pit over green peach wood, as soon as we got it back to the house. =====> As my GF (in those long ago days) said: "YUMMY".
The .22 wheel-gun was what I had on my belt, primarily for cottonmouths. - NOT nearly as many feral hogs everywhere, back then.
yours, satx
The .22 wheel-gun was what I had on my belt, primarily for cottonmouths. - NOT nearly as many feral hogs everywhere, back then.
yours, satx
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I use Tannerite. It guarantees DRT every time.
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