Rifle for hogs at 100 yards or less

[just country]

morning, I hunted pigs for years. raised the tasties in my youth.
very smart like goats. today I prefer pig for beef. killed the tastes
with 22's and slugs from shotguns. just plain Yummie. some
people due not like javelina. I do. BBQ the little pigs.
very tasty, salsa, flour tortilsas sp. pork rub and cold beer.
crisped fried bacon. south TX. hunting at its best. add
the mesquite smoke. justme gbot tum

 

[Hoji]

morning, I hunted pigs for years. raised the tasties in my youth.
very smart like goats. today I prefer pig for beef. killed the tastes
with 22's and slugs from shotguns. just plain Yummie. some
people due not like javelina. I do. BBQ the little pigs.
very tasty, salsa, flour tortilsas sp. pork rub and cold beer.
crisped fried bacon. south TX. hunting at its best. add
the mesquite smoke. justme gbot tum

Javelina is so nasty it is not meant to be eaten.
I used to have 2 coyote/heeler dogs. Needless to say, not much was off the menu for them. Killed my first javelina and skinned and quartered it, got it bagged and on ice in under an hour. Brought it home and tried cooking it a couple of different ways and found it to be just inedible. Offered some to my coydogs raw and they spit it out and gave me a look that said” what the hell dude?”
Skull looks nice on my skull shelf anyway.

A year later I kill my second javelina. Buddy wants the skin, so I skin it, take off the head( skull shelf) and leave the skinned carcass in an opening in the brush.
4 days go by. Nothing has touched the carcass. No cats, coyotes, not even buzzards. There were no buzzards even flying over to investigate.
By contrast, the carcass of the mule deer I shot in the same area was set on within an hour of the sun going down, and what was left had dozens of vultures on it within an hour of the sun coming up.
Someone shot two javelina in my neighborhood. Probably thought they were hogs( easy mistake to make as we typically don’t have javelina here) the whole bodies were dumped in a drainage ditch on the side of the road and NOTHING touched them. No buzzards, coyotes, stray dogs, nothing. They were there for months.
Javelina is not fit to eat.

 

[SQLGeek]

people due not like javelina. I do. BBQ the little pigs

Javelina aren't even pigs.

They were there for months.

Bet that smelled lovely.

 

[Hoji]

Bet that smelled lovely.

They don’t smell much worse dead than they do alive.

 

[just country]

morning, true the rodents r not pigs. my bad. cleaning
properly is a secret to taste, u soak them in iced salt water to
they r white in texture. salsa and soup mix seasoning.
some people to not eat them. I worked on a ranch in south
TX. when younger. the owner was employing illegals for
ranch labor. the mex. lady cooked everything we killed and
bought to her for eating. we eat, deer, feral hogs, javelina,
rattlesnakes, quail, and their eggs. lots of pinto beans, hand
made flour torilltas sp, the ranch owner furnished the
utinsuls sp. and seasoning. very good times.
friend got bit by a rattler and died. justme gbot tum

 

[just country]

morning, I eat these rodents. taste good.
they feed a lot of Mexicans and ranch workers.
justme gbot tum

 

[mad88minute]

My buddy just bought this last night. Can't wait to shoot it.

https://www.marlinfirearms.com/lever-action/model-1895-big-bore/model-1895-dark-series

Oh boy, I want that.

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[jordanmills]

Oh boy, I want that.

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8 lbs throwing 45-70? Bet it will knock you back on your butt. I want one any way.

 

[Charlie]

A scout scope on a lever action works great on running hogs!

 

[mad88minute]

A scout scope on a lever action works great on running hogs!

I have a 16" 3030 Win trapper I've wanted to scope. Can't make up my mind on a scout or receiver mount.

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[Charlie]

I have a 16" 3030 Win trapper I've wanted to scope. Can't make up my mind on a scout or receiver mount.
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If you're not shooting much past 100 yds., a scout scope works really good. And helps watching where the critter is running into, out of, etc. I had a Burris I really liked that was only about 2 power or so, but a friend talked me out of it!

 

[mad88minute]

If you're not shooting much past 100 yds., a scout scope works really good. And helps watching where the critter is running into, out of, etc. I had a Burris I really liked that was only about 2 power or so, but a friend talked me out of it!

It's such a small rifle I'm afraid adding a bulks scope will ruin it. A small fixed power would be great.

Problem is the rear aperture is way to big. Hard to keep a tight group at 100.

I've also looked at aperatures for the Winchester.



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[Charlie]

I "think" this is what I had and it worked well for me. It's quick and easy to use.

https://www.burrisoptics.com/scopes/scout-riflescopes-series/scout-riflescope-2-7x32mm

Note eye relief: 9.2 – 12 in.

 

[Charlie]

If my memory doesn't fail me, I believe I had that scope on a 444 Marlin lever action. I liked the 444 because one could load low power loads or some that made the .44 mag. look puny!

 

[pronstar]

https://www.burrisoptics.com/scopes/scout-riflescopes-series/scout-riflescope-2-7x32mm

Note eye relief: 9.2 – 12 in.

I’ve never seen a scope that spec’d so much eye relief...that gonna be way out on the barrel?


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[Charlie]

No, only about 3" or so, both eyes open!

 

[Charlie]

Maybe 4 or so. I've used one and I like it!

 

[BMF500]

Although I have both, I've never dropped a pig with 30-30 or .44mag. Have personally witnessed others do the job with those tools in the 25-100yd range with excellent results. I can't say I've ever killed anything with them save silhouettes. 3" & 3-1/2" 12ga pushing 000 buck through an EF choke is my personal favorite for that task. In the 40-70lbs range I've gotten a few 2 for 1's when their heads are lined up just right. Recently I've found that double taps from a 5.56 in binary does a pretty good job too.

 

[bsp212]

I've never shot one with a .44mag rifle, but have killed several with a .44mag handgun inside of 25 yards. I've used .30-30 on them at 75-100, 5.56 works like a champ too.

I'm sure your .44mag rifle will do just fine. As others have said, the barrel length makes a difference.

 

[gasgas]

I "think" this is what I had and it worked well for me. It's quick and easy to use.

https://www.burrisoptics.com/scopes/scout-riflescopes-series/scout-riflescope-2-7x32mm

Note eye relief: 9.2 – 12 in.

I have one on a 7.62x39 upper and works great
20-25 down most less than 30-40 yards