Where To Shoot A Hog With A 308

Hitting the vitals and shoulder will put the hog down on the spot. The brain is also right behind the ear.

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The accubonds have proven as accurate as the ballistictips in several of my rifles/calibers.

Where to shoot a hog with a 308. I shoot a 300 blk out of a helicopter, and have shot tons of pigs over the last two years. I'm looking for something to mount a good gen 3 nightvision scope on to shoot hogs in my fields. Naysayers will harp on its inexpensive finish and plain appearance, but can’t argue with its performance.

To sum up, if you’re a hunter of deer, forget all you know about hunting deer. It’s ethical, efficient, and safer for you. In my opinion, the best place to place a shot is right behind the ear or on the ear.

We always advocate a quick and clean kill. 300 and in drop almost all velocity based as mentioned in the other thread. While the slower ammo might work closer to the 1/2” low at 50, the nearly 3000 fps 150grain hornady will not.

The 180 grain.308 rex round was designed to be stable in a 1:10 twist and give expansion down below 750 feet per second. Maybe someone i know will buy a hog hunter so i can try it out with steel case ammo. I get.750 100 yard 5 shot groups with these and varget.

The bullet mushroomed well and only lost 10 grains. Worked great, but just cost a lot, around.65 cents for each bullet, but when you shoot a lot it adds up. If it will shoot steel case ammo i could swing 500 rounds of brown bear.

For instance, the hog hunter is available in.338,.308, and.223. The rifle holds four rounds in the magazine, and it’s available in.223 remington,.308 winchester, and.338 winchester. What are the brands that offer the most bang for the buck?

I have tested ar’s costing close to twice as much that cannot do this. Is unnecessary for hogs/deer if you're using a controlled expansion bullet. You will be amazed to learn that various guns, rifles, and shotguns are explicitly used for hogs.

I've also used 125 grain sierra pro hunters. Outfitter recommended 180g partition or barnes txs. The hog hunter would be a great truck gun.

This is not your standard 2650 175 grain 308 ammo, it closer to 3,000 fps. I think i have decided on a.308 but know nothing about the ar's. I like the hog hunter myself.

If you use the same hog hunting techniques, you may end up hitting a feral pig’s gut. First off, i know nothing about ar's. I shot a 250 pounds hog in the shoulder.

They work just as good at half the cost. Plan to use my ar10 in 308. The leupold hog turned out to be the perfect setup for my.308 ar format ultimate hog gun build, but before we got to selecting an optic, there were many, many choices to make.

Which ones to stay away from. If i was willing to buy 308 ammo i would own one. It may be better hunting with.

Or the hog reaper from weatherby: It is true that you give up a lot to go subsonic. However, you have to know where to shoot a hog with a 22 rifle.

I switched to sierra 125 gr tipped match kings. Besides, you don’t really want a. So go for just above the shoulder when hog hunting.

Chasing hogs in west texas, the rex subs worked quite well at 125 yards and less. Granted, they shoot into.5 or less at 100 yards, but that does not matter much in a fight if it won’t run. The barrel comes threaded for a suppressor.

Started using 110 gr barnes tac tx, but they are pretty expensive. A well placed shot to the ear will take down almost any boar roaming the forests. Planning a hog hunt in tx.

A federal premium 180 grain 308 win. If you want to shoot the brain, aim for the ear or the ear itself in this regard. A.22 round is a good round as any to take down a wild hog.

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