Recent content by schlockinz

I always used a 20 gauge with 2.75 high brass 6 shot in my a5 when hunting wild pheasants and quail. Very few wounded birds, and they were the product of me shooting them in the butt.

How many coyotes are you planning on shooting that makes it really save you that much money? Get some cheap SP's and be done with it.

Damn, maybe just sell the 30-30 and keep the rest. Or keep the 270 and the 45-70. You'll have a long range gun and a hog thumper. The only negative about the 270 would be if you were to hunt somewhere with a caliber restriction. With the 30.06 you shouldn't have many of those woes, if they...

You can take a lot with a .270. Unless you are looking to hunt very large game, I'd say you're golden with it. Should work for game as tough as elk as long as you use a good bullet and make a good shot.

I concur, why was the pack thread closed? We talk about all sorts of other details, which is why this ends up in the hunting section, not the rifle section.

How much did that big ol boy weigh?

What power was the scope in your scenario that you described. You should be able to get on a 1x faster than hell.

if on a budget might want to look at the bushnell banner series. Also, with the recoil from that gun you might be able to get away with a shotgun scope (ie a slightly less expensive leupold) or bushnell, at least thats what I took away from my thread about scoping a 45/70 with a shotgun...

Really, no scope, even if your scope has a 1 power to it? That sounds odd to me, maybe you could check that out and see if they'd let you use a low powered scope, if thats the case, leupold makes a little 1x4 that I'd rather have than a red dot.

I beg to differ, if you get them in a wheat field with a lower recoiling rifle you can get more than 8 hits off. I know that in close proximity in the woods I've run out of bullets in a bolt action, didn't have a miss, and still had pigs coming out. I would have loved to have had 8 rounds in...

Or if you see more than 8 pigs

I dunno, I tried that and an SKS followed me instead :confused:

Find out if the doc or anyone in the practice is a hunter/shooter or grew up around the stuff. Then they'll have a good idea of the recoil energy that you'll be exposed to. FWIW, I wouldd't get rid of the 06 just yet. You can get reduced recoil loads for it if you need to, and you will...

For a rifle load, 45/70. In general, a muzzleloader or slugs. I'd rather shoot the 45/70 though

I'll argue that the average feral hog is much more intelligent than the average human in the US after they've made it a few years (the pig, not the human). But, that might not be saying too much.