30-06 and Taking Hogs
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Shawnee
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One of my sons regularly kills them with the .204 Ruger and head/neck shots. I've shot a bunch with the 87-gr. BTHP from a .243. A former neighbor shot a bunch of them with the 87-gr. bullets from a .257 Roberts. Two hunting partners used 130-gr. bullets from their .270s.
Seems like a 125-130 gr. bullet from a 30/06 might be up to the task.
Seems like a 125-130 gr. bullet from a 30/06 might be up to the task.
Eskimo Jim
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6 years ago I used a .30-06 for my first Russian boar. I was told to use a 180 grain fail safe from Winchester. It worked! Since Fail Safes aren't available anymore, you might try Winchester's XP3.
Jim
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I've shot lots of hogs w/150 gr. Nosler Partitions. Have also killed a 200# hog w/55 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip. Yep, varmint bullet right behind the ear will drop 'em in their tracks, but placement is critical on a lighter constructed bullet. A lighter constructed bullet hitting the shoulder would very likely result in poor performance.
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hps
Regards,
hps
I've not shot a hog with an '06, but my brother has shot several with a 6mm Rem (90 gr). He's lost quite a few hogs that ran off into the thick brush. I've been trying to convince him he needs more rifle. My personal feeling is that an '06 with 150-180 gr bullet would work fine (assuming correct placement).
Frog48
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I've heard of people killing hogs with .223 Rem, so I'd guess that any .30-06 load should be effective.
Jeff F
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Let's see, Smallest I've hilled a couple hogs with would be with a .22 hornet. Killed them with a .38 spl, .357, 30-30, .308, 30-06, .303, .375 win, 12 guage with slug and buckshot, oh yea and a .32 winchester. Those are the calibers I can remember, theres probably a few I forgot. I lived in hog heaven for about a year and killing and eating hogs was about all we did.
I use the 150 gr Winchester Power Point SP as they are the most available and cheap to get at Walmart. Last time I shot a hog was just using a surplus S KoRean FMJ, and it reap the hog pretty bad. It was dead as dead. A good heart shot will put them down for good. A head shot is much better as theres no meat damage.
sarduy
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if you hit a wild hog with a 30-06 i', sure that you'll kill it in he's tracks, why? because 30-06 (150-180) can kill anything here in the US and it's not a mouse (varmint) round, a .223 can kill a hog too but shot placemnt is more critical with smaller calibers
TxState101
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I've had one hog run off from my .30-06 and I recovered it about 55 yards away.
The rest were all DOA. There's something so right about finding that mushroomed bullet in their back sheath with the fat stuck in the bullet.
The rest were all DOA. There's something so right about finding that mushroomed bullet in their back sheath with the fat stuck in the bullet.
jpwilly
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^^^Anything short of 50BMG is rolling the dice.
Jeff F
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I did the same thing with the .375 winchester. It stopped him but only for less then 30 seconds. man was I surprised when he came back to life. I missed him clean with the second shot and put his lights out with the third about 50 feet from where he jumped back up. First shot was taken at 25 yards.
shevrock
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Will 7.62x39 work? Or 7.62x54r ?
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Where was that?
Jeff F
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I lived in a cabin at a place called the Jade Mill roughly between King City and Coalinga Ca. South of Idira in the Clear Creek area.
TCB in TN
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A solidly constructed 30-06 into the heart/lungs will give you a dead hog, going into the lighter bullets and smaller cals then neck/spine/head shots are more important. I personally have killed them with everything from a .22lr (head hot a point blank range) to the .243, .270, 30-30, 30-06, 12GA slugs, etc. and most of the time the shot placement was much more important than the cal. But again the smaller and lighter you go the more you need to make sure you get the prime shot.
Chipperman
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54R is fine, x39 I would not use on hogs.
TCB in TN
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Good question, and your definitive answer is that it all depends! It depends upon the actual bullet and the size of the hog, the angle of the shot, and a host of other factors.
In my experience most hog hunting is done at 150yards or less and honestly if you are shooting a 30-06 then inside of 250 there is really no reason that I am aware of to drop down to the smaller bullets. I would always err on the side of the bigger bullet. Now if you have a boat load of 125s and want to shoot them, or know of a great deal on a bunch of 125s then I wouldn't feel a bit under gunned, but unless there is some incentive that I don't know of then I would go ahead and shoot the 150s.
MCgunner
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On BIG hogs, go with 150 minimum. A Barnes 140 works fantastic, though. I'd worry about a 125 spitzer not making it through the gristle plate unless it were a controlled expansion bullet like Barnes.
I d stay within 75 yds range for a sure energy dump on any sized hog for the x 39 round.
The 54 R is capable to up 200 yds , it has the energy equal almost to .308 power so i thas enough to do the job.
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Posts: 167 Will 7.62x39 work? Or 7.62x54r ?
The 54 R is capable to up 200 yds , it has the energy equal almost to .308 power so i thas enough to do the job.
Join Date: 07-06-08
Posts: 167 Will 7.62x39 work? Or 7.62x54r ?
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