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Being the gun crank of my family a nephew has asked me for advice for selecting a gun for hog hunting. He is a novice with firearms.
My son-in-law and I paid a visit to some shops and at one of them the clerk showed us the Savage Hog Hunter in 308. We were both impressed with this gun as it has iron sights which will be nice for close range hunting such as over a feeder.
Our thought is to start him out learning the basics of shoot by using the iron sights and later adding a scope of he decides to start deer hunting and for longer ranges.
My son-in-law and myself are of no real help on bolt action rifles as we are both lever action fans for hunting. However the bolt action would be more versatile.
I am curious about opinions about the rifle.
My son-in-law and I paid a visit to some shops and at one of them the clerk showed us the Savage Hog Hunter in 308. We were both impressed with this gun as it has iron sights which will be nice for close range hunting such as over a feeder.
Our thought is to start him out learning the basics of shoot by using the iron sights and later adding a scope of he decides to start deer hunting and for longer ranges.
My son-in-law and myself are of no real help on bolt action rifles as we are both lever action fans for hunting. However the bolt action would be more versatile.
I am curious about opinions about the rifle.