As an aside -
Hogs can and do and will eat people...if not being predatory about it, they will none-the-less gladly eat freshly dead people, or, Hogs can kill a person in peak of ire, and then eat them as an incidental.
Many a 'body' has been disappeared by merely being set for the Hogs to get to...and nothing would be left by day two, but Hog-poop...and maybe part of a Shoe.
This used to be well understood by Farmers and old-time Organized Crime people.
Went to a gunshop the other day and will never go back. I won't go on about how rude the salesperson was (my friend was looking for a deer rifle), and I wanted some 30-30 and handgun ammo. He asked me what I wanted in handgun ammo and I told him wilderness protection ammo.... cougars, mountain lions, bears, pigs and he looked at me like I was retarded. We don't have bears in Oklahoma, but I just wanted some to have some. Just like how the gun shop I was at sells AR-15s and Barrett 50 cals to people who want them but in reality probably will never use them to defeat an army of invading communists....
Anyway, after telling me pigs don't attack people (which is the opposite of what I have heard from a lot of hog hunters.... maybe he thought I was talking about Winnie-the-Pooh piglet and not a 350 lbs boar).... he recommened some 125 gr hollow points for my 357 magnum. From everything I've read, Softpoint/hard-cast lead is the way to go, and probably 158 or 180 grain for 357 magnum. I was like, "will these even penetrate far enough to stop a hog?" and he kind of got irritated, well, more than he already was. Judging from his gut, I guess he doesn't hike a lot but probably just sits in a treestand all season eating beef jerky.
He just continued to be rude and treated me like an idiot for wanting some good "hiking ammo".... and I don't really have the funds for a 44 mag or 500 S&W right now if I already have a gun that can do the job with the right ammo, it's more realistic for me to put my money into ammo. . I ended up leaving the store. Now I know why they are the only gunshop with fully stocked ammo shelves in the state.
So anyways, a few questions.
Between 45 ACP and 357 Magnum, which is the better for 4 legged critters? What is the best load-out for 4 legged critters? I am kind of wanting to order some buffalo bore 180 gr I think it was 357 magnum for wilderness protection.... and maybe Speer 125 gr 38 +p for home protection (it's what I used in my SW 442).
Is it possible to CCW a service 4" revolver.... or should I just stick with my J-frame?
I'm wanting one more gun.... looked at ARs, but they don't "do it" for me. Thinking about a mossberg shotgun, but it still doesn't "do it" for me. When I see a GP100 or a SW629PD... I start to get excited. But before I drop a lot of money on a revolver, I want to make sure 357 is "enough gun" for angry 4 legged critters.
(I have a 4" 357 I inherited, but I wouldn't mind getting a 6" 357 or maybe a 4" 44 mag or something.... I really want a good wilderness protection handgun. I know a shotgun is better, but it's very hard to be inconspicuous carrying a 12 gauge around, not to mention they are heavy and more likely to get left behind. Better to always be within arm's reach than sitting in the truck).