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What bullet for hogs 6.5 Grendel?
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Add lung, throat and heart. Depends on angle of shot, movement and how many could get killed as fast as I can! Not all were drt and I can care less, but all died within a short distance of running. I would really like to sue the idiot(s) that started the release of these horrible crop destructing beast that caused crop loss!
I wouldnt have expected that. My only experience taking down hogs was "fun". Made the mistake of trying to put down a large domestic boar with a broke foot using a 40 s&w fmj to the breaker box. When the 2 rounds just stuck in his thick skull, I had to outrun a ****ed off boar with huge tusks and a seemingly now unbroken foot while trying to put a bunch of rounds in the pumphouse. Not a pretty scene..makes me glad no one was around with a camera
I've seen first hand what kind of damage domestic hogs can do. I took over a ranch where the previous guy had them free ranging.They were terrible destructive, expensive to keep in cold climates, impossible to keep out of the alfalfa and only brought 60 cents a pound when I sold them.
I sure hope we never get feral hogs here. Too cold I guess? They don't seem to winter well in 30 below.
I've seen first hand what kind of damage domestic hogs can do. I took over a ranch where the previous guy had them free ranging.They were terrible destructive, expensive to keep in cold climates, impossible to keep out of the alfalfa and only brought 60 cents a pound when I sold them.
I sure hope we never get feral hogs here. Too cold I guess? They don't seem to winter well in 30 below.
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I had my g22 and only hp's and it took 8 rounds to kill that sucker at close range. Now if I had a 45-70 bfr..........that would be a different storyI wouldnt have expected that. My only experience taking down hogs was not a good one. Made the mistake of trying to put down a large domestic boar with a broke foot using a 40 s&w fmj to the breaker box. When the 2 rounds just stuck in his skull, I had to outrun a ****ed off boar with huge tusks and a seemingly now unbroken foot while trying to put a bunch of rounds in the pumphouse. Not a pretty scene..makes me glad no one was around with a camera
I hope we never get feral hogs here Too cold I guess? They don't seem to winter well in 30 below.
snox801
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The forum is but not necessarily this thread.
Not sure anyone had even said much about max distance anyway.
While I can understand that hauling them out might be a pain in the butt, however there are food pantries all over the country that would like to have the meat, some even have agreements with local meat processors to butcher the donations. All you have to do if find out who those processors are and simply drop off the dead animals. Feed people, not coyotes.
While I can understand that hauling them out might be a pain in the butt, however there are food pantries all over the country that would like to have the meat, some even have agreements with local meat processors to butcher the donations. All you have to do if find out who those processors are and simply drop off the dead animals. Feed people, not coyotes.
Yeah, easier said than done. The sheer number of dead pigs killed and hauled off in Texas would fill quite a few pantries across the US, if not all of them.
I did that back in the 90s and early 2000s,.I donated 4-6 for every 1 I kept. Also, it's way more of a hassle than simply dropping them off, especially when it's hot and processing has to be done right away.
This will ruffle a few feathers, while I agree that some homeless should be cared for, the problem is, there are too many "homeless" that are homeless simply because they are lazy.
I agree on part of the statement about homeless. BUT, there are many other reasons other than "lazy". Like depression and/or care to be to name a few. My feathers aren't ruffled, just stating there are other reasons.
Hot Texas days they will be sticking quickly as they already stink anyways. 1 would need a refrigerated transportation way to convey at a long distance. Where I'm at it would be 80 miles to the nearest processor.
Buffalobwana
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Try ranching in Texas. You will change your tune. It's neither practical or possible to donate every pig shot.While I can understand that hauling them out might be a pain in the butt, however there are food pantries all over the country that would like to have the meat, some even have agreements with local meat processors to butcher the donations. All you have to do if find out who those processors are and simply drop off the dead animals. Feed people, not coyotes.
Farming on top of it doesn't help either. God's little moldboards............................
Also a good reason not to shoot coycotes or other predators as for letting them clean them up.
longbowelk
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I listed the 2 bulk loads hoping that I would get some positive feedback. I gave these a thought for several reasons with one being they might work out for hogs, 2, I reload and thought I could come out better with the brass on a reload rather than pay a lot for new brass. and 3rd, I thought it would be a cheap load to mess around with plinking and practice shooting. I am not really worried if a hog runs off but would like to know that at least a large percentage DRT or close by. Thanks for everyone's feedback. As a final question I hve never fired the Barnes copper bullets from any gun but have read that the copper fouling is something to deal with. Any one want to comment on the AR and copper bullets?
Since the evolution of the TSX and newer bullets, fouling is not near as bad as previous versions.
One word of caution, the Barnes bullets require speed to function. That would require you to shoot bullets in the 100 class range. That's not a problem but understand there are better mono options over the Barnes such as Hammer, Cutting Edge and LeHigh. Your long distance range will be noticeably shorter with the Barnes due to their construction.
One exception to the above may be to use the Grendel specific 115 grain TAC-TX bullet from Barnes. It supposedly has a liver velocity expansion threshold. I never could get them to group to what I consider acceptable.
