Boar Hunting Rifle

[Curiousgb]

A Marlin .35 Remington.

That too!

[Guest BEARMAN]

A Marlin .35 Remington.

+1....35 Remmy is an underrated big game cartridge...IMO

Awesome brush gun, and the ammo can be had fairly reasonable too.

Edited May 29, 2010 by BEARMAN
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[Chris]

I took a 275lb sow yesterday with my 375 H&H. Curiously, safari rounds do baaaaad things to wild pigs.

[Guest BEARMAN]

I took a 275lb sow yesterday with my 375 H&H. Curiously, safari rounds do baaaaad things to wild pigs.

What, Chris....no pics?

[Guest Billetproof]

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[Ridgerunner665]

My boar rifle (and deer rifle and bear rifle)...Marlin 1895, not a Guide Gun.

The load...

405 grain Beartooth LFN/GC

Rem brass

CCI BR2 primer

50 grains of H322

2.55" OAL (seat to crimp groove and then crimp it good)

1,886 fps from that 22" barrel.

100 yard group...only 4 shots, ran out of ammo

Boar gun...

[Chris]

I reckon that'll do the trick.

[Patrick Henry]

Ridgerunner, Very Cool!! You should consider posting this at MarlinOwners.com They would love it.

Edited July 11, 2010 by Patrick Henry

[ShaunM]

I've got an NEF single shot 450 marlin.

[Ridgerunner665]

Ridgerunner, Very Cool!! You should consider posting this at MarlinOwners.com They would love it.

It is posted there...

Thats where I got the GBL stock and forearm. I traded with a guy that wanted a walnut GBL

Edited July 11, 2010 by Ridgerunner665

[DaveS]

I have a NEF single shot 45-70...It kicks worse than a wild hog would!

[Guest GunTroll]

I bet!

[DaveS]

I met a fellow yesterday (name withheld by request), who dropped a 200 pound wild boar "to his knees" with a .22 hornet. Says all you need is a .22L/R or .22MAG. to do the job. I think TGO member "Whiskey" can chime in. I believe he hunted them with a .22Mag.. I may lean in that direction also!

[ShaunM]

I've seen a few hunting shows were they were killing them with high power air rifles, I think the .22 cal ones.

[whiskey]

I have had success with both .22mag and .22LR, but I have also personally witnessed the .22LR failing on head shot of less than 30 yards. The .22mag is a capable gun for head shots, but I limit my shots to a side of the head shot, just below the ear. You have to be careful because hogs seldom stop moving and getting a good clean head shot without hitting low and just wounding with a jaw shot can be tricky.

I would recommend a .44mag lever action carbine as the perfect hog gun. You can load it up with 300gr hard cast or Hornady XTP's and shoot for the much higher percentage neck shot. I have seen many hogs fall over in their tracks from a center of the neck shot, and have never seen one run off when hit in the neck. Any deer rifle will work. Any centerfire will work. I just believe that the .44mag in a lever action has the perfect balance between manageable recoil, fast follow up, large diameter hole, high capacity magazine, short handy platform, affordable gun and ammo, lots of flexibility in factory loads.

[Ridgerunner665]

I've killed a good many hogs with a 22 LR...a few huge ones weighing over 700 lbs.

Mind you, these were farm raised hogs (you know...pork, bacon, ham, etc.) and I shot them in the side of the head while they were in a chute (of sorts). I used a pistol to kill all those hogs, a High Standard 9 shot 22 revolver...but I would never dream of using it to "hunt" wild hogs, too much can (and will eventually) go wrong.

Some may say the 45-70 is too much gun for hogs (or deer and black bear)...but I don't recall ever killing anything "too dead". The round can be loaded to suit the purpose (from mouse to moose)...

The 44 Mag would work quite good too, as would a 45 Colt.

Edited July 11, 2010 by Ridgerunner665

[DaveS]

Whiskey...thanks for your info brother. I guess "high percentage shots" would be in the shoulder area. .44 mag would be a good choice!

[Chris]

Make sure you keep those shoulder shots low. I've seen the bony plate on a mature hog's shoulder stop black powder rounds cold... zero penetration. The hogs pumphouse is a lot lower and farther forward than you might expect. If you guys are taking hogs w/ .22's, my hat is off to you... That's good shot placement.

[Deerbnb]

yep, hard to beat the Marlin in either .444 or 45/70. Then you have great black bear medicine also. (Now you have an excuse for another hunt)

[DaveS]

I followed "Whiskeys" advice, and bought me a lever action .44 mag carbine. It is a Rossi model 1892, and shoots sweet! Planning on a Alabama hog hunt here in the next week or two.