Best caliber for hog hunting - The Firearms Forum

TheSniper · 04-11-2009, 10:14 AM

What is the best caliber for hog hunting?
Thanks. Good Hunting!

Marlin · 04-11-2009, 10:45 AM

My choice would be the versatile .30-06. I use my Browning BLR for all my hunting excursions.

tim peterson · 04-11-2009, 11:14 AM

That depends, how big are these hogs and how far are you shooting. My frinds have used a 3030 and 308 marlin exp. Me I would use my trusty and rusty 3006.

cycloneman · 04-11-2009, 11:35 AM

i agree with everybody so far, i pick a 308 if i were hunting. however if your ever in one of those ranches, like i have been in, we have used 223's in the ear at night while enjoying a cocktail or 2.

yea 308, 3006, 30-30,

Mr. Nameless · 04-11-2009, 03:37 PM

I go with the .50BMG, no just joking, 30-06.

Marlin · 04-11-2009, 05:45 PM

The versitility of the .30-06, especially if one hand loads, enable it to be used effectively on most game, including the biggest in this hemisphere.

There also is enough variety in the marketplace to enable the right load for the right game to be purchased.

jim summers · 04-30-2009, 10:46 PM

I will have to side with Marlin on 30-06 that rifle is all the weapon you will need to take down any game in North America. That baby has some remarkable knock down power.

islenos · 05-01-2009, 08:52 AM

Anything that is a full sized Cartridge that is about .30 Cal

.308, .30-06, 7.62x54R, 7.5 French, 7.5 Swiss, .303 Brit, 6.5x55, 8mm Mauser and my fav 30-30.

P.S. I only listed those that I personally own.

USMC-03 · 05-01-2009, 08:53 AM

.416 Rigby. If it's worth doing, it's worth over-doing...

Pistolenschutze · 05-01-2009, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by USMC-03

.416 Rigby. If it's worth doing, it's worth over-doing...

Well heck, USMC, there's always the .600 Nitro Express.

TheGunClinger · 05-01-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

Well heck, USMC, there's always the .600 Nitro Express.

Did you say "Hog"hunting, not rhino or elephant?

TheGunClinger · 05-01-2009, 02:48 PM

Or large pirate ships?

Big ugly · 05-01-2009, 02:50 PM

I usualy use the 8mm mouser. I like the range on it cuz me personally I dont wanna be too damn close to a P/Oed pig.

cycloneman · 05-01-2009, 07:58 PM

If you guys ever come across the right bullet that will kill and automatically clean the animal leaving you only the skinning to do,,,,,,,, well that the one i want to use. ya let me know if you find, kay.

358 winchester · 05-03-2009, 04:53 AM

The 30-06 is a great round that is for sure. I like to hunt my hogs with a 358 Winchester, using a 200 grain bullet, it leaves the hogs DRT (Dead Right There) a 3 inch S&W 686 as a back up / close range gun with 158 grain jacketed soft point is always in the shoulder holster while hog hunting.

Lotsdragon · 05-03-2009, 08:36 PM

MY favorite is my marlin 336 in 35 remington, it has the shock and the power to do the job {

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PS I use the 200 grain powershoks for the best results.

GMFWoodchuck · 05-17-2009, 07:11 AM

Anything other than a 22 rimfire should be okay. Make sure you have well made bullets in the smaller cals, but otherwise pick your poison. They are all good.

fyimo · 07-12-2009, 02:35 PM

30-06 is a great all around round and would work well.

carver · 07-12-2009, 02:55 PM

Many, many hogs have been killed with the lowley old .22LR. Personally I think anything bigger would be a better choice to do the job. Whisper air guns is advertizing their new high powered air gun on TV by shooting, and killing a hog. Just don't use 00 Buck! You can't get enough penitration with that load. Hogs is mean, when I shoot one I want him to lay down and go to sleep on the spot!

Lotsdragon · 07-12-2009, 03:00 PM

35 remington! does the job quite nicely.

04-11-2009, 10:14 AM	#1
TheSniper Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 28	Best caliber for hog hunting What is the best caliber for hog hunting? Thanks. Good Hunting! -->

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Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting My choice would be the versatile .30-06. I use my Browning BLR for all my hunting excursions. __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

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tim peterson V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: COLORADO Posts: 278	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting That depends, how big are these hogs and how far are you shooting. My frinds have used a 3030 and 308 marlin exp. Me I would use my trusty and rusty 3006.

04-11-2009, 11:35 AM	#4
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,400	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting i agree with everybody so far, i pick a 308 if i were hunting. however if your ever in one of those ranches, like i have been in, we have used 223's in the ear at night while enjoying a cocktail or 2. yea 308, 3006, 30-30, __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

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Mr. Nameless Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Coast of N.C. Posts: 1,264	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting I go with the .50BMG, no just joking, 30-06. __________________ Signed ~BMP Two classifications of terrorist dead and not dead enough

04-11-2009, 05:45 PM	#6
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting The versitility of the .30-06, especially if one hand loads, enable it to be used effectively on most game, including the biggest in this hemisphere. There also is enough variety in the marketplace to enable the right load for the right game to be purchased. __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

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jim summers Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I reside in southern Indiana, you can almost step out of my back door and be setting on Patoka Lake Posts: 1,056	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting I will have to side with Marlin on 30-06 that rifle is all the weapon you will need to take down any game in North America. That baby has some remarkable knock down power. __________________ To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required.

05-01-2009, 08:52 AM	#8
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting Anything that is a full sized Cartridge that is about .30 Cal .308, .30-06, 7.62x54R, 7.5 French, 7.5 Swiss, .303 Brit, 6.5x55, 8mm Mauser and my fav 30-30. P.S. I only listed those that I personally own. __________________

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USMC-03 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,825	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting .416 Rigby. If it's worth doing, it's worth over-doing... __________________ Let not the rifles of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots. - Fortes Fortuna Javat -

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Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting I usualy use the 8mm mouser. I like the range on it cuz me personally I dont wanna be too damn close to a P/Oed pig. __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

05-01-2009, 07:58 PM	#14
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,400	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting If you guys ever come across the right bullet that will kill and automatically clean the animal leaving you only the skinning to do,,,,,,,, well that the one i want to use. ya let me know if you find, kay. __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

05-03-2009, 04:53 AM	#15
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting The 30-06 is a great round that is for sure. I like to hunt my hogs with a 358 Winchester, using a 200 grain bullet, it leaves the hogs DRT (Dead Right There) a 3 inch S&W 686 as a back up / close range gun with 158 grain jacketed soft point is always in the shoulder holster while hog hunting. __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

05-03-2009, 08:36 PM	#16
Lotsdragon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Potosi, Mo Posts: 813	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting MY favorite is my marlin 336 in 35 remington, it has the shock and the power to do the job {) PS I use the 200 grain powershoks for the best results.

05-17-2009, 07:11 AM	#17
GMFWoodchuck Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 1,369	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting Anything other than a 22 rimfire should be okay. Make sure you have well made bullets in the smaller cals, but otherwise pick your poison. They are all good.

07-12-2009, 02:35 PM	#18
fyimo V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 187	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting 30-06 is a great all around round and would work well.

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carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,236	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting Many, many hogs have been killed with the lowley old .22LR. Personally I think anything bigger would be a better choice to do the job. Whisper air guns is advertizing their new high powered air gun on TV by shooting, and killing a hog. Just don't use 00 Buck! You can't get enough penitration with that load. Hogs is mean, when I shoot one I want him to lay down and go to sleep on the spot! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

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Lotsdragon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Potosi, Mo Posts: 813	Re: Best caliber for hog hunting 35 remington! does the job quite nicely. __________________ "First comes smiles,then lies.Last is gunfire" Roland Deschain