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re: Hog hunting With AR-15
Posted on 1/25/13 at 11:07 am to So Salt Life
Posted on 1/25/13 at 11:07 am to So Salt Life
I am going to have my 300 blackout build finished this weekend. I am hoping to go on my bosses place in a couple of weeks.
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Posted on 1/25/13 at 11:21 am to lsufan1971
My uncle has a lever action 4570 he uses for hogs. Its quite the hog smasher.
Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:15 pm to So Salt Life
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FMJ doesn't work with hogs. Learned that several times.
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Learned that several times.
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Learned that
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several times.
huh?
Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:31 pm to Bleeding purple
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If you want to collect meat though, any scoped semiauto or even bolt rifle that you are proficent with will work. Just hit em in the head.
This. Made the mistake of taking a normal shot two inches behind the shoulder using a .308 with winchester ballistic silvertip. Lost most of the meat in the two front shoulders due to bullet fragmentation. Good round for killing not a good round for meat hunting.
If you are going to kill hogs with an .556/.223 AR something other than fmj needs to be used if you dont take head shots. These rounds fly too fast and dont expend enough of their energy upon impact.
This post was edited on 1/25/13 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:32 pm to BuckToothBilly
Wonder what happened to your boy Saltlife? 
Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:34 pm to hypnos
I think the best AR round for hunting hogs is probably .50 beowulf.
Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:34 pm to JAB528
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My uncle has a lever action 4570 he uses for hogs. Its quite the hog smasher.
I have a lever action in .450 Marlin and it packs quite the wallop on them.
It is a .45-70 on steroids.
Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:41 pm to hypnos
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I think the best AR round for hunting hogs is probably .50 Beowulf.
I have one, and it's the most effective round I've used. Never had hog take a single step after being shot -- just collapse where they stood.
My other "hog rifles" are .308 DPMS AR-10 and a regular 5.56 AR loaded with CorBon DPX loads.
All are lethal, but the Beowulf is deadly.
Posted on 1/25/13 at 12:53 pm to El Josey Wales
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I have a lever action in .450 Marlin and it packs quite the wallop on them.
Holy smokes I bet it does.
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