re: AR platform - Hog Caliber

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I do a lot of hog hunting at night with thermals and I wanted a more effective caliber (than the 300 BLK) Thanks in advance.

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Honestly, if I were hunting hogs at ground level, I wouldn't use anything other than an AR-10 (.308).

It's a dangerous animal and a clean kill is important to me - if I hunted them I would definitely want to butcher the kills and either store the food myself, or give it to others for consumption. Having to pepper a beast with smaller and/or lighter rounds or have to be extremely precise with hits under hog hunting circumstances would be an added complication.

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experience with the .458 SOCOM

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I have not, but it is intriguing. For hogs, I think larger caliber is smart. I wonder how much of a trade off this is in terminal velocity...