re: Need recommendations for a hog gun

Build an AR-10.

Bear Creek Lower $269 in stock
https://www.bearcreekarsenal.com/bca-ar-10-complete-lower-assembly-anodized.html

Palmetto state upper $519.
https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-gen3-pa10-20-rifle-length-308-win-1-10-stainless-steel-15-lightweight-m-lok-upper-with-bcg-ch10.html

Or get it all at PSA.

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6.5 Grendel is what I hunt with on my thermal setup. It does the job, but on larger hogs , broadside hogs still run 30-40 yards, using 123 grain SST’s

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It’s exciting to see so many sporting the Grendel. It’s my favorite hog round too. Enough power to drop em efficiently, and with low recoil for follow up shots.

For the hogs that run 30-40 yards on broadside shots, where on the hog are you placing the bullets? Just wondering if you are shooting just behind the shoulder like a deer - if so you may be missing the lungs completely on a hog. For a broadside lung shot you have to shoot them through the shoulder, not behind the shoulder. For a quartering-away shot, you can put the bullet behind the shoulder because at that angle it will scramble the lungs. For me, perfect broadside shots I’ll take them just forward of the shoulder where the neck meets the shoulders, about halfway up the body - that’s a spine shot and drops them so fast that they don’t take one step. An ear hole shot is fine too, but hogs’ heads are just about always moving, and if you are off by a couple inches you may miss or injure the hog.

Palmetto State for $500

You could kill a grizzly bear with a .22 but should you if another round is available?

Most people that hog hunt are trying to kill multiples. You’re not getting a second eye shot unless you’re Bob Lee Swagger.

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Build an AR-10. Bear Creek Lower $269 in stock LINK Palmetto state upper $519. LINK Or get it all at PSA.

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Do not build an AR-10, they are not built to mil spec like AR-15’s. Meaning most of the time you can’t mix and match parts from different companies. If you go the AR-10 route just purchase the whole gun.

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Do not build an AR-10, they are not built to mil spec like AR-15’s. Meaning most of the time you can’t mix and match parts from different companies. If you go the AR-10 route just purchase the whole gun.

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This just isn’t true. I have built 2 AR10’s with no issues. I will say it’s a good idea to buy the same make upper and lower but the majority of the other parts were from 5 different companies. Never had an issue.

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If I were to build a hog gun only, then I'd go 300BO suppressed sub sonic. Most versatile is 6.8 or 277W.

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this is the way

Yes

188gr discreet subs out of a 1:5 twist barrel is devastating.

Sorry, I shouldn’t have said most of the time ...but still “AR-10’s” are not mil spec , some companies use DPMS LR-308 low profile pattern, some DPMS LR-308 high profile pattern, some use the AR-10 Armalite pattern, and PSA has their own pattern. In recent years a lot of companies went with the DPMS high profile pattern, so finding compatible parts is easier but it’s still not like building an AR-15.

I find all the Grendel ammo I need at my local Academy.