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Old May 4, 2012, 04:02 PM   #48
bobnob
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Location: New South Wales - Australia
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use your forty four mag

If you can keep your ranges reasonable the 44 mag with 240g bullets will be very excellent. You still need to put the round into the front third of the body whenever you can though. Hit them in the guts and they will run a mile.

An advantage of a bigger calibre is that often your shot will be at a fast departing pig, you may have no choice but to shoot him in the rear. A heavy 44 cal bullet has a much better chance of stopping him for a second shot than does a 223 or even 270 cal bullet, I know this from experience even on the moderate sized (up to 100 odd kilos) hogs we get around here.

I often walk them up and have to shoot them on the run. In this situation I will take my 45-70 over my 270 or 308 any day.

Try to attach photo of a modest one I got last week.
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