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September 4, 2007, 09:10 AM | #1 |
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Deer/ hogs and assorted varmints in S.C.
dad is moving to Columbia this winter.
He is in the market for a new barrel for his encore with the following restrictions: He had his shoulder rebuilt and can not handle the recoil of any -06 based cartridge or larger. I just bought him a TC prohunter flex stock which should take the kick out of and midsized centerfire that he choses to hunt with. He would like a do-it-all barrel for whitetails, the occasional varmint, and possibly hogs. he already has a .22 hornet, a .223 and a .22-250 in rifle barrels, so if he is in the mood for serious varminting then he is already set. He has had good success with a 15" 243 win pistol for NY whitetails, and from what I gander they are smaller in SC than the corn fed ones up here. My thought was to get a 24" .243 and use 95 gr NBTs for deer and 100 gr partitions for hogs.... So, Caliber suggestions anyone?
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September 4, 2007, 09:42 AM | #2 |
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Just my opine the .243 will do with good shot placement. hogs have that tough hide/layer of dense fat in the neck/shoulder area you know. I've killed three, 2 small boars and one 300 lb. sow. 1 of the boars I took with 10 shots from a Ruger 10/22 mini-mags. I wasn't expecting a hog hunt when I went to a buddy's place in Nantahala he just said 'bring a gun with you'. and discounted seeing anything as it was dern COLD but it ran out down the mountain at me. it was dressed out right at 100 lb.
I took another dressed out 100 lb.er with a '58 Rem BP revolver knocked it's skull top off with a shot from a ground blind. the sow I took with a ROA it was sort of ambling along past my blind and I shot little too far back to take out the heart and had to track it aways and give it another whack into base of skull when I found it piled up in thicket,it was about gone anyway. good luck I'm hoping to get onto some land around Anderson if things go right for hog myself this winter. |
September 4, 2007, 03:36 PM | #3 |
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243 or 22-250 are excellent choices...I know someone is going to HARP on the 22-250, but do a search under my posts around May and take a look at ACTUAL tissue damage on a whitetail shot w/ a 55gr Sierra Game King soft point. These deer here are about the same size as what you are going to run across. As for hogs, head/neck shots work wonders w/ that round. (That's where I shoot all my hogs, even when I used to use my .300 win mag...) I had the shoulder problem too, that's why I went w/ it. He'll probably want to get into reloading...Lots of fun, and you can make the premium rounds for $4.00/box instead of paying $20.00+ for the same round. It pays for the equipment real fast.
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September 4, 2007, 04:49 PM | #4 |
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.243 Win
.30-30 Win 7mm-30 Waters .250-3000 Savage .257 Roberts Prolly one of those for the uses you describe with a bum shoulder. I'd lean toward .30-30 win or 7-30 Waters, for hogs. Good luck & let us know which you get. |
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