The one the antis really want to ban is the AR-15 which is a .223, not much of a wild boar gun I think. For a dangerous game like that I'd prefer dad's .50-70 Sharps, sure I don't get a quick second shot but I'm enough of a marksman I'm almost certainly going to hit what I shoot at and with a 300 grain projectile that which has been shot isn't going to do much running around afterward.
When I shot the moose in '99 I used a .348 Winchester. Not because a moose is dangerous particularly (although I wouldn't want to make one mad) but because I didn't want it going anywhere after it was shot. It didn't either, didn't take one step. Dad shot his in 2009 with a .577 Snider, hit it in the ear. That moose didn't know what hit her, the ultimate humane kill. -Curt Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:35:52 -0800 From: "Greg Fiorentino" <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cervidae encounter Message-ID: <005e01ce0ee9$17d818d0$47884a70$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I understand the little ones up to about 100# are good eating. They can get pretty big! The preferred hunting weapons are the ones we are being told are not useful for hunting (semi-autos with large ammo magazines). The large boars need rifles with a large bore. They tend to armor themselves with tree resin, creating a hard shell that is difficult to penetrate. Greg _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
