While I am no authority on hogs, I have killed 3 hogs, and know of 5 others that were killed with the Sierra 165 HPBT GameKing @ 2754 avg. fps. from a 308. They ranged in weight from 109 to 227 lbs. Complete penetration and one very dead hog on all of them. From my limited experience hogs of that size aren't any harder to kill than white tail deer of similar size.
mhabby I am a big fan of 165 grain bullets in the 308. the 165 Sierra HPBT has always performed perfectly for me. In factory ammo the Federal 165gr. Trophy Bonded Bearclaw is an excellent load. My wife and I have taken deer, pigs, bobcat, and coyotes with this load. Of course you can never go wrong with the 165 Nosler Partition. I have used 150's and 180's in the 308 with perfect results but the 165's are still my favorites for deer and wild pigs in the 308.
Posts: 16134 | Location: Texas | Registered: 06 April 2002
quote:Originally posted by RiverRat: While I am no authority on hogs, I have killed 3 hogs, and know of 5 others that were killed with the Sierra 165 HPBT GameKing @ 2754 avg. fps. from a 308. They ranged in weight from 109 to 227 lbs. Complete penetration and one very dead hog on all of them. From my limited experience hogs of that size aren't any harder to kill than white tail deer of similar size.
Shoot Safe, Shoot Straight......RiverRat
That's pretty fast for a .308, factory 150's only go 2700fps in my 22" barrel.
Posts: 3097 | Location: Louisiana | Registered: 28 November 2001
If you're talking ammo and not handloads anything you can buy over the counter will work fine. If you, like many, want the very best there is nothing wrong with that, go for any factory premium load. You do not need anything special, however, to kill hogs. Just decent marksmanship.
Posts: 11143 | Location: Texas, USA | Registered: 22 September 2003
