I have been hunting this boar for several months, and he finally made a fatal mistake tonight. I shot him with my Blaser R-93 Professional Tracker in 308 topped with a Leupold VX III 1.5-5 illuminated reticle loaded with 170 gr round nose Corelokt, 46.5 grs Varget, CCI 250 primer in Lapua brass.

He ran a short distance, and I had to get my Lab pup, Annie, to locate him for me. I tried to weigh him, but he bottomed out my 200 pound scale. I estimate him to be between 250 and 275 pound.

Nice lookin' pig!!

Nice work, Jeff! That's a big slab of bacon! Congratulations!

Great Pig!!
i would peg him at 280-300

Very nice boar! Congrats!

Nicely done!

THAT is a GREAT piggie!

Congratulations on lots of patience and just a little luck. Nice when it comes together.

That's a very nice lookin' hog there Jeff...That's a lot of SWEET MEAT right there!!!

Did you clean his wife's JEWELS from him earlier or did another rancher/hunter nearby as I see his ears are decorated....

Man that makes for SWEET MEAT!!!!!!

BTW how is your 6.5x55mm doing I just finish scoping mine a couple days ago and hopefully my son's McGowen barrel will be here soon so I can get it twisted up fast and check it out too!

I took your reply along with a few others and I'll be shooting in my rifle and my son's the 120gr Rem CL's for deer and the like...

Thanks Buddy!!!

Jeff,
Looks like you're doing all the good. Great rifle, fine boar and good looking pooch. But you need to be sure and leave some for future fun.
GWB

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Originally posted by Late-Bloomer:

BTW how is your 6.5x55mm doing I just finish scoping mine a couple days ago and hopefully my son's McGowen barrel will be here soon so I can get it twisted up fast and check it out too!

I took your reply along with a few others and I'll be shooting in my rifle and my son's the 120gr Rem CL's for deer and the like...

I actually haven't had my 6.5x55 barrel out since deer season ended. The 120 gr Corelokts sure worked for me.