first post so heres some pics of recent boars. All taken around Darwin Australia.Cheers Mick
.577 2 3/4 nitro 650 woodleighRNSP
12 feet running towards me
308 win / extreme
7x57 win feather wieght
.577

Beautiful boars mick!!!

Thanks for sharing and welcome to the board.

Aloha!

Hi, Mick!
Do australian hunters like to be undergunned?
Nice hogs and nice country.
Salutations from Corsica.

Beautifull photos ,Australia is on my wish list ,and as ill be working in an south hemisphere outfitting company, i believe they will send me there .
By the way tell me about the express rifle ,its a very nice and interesting gun .

Im using the .577 as its a recent purchase. Its also a lot of fun. Heres the details of the .577 put together by the previous owner. Also a few more boar pics.Cheers Mick


W.W.Greener Double Barrel Express Rifle chambered for the .577 x 2 3/4 Light Nitro cartridge. This rifle was built on a 1928 Greener "Empire" 12-bore shotgun action by Melbourne gunsmith Rolph Bachnick, in the first year of the new millenium I believe. I have owned it since October 2003. Overall weight is 10 1/2 lbs and the balance point is 2 1/4 inches ahead of the hinge-pin, still well behind the forward hand. Barrels are 22 inches with British express sights including a faceted diamond front bead! Barrel engraving reads ".577 - 2 3/4 Case" and "65 Grain Cordite / 650 Grain Bullet". Rib is engine-turned with maker's name in a banner: "W.W.Greener Maker 40 Pall Mall London S.W. Works St Mary's Square Birmingham."
The action remains tight on the face and bores remain in excellent condition, appearing virtually as new. External rust-blueing of the barrels is very fine and still appearing virtually new. The non-automatic Greener side-safety is modified with a clever raised rib for positive non-slip operation. Stock finish shows a few minor dents and scratches commensurate with field carry, and some thinning of the oil finish at the front of the comb, however the stock still looks great and I never considered a refinish to be necessary. View the expanded photos for details and condition.
7x57
7x57
375H&H super express
223 featherweight

Thanks very much ,with the detalis of the express .I would love to see a good photo of it .Congratulations for an exceptional rifle .

Nice Mick!

Very nice, Mick, and welcome to the forum!

Juanpozzi, heres a pic of the Greener, cheers Mick

Hey Mick:
Welcome to the A/R hog board.
Great pics, just a question now.
How do you get those dead hogs to smile like that??? Only a couple aren't.

Fine rifle, beautiful setup.
Shall be looking for more of your posts.
How much hog hunting do you do? Year around?George

Georgeld, I hunt boars year round. Wet season slows thing s a bit as access is restricted.
Heres a few more pics cheers Mick
Braclete tusk 308 extreme
close up
first boar with .577
second 40m
old pic with 50 cal
last year bow hunt

Something tells me Mick might know one or two things about hog hunting. I can't quite put my finger on it....

I agree, it sure looks like Mick has it figured out on hogs.
Man what ivory they've all got.
Thanks for sharing Mick.
Where you at over there from where we might know related to somewhere else? had been 'em pals with Sambar02 for over ten yrs til he had that fatal H/A a couple yrs ago. He was around Wangaratta and invited me over for a long time. I never could get it together enough to go then my health took a dive then next thing I knew he up n died. Same age within a few months too.

Wish you well,
George

Mick,

Very nice boars you got there! My Dad and cousin with some friends went there to do some hunting. Hopefully one day I'll make it over there.

Do you hunt with dogs at all? or just rifle and bow?

Happy Hunting,

Dom

Georgeld, Im in Darwin NT. Used to live 15 min from Wangarratta. Moved to vic to hunt sambar.
ultramag, yes I hunt with dogs as well but not as much as I used to. Run stag's, and stag boxer crosse's. Im currently running a neo johnson stag cross.
Heres a few more pics. Cheers Mick
good hooks all bow shot
boar and Javelina skulls bow shot 308 for size comparison
more hooks all except bottom right bow shot
.358 MLR
nephew Lewis 358
boars on floodplain before
after

Very good boar 6 years old
floodplain boars 308

Howdy Mick......

what can one say other than "you da man".

I have hunted and killed hogs all my life, but have nowhere near that collection of tushes.

Outstanding.

Welcome aboard.

Hope to see more.

Best

GWB

geedubya - nice pics, of some good pigs. I hunted around Waco and killeen for whitetail. Some pigs were taken on the military land whilst I was there. Heres a pic of three I got yesterday. Chiller pics so not the greatest pic. cheers Mick

GWB,

Love those pics brother! Nice boars! Hope to make it to Texas one day to hunt some boars.

Mick,

Heres a set from a boar we got a while ago his filers were gone like most of his teeth LOL! He was missing almost all of his molars and only had his pre molars to chew with tough buggers for sure.