Anyone shot round nose bullets at piggies? I've got about 500 Hornady .338 250G Roundnoses that were given to me. I'm going to work up a load in my .338WM to see how they shoot.

Are they good enough for pigs?

Jeff

Round nose bullets shouldn't make much of a difference on terminal performance, especially on pigs as they will be shot at relatively close range. The 338 WM should efficiently put down any "piggie" on this planet.

Have used often 117 gr. Hornady .257 cal round nose bullets in a 250 Savage 99. I guess it's ballistically like a scaled down 338 WM. No problems in the killing area, as I only have scaled down porkers where I hunt, no monster stuff.

Geoff

That .338 with 250 RN bullets will stomp pigs quite effectively. At 200 yards or less RN bullets are very effective, beyond that they lose alot of velocity and trajectory suffers.

Hi Jeff,

I'd bet they'll do pretty well.

Kyler

I've never used anything but roundnose bullets in my Whelen on hogs and have never regreted the choice. They work great.

Roundnose should be just fine. They are my
first choice. The 338 for pigs can be loaded
down and should be very accurate.
Good Hunting
Raff

Aloha Kyler,

They do work good! Cheap bullets kill as good as premium bullets. Of course, gun writers with the advertising pressure will not want to go there. Maybe we can get a good discussion on this thread on CHEAP VS. PREMIUM aka quantity vs. quality.

Geoff

I shoot 300 grain 375 H&H at hogs. Never had a problem. The only one I ever recovered shot through a large grapevine before hitting the hog.

cfore,

Which 300gr .375 bullet did you use?

Cheap v Premium? I'd say 90% of game shots can be easily handled with standard cup n core bullets. Premiums only give you that slight edge in less than 10% of the cases where the shot angle is bad or you've got a fleeing animal and MAXIMUM penetration is needed for a tail-pipe shot for example. Premiums can also give you an edge when you're employing a rifle that's a bit light for the game you're after - the premium may give you a bit more penetration to get the job done.

I have shot a few pigs with the 300 gr Honday RN from my .375 H7H and it kills them like chain lightening.....................had better results with that load than with my 30/06 loaded with 165 gr Ballistic tips.

Those 250 gr .338 Round Noses will be excellent !!

The roundnose bullets I shoot are Hornady. I whot one the other day with a 300 grain TSX. Died just the same. However, it did make a huge entry wound on the inside of the rib cage and broke three ribs at the spine. The exit wound was about the size of a quarter in front of the shoulder.

Most of the hogs I shoot are right at dark so I like to have a nice blood trail.

Out of 43 hogs I've kept record on the average distance shot was 47 yard and the distance traveled after the shot was 48 yards. These are best guesses so I sure I'm off but not too far. These hogs were shot with everything from bows to 375 H&H. Very few bullets were premium most were Speer Hotcore and Hornady Interlock bullets.

Thanks guys. I will see how accurate a load I can work up for them. My .338 is finicky - but with 500 of them, I should be able to find something it likes.

Jeff