The guide Roger said he'll go 300 at least. I'm not sure of the butcher weighed him field dressed or not. Still waiting to hear about that.
So, 300 plus sound about right? I weigh about 200 pounds.

Congratulations!
Nice pig! Should be some good eating.

In high school Voc Ag class, I raised Hampshires one year and Durocs the next. Always raised two, sold one and butchered one for family when they reached 100 pounds.

Thanks CR. Live weight was over 300. Field dressed 275. 2 shoulder roasts are currently smoking nicely.
He's a Eurasian/Red Wattle hybrid with small pearly white choppers, aged about 1.5 years maybe. Should taste good.
We had gotten up very close to a bigger black hog twice on day one the afternoon prior. A real long-legged stud. Roger said he'd go 400 pounds easy. Dogs were either nipping constantly (when as close as 20 yards) or too close for comfort at about 100 yards. It broke my heart when he did a 180. It would have been an easy frontal shot. He looked right at me for like 5 seconds.

So, having gotten beaten up a little the previous day after at least a dozen sound offs up to 500 yards away by the dogs that went silent before we got right on top of them, the shot on day 2 in the AM was a bit of a I'll just "settle for this one" kind of deal. I did my part for 4-5 miles including lots of steep rocky inclines. But, I guess my gung ho drive was getting a little weak.
No worries. I'm happy. Backstraps!!!!!
Not bad for a 66 year old and on my birthday to boot.
Hope all is well there.

Well done! Lots of good eating there for sure. Now how about telling us about the gun/load/shot, etc.

I'm glad you asked Bobby. I just worked up a new load for the 7X57R. That's the Merkel K1 break action. I can check the total weight later this week. Sure is light & easy to carry.
The scoop -

New RWS cases. No prep needed. Flash holes were perfect. Primer pockets very smooth and seating was a breeze requiring only half the hand pressure needed for the Norma cases. Neck opening ridge was rounded over slightly by the mfr. Neck I.D''s were consistent at around .2795
47 grains of H4831 and 49 grains both gave a me 3/4 inch group of 4 shots. Decided to go with 47 grains.
166 grain Hornady match A-tips - long and skinny with machined aluminum tips, seated to 3.21" OAL put the bullet jump at .070. Bullet sidewalls seated about half way into the neck resulting in mild compression on the powder charge. All bullets weighed exactly 166.2 grains. Atypical Boat Tail, 166 Grain, G1 Ballistic Coefficient= .664
CCI 200 primers.


I pulled the 40-50 yard shot left and missed the top center of the breast plate as intended. Big Bob the Butcher said the bullet entered the lower neck left of center while facing the boar. His right lung was in ribbons a bit but still otherwise intact. He went right down on the shot and was still moving slightly. Brained him to avoid any suffrage. Both entry wounds closed up tight and could not be found. The head wound exit channel was about the width of my thumb. I forgot to look in the dirt for that bullet.

Get dem hogs.

Nice! Always amazes me how some can look so domestic and some russian! The long snout gives them away.

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Job well done !

Congratulations on a fine hog and thanks for sharing!


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Thanks. Empty weight of the scoped K1 - 6 pounds 8 ounces. Overall barrel length 24.25" from breach.

That big boy has a lot of Hampshire in him! Pork chops for days. Nicely done Ray.

Thanks Russ. I got the backstraps cut whole. So, no chops for me. Thursday night's dinner of smoked bottom shoulder was just OK, a little firm in texture. The salsa omelets took care of the rest of the smoked shoulder this morning. Very tasty. Can hardly wait to make some onion burgers.

Would you please tell us who you hunted with?

Loushbough just south of Crossville TN.no feeders 500--ish acre preserve