Guys,

Am in Texas for 3 to 4 weeks of work.

Brought a scoped 9.3x74R Chapuis double for a possible hog hunt with a friend in Houston. Brought ammo loaded with 270 gr Speer Hot-Cores as I was told they'd do fine and the rifle is sighted-in for them.

Dawned on me that I've never asked the question ... "What is the proper aiming point on a pig?"

Thanks,

Follow the rear line of the front leg one up to 1/3 of the pig and you will get a lung shot.

Kimmo

shoot for the head, if you miss the brain, most likely you'll break his neck, no reason to ruin good meat

Now that is GOING pig hunting with a double.

Basically anywhere in the forward third is lethal. Aim for the front leg or neck area. RIGHT behind the front leg, assuming a 90 degree profile is alright as well, much farther back and you will probably not recover him unless you spine him. As someone said, head or neck shots are great, but with a running pig, which you may well have, they are mostly luck, go for the shoulder area if he is moving.

PS: What part of Texas, maybe you can come up for a pig barbecue or hunt?

Gatogordo,

Am in Clear Lake (just south of Houston). My hunting buddy lives in northwest Houston. Am to check in with him tomorrow to see what the possibilities for hunting actually are. I think we had tentatively set next weekend for a try.

Chapuis is new to me ... got it the Friday before Christmas. Took a doe with it during the extended "Family Doe Season" that runs 12/23-27 in WV. Freezer is full else I'd have tried for another.

Last pig I shot was more than 30 years ago in Gulf Hammocks, Florida. I happened upon this big Russian Boar quite by accident and shot him with a handgun in the face above the nose at a range of about 3 yards. As he was on a hill looking up at me, the bullet exited down his spine. Way too exciting a hunt. ;>

Drop me an e-mail with your phone number if I'm anywhere near close and I'll give you a call.

mstarling
Welcome to Texas.
I try and shoot my pigs just behind the shoulder so I do not mess up the shoulder meat. I also try not to hit the heart as I like to eat it, and the liver too. Still sometimes the angle forces you to make a shoulder shot, which is very effective. I have killed a few pigs and deer with the 270 Speer with good results.
Did you scope your Chapuis, if so what scope and mounts did you use. My rifle has a 2.5x8 Leupold with the heavy duplex, in the Chapuis QD pivot mount. Goes back to zero with no problem.
What size groups is your rifle shooting and what is your load.
Have a good hunt, Let us know how it goes.

The Chapuis came with scope attached. It is the Chapuis pivot mount and it returns to zero very well. Is scoped with a Schmidt & Bender 1.5-6x42. I probably would never have bought such a scope had it not already been mounted. Dandy scope!

The load is one that Tom Kessel put together as I have obviously not had time to do more than range check it. It is 62 gr of IMR 4831 with a 270 gr speer. Should only be a medium performance load as I look at the loading information, but will check it with chrono when I get home.

I had shot it before transfer and it was just deadly. From the left barrel was hitting half gallon bottles at 100 and 150 yards. Took it to the range on the Sunday after transfer and shot a 4 round (two each barrel) 1 3/8" group at 100 yards with it after sorting out that it did not like to be held in certain ways. It wants me to wrap my left hand around the beavertail and touch the barrels ... not align the hand with fingers down the barrels beneath the beavertail. The triggers are stiff ... crisp, but too much pressure required for release. Would like to have that looked at.

So ... the aiming point is either head/neck or behind the shoulder like one would use on deer. I would guess that if the possibilities of flight are into really thick stuff that a neckshot angling into the off shoulder is desireable as it reduces distance run. True?

Thanks!

mstarling
Very nice rig.
Yes that would be a good shot. Sometimes pigs hit behind the shoulder run [the longest ran @100 yards I will have to check my book and see] He was hit at @ 110 yards with a 286 Nosler Partition. Other pigs hit with the 285 Hawk .035jkt in the same spot have gone right down. If you do not want them to run because you are near a property line or the river just try to break one of both shoulders. Hogs can swim better than most fish.