Here a couple of pics from my hunt last week. This monster weighed 480 lbs & was an old scarred beast. He took 1 round with a 900gr Woodleigh. I don't have time right now, but will post details & observations later after the Packers beat the Giants :-)

Holy hog crap! That is a big ole boar!

Congrats..

That is a HOG! Beer can sized hole through it?
I suspect the bristles are concealing it.

To give an idea how big this little guy was, I'm 6'6" 285. Look at it compared to me

The Woodleigh hit him 2/3 up from the bottom right behind the right shoulder in the middle of his massive gristle plate, pulverized the inurds and STOPPED under the offside plate & DIDN'T EXIT. Time for the Kodiaks of X-style

Picture of recovered bullet please!

That is a BEAST! Bigger than most black bears.


Congratulations!

SPECTACULAR!!!
Looks Pure Russian and like the one the gave Ulysis his scar


Awesome and amazing!!

That is an animial of a life time!!
jeffe

Good show!!

WOW! That is one big pig!

Congratulations!

900-grain Woodleigh Weldcore RNSP pancaked, eh?
By what velocity?

Helluva pig!! Congrats! Where were you hunting?

Mad Dog

Way to go Joe!

That's an awesome boar!

How far did he go after the shot?

Sounds like that is "par for the course" performance for the Woodleigh softs in the 600OK...

Betcha the Kodiaks would have exited with a nice big ol hole...

Matt V.

600 Overkill that is an awesome hog. I've heard estimates of 400 lb pigs but when you see the pictures you always wonder how they weighed them This hog is the real deal. Congratulations.
Take good care,
Dave

I'm so glad you honoured that old warrior with an appropriate calibre! Fantastic boar!!
Cheers...
Con

OUTSTANDING!

Looking forward to the detail as to where this beauty was taken.

On that beast, I wouldnt actually call it "overkill" at all!!

Maybe; "Cleankill"!

Holy mackeral !!! That's a lot of bacon!
I definitely want to see more of the beast and of the bullet that took him as well as the story that went into his taking.

As I wait for AHR to build my 600 OK (Granite Mountain action, 26" barrel, upgraded wood and fancy checkering), I have been searching the AR archives for anything and all on loads for the 600 OK, photos of the rifle and bullets and pics of the game taken. Ed mentioned that he put some "stuff in the mail" to me - I am hoping dies and components to whet my whistle while I wait.
Looking forward to the story and bullet pics.
Good job !
Paul

That is one monster of a boar and I sincerely hope that you mount that beast as it is certainly worthy! Congratulations!

Great looking beast!!! Tell me more about the rifle and where you shot it!

WOW. That beast makes you look 5' 6" and 180!!

I've never seen a boar that size (we don't have to many up here )...all the sudden I am interested in hunting them though!

Cheers and congrats,
Canuck

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Originally posted by Canuck:
WOW. That beast makes you look 5' 6" and 180!!
Canuck

Hey, I almost resemble that remark !!!
I wish it were me taking a photo next to that thing. I AM 5' 5" and 170lbs and that would be one hell of a picture - no one would believe it could be real.
Where did you get that boar?

What a monster!!
Where did you hunt it ?
How did you find it? Did you track it? or was one of those "right moment, right place, right guy (and of course right rifle & bullet ) ?

That hog is UNREAL!

Please tell us the story!

The thought of a Boar hunt never crossed my mind until you posted that big ole bugger!

damn! what an incredible boar!

ps that belt looks heavy

Fat lady is singing, now let's see some gore!

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Originally posted by waterrat:
The thought of a Boar hunt never crossed my mind until you posted that big ole bugger!

Don't know why every hunter doesn't hunt boar. It's more fun in my opinion than deer hunting, and there is no season and no limits. Year round fun!

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
Don't know why every hunter doesn't hunt boar. It's more fun in my opinion than deer hunting, and there is no season and no limits. Year round fun!

Uh ... How about because theres none around here for 2000 miles.

Plenty of folks have to travel to hunt. Obviously they aren't indigenous to every part of the US, but they are plentiful and if your state doesn't have 'em, then you just need to travel -- like many of us do. I don't have them too close to where I am either but that doesn't stop me. So, Mike, book a boar hunt! Hell, I would have have to head North to your neck of the woods for Grizzly!

I take it that you suscribe to the "Use enough gun" theory.
Nice, I like it, someone actualy using their 600 OKs for more than just plinking.

The Packers lost, now give us all the details.

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Originally posted by trophyhunter5000:
Way to go Joe!

That's an awesome boar!

How far did he go after the shot?

Sounds like that is "par for the course" performance for the Woodleigh softs in the 600OK...

Betcha the Kodiaks would have exited with a nice big ol hole...

Matt V.

Thanks for all the comments guys. There's so many let's start with the load. It was the 900gr Woddleigh @ 2100 fps. He dropped at the shot. As Trophyhunter5000 says, I do think it failed somewhat as it failed to penetrate fully. While it did tremendous damage, it should have @ OVER 8K FT LBS. It is apparent this bullet can't hold up to these speeds on tough game. I will experiment with Kodiaks and the AHR mono x- type as I think they would fully penetrate. As to how far he went after the shot--again, straight down flat. So you could say it performed perfect. But I want full penetration on tough stuff in case you need to track. The entrance wound was caliber size but bled very little. Again, an exit would have been better if tracking was necessary.

This guy was taken at Bear Mountain in the U P of Michigan.

I did not recover the bullet as the skinning was done by their butcher and as it was well below zero, I let him do his job :-)

600, do you have a web address for the place you hunted?

Great job!

I've got a buddy that ph'ed with a 577 ne ..
at 2065 he nearly never recovered a woodleigh bullet, no matter what he hit, other than ele and hippo

we had TWO of the same bullets, at 2350, openup huge and not penetrate an eland ...awesome damage, but a solid or x would (and did) go through....

fell to the shot is awesome

Congratulations on one heck of a porker. It really staggers my imagination, thanks for sharing. IMO the bullet would have been as much of a trophy, bet you are dissapointed at its loss! Dr.C

Here's his brother

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RCQn7RzSCj4

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Originally posted by doccash:
Congratulations on one heck of a porker. It really staggers my imagination, thanks for sharing. IMO the bullet would have been as much of a trophy, bet you are dissapointed at its loss! Dr.C

Somewhat but not as much as you might think Doc as I have quite a few that are turned in-side-out although not from this guy :-)

Details please!! What load were you using. My 600 has a 26 1/2" barrel and I can get 2320 to 2330 ft/sec with 165 grains of H4350.

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
600, do you have a web address for the place you hunted?

Great job!

Let's see if this works:
http://www.bearmountainquest.com/

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Originally posted by bigdoggy700:
Details please!! What load were you using. My 600 has a 26 1/2" barrel and I can get 2320 to 2330 ft/sec with 165 grains of H4350.

The load ws 160grn H-4350 for 2120 fps from my 20" barrel