The nifty little Heym 26B chambered in 9.3x74R is regulated with the 232gr Norma load and they don'r recommend heavier bullets be used.

The question is "Is the 232gr load at 2500fps "big" enough" for driven boar?

yes, try to feed it good bullets and it will do wonderful things for you.

best

peter

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Originally posted by DB Bill:

......The question is "Is the 232gr load at 2500fps "big" enough" for driven boar?

It's OBVIOUSLY enough (and even a little more than enough)

9,3x74R is a very good cartridge for driven hunt. The power of this cartridge is comparable to the 375H&H Flanged. I am a heavy bullet guy so personally I would use the 286gr softpoints. Boars are tough animals so the weight and the bullet diameter are essential. For me it would be fun to hunt them with a double rifle chambered for 450-400 Nitro...

Enough?? I think it's much more what you really need!!

Faina

I have no doubt the heavier bullets will more than do the job ---- the question was about the 232gr bullet.

The reason I ask is I'm looking at a light-weight Heym that is regulated for the 232gr bullets. The rifle is also not recommened for use with bullets heavier than 232gr loads.

Then buy yourself a nice heavy 450 N.E. double rifle; you will be able to shoot even 550 gr. bullets at +600m/s, that will possibly (not sure, though) put down well those dangerous, devilish boars.

Hi I live in Holland and hunt often wild boar.
I have shot many wildboar in France, Germany and Holland.

In normal hunting conditions a 6,5 x 65 will do the job with 120 grain bullets as a minimum.
Some preach 308 WIN with 168 grain.

for driven hunts in germany one is expected to show up with at least 7 x 64 or 8 x 57 JRS with bullets waits of 180 grain and upwards.

9,3 x 62 is a high favorite of many. bullets weights around the 200 grain is more than sufficient.
So 232 from a 9,3 x 74 has some "overpower"

I've never shot boar but I saw a few really big ones in Berlin.

I have shot 4 moose with 232gr bullets at a MV of 2,600fps. A calf with a Vulkan and 3 bulls with Oryx. They worked very well until I asked one to do something it wasn't really designed for - a follow up raking shot. I thought I had wounded a bull (but had cleaned missed ) so took a shot on a strongly quartering away bull at a full run in between a gap in the trees. The bullet hit the muscle of the rear leg, passed through into the guts and stopped at the diaphragm on line to the heart. One inch more and it would have died pretty quick but as it was it needed following up. It had expanded massively - almost a lead and copper disc but lost no weight.

I would say it will kill but might not exit a really big boar. It's not a stem to stern bullet on big game.

1894mk2, moose bulls are MUCH bigger than boars and we are talking about boars here. I didn't shoot any moose, but I shot many boars; according to Wikipedia, moose bulls weigh between 380 and 720 kg, western european boars (very) seldom reach the weight of 150/160 kg, while the eastern Europe ones can weigh 200kg; only romanians boars can reach 300 kg weight. So, even considering the the biggest romanian boar and the lightest moose bull, there is still 80 kg of difference (the weight of a good size boar). I'm not surprised at all that the 232gr Norma bullet didn't pass through a moose bull quartering away.

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Originally posted by 1894mk2:

...I would say it (232gr bullet) will kill but might not exit a really big boar...

That's why I suggest to use a 450NE double rifle on boars

Scandinavian moose aren't quite so big and shots are generaly more considered than driven boar.

I wasn't expecting it to exit, I was expecting it to reach the vitals which it didn't.

Despite being smaller I thought boar were tougher having mud on hair, extensive fat and gristle plates? An oryx might be bonded but it's definately a soft bullet that overexpands in 232gr format.

If you don't shoot them all over their bodies, the 7x57 and even more the 8x57 mm are sufficient. You have to hit them well, anyway. The good thing with the 232 grain Norma is that they open up fairly well. Heavier bullets might be too hard, especially for the smaller boars and piglet we mostly shoot on our driven hunts. At this time of the year these piglets might already weight 40 kgs. or more.