Pork Popper
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Thinking about trying it on some porkers. Should make them DRT. A little expensive to shoot, but fun.
Anyone else use one for this purpose?
Anyone else use one for this purpose?
Thinking about trying it on some porkers. Should make them DRT. A little expensive to shoot, but fun.
Anyone else use one for this purpose?
My friend Patrick used one a few years back to drop this big boy in his tracks from 40 yards. No exit wound.
I bought one for just that, a couple years ago and shot a pile of hogs but never, seriously, never had one die right there. They always ran off and died somewhere in the brush. I shot Hornady 325 gr Leverevolution red tip deals mostly. Very fun to shoot and carry but for me, the results were not up to my expectations. Shot 2 small deer also and had to track both of them. I'd own another but I would shoot Buffalo Bullets or similar.
Hornady 325g Leverrevolution
That's what I started with, handloaded 405gr remington soft points. I found the sweet spot was about 1800fps.
rem 405gr round nose factory load. use an ir laser with pvs14 on a skull cap. also used 350gr hp. anything 45 cal in a rifle kills them like lightning hit them
Cool. That's what a PI, I sort of know, uses in his. By hand loading were you able to reduce the recoil for that? Or was it a non issue?
I got up to over 2000fps but found the best performance at the lower speeds. I don't find the 45/70 to have very much recoil, it's more of a push. The muzzle climb and low ammo capacity is why I switched.
Ya 30-30 on deer works great, but how deadly is it on a hog? I understand shot placement is everything but say I miss the neck and hit the body, will a 30-30 drop him or will he scatter?I can vouch for the 30-30. My dad uses his lever action very deadly and accurately to 100 yards on hog and deer (that's the longest shot in his property).