Boar Calibres
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Bavarianbrit
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I had a .338 win mag on my ticket but no allowance to use or even shoot it on a range in the UK blooming daft.
Orion
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That's changed now for most force areas as there are plenty of references in the HO Guidance that can be used to support an application for UK use once the initial 'good reason' of overseas use has been satisfied. My 9.3x62 is conditioned (along with all my other rifles) for 'any other lawful quarry - so rabbits and rats, if I want to waste ammo!
maninblack
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After just returning from Poland shooting Boar the current Round of choice is .270 Hornady 130 grn sst, they certainly do the job.
ileso
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any pictures? i heard they do quite a bit of damage.. I was not going to buy that projectile because of that ...
Orion
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I should imagine that the SSTs will do a good job if they hit in the boiler room, but what if it's anywhere else, particularly the shoulder on a big ole pig?
There are reports on here about the violent expansion and the damage caused on deer, so it appears the round is somewhere between a V-Max and an Interbond in terminal effect - so maybe more useful for reliable expansion at longer ranges after an initial HV launch?
BTW. The 125gr .30 calibre SST is apparently gaining favour with those who hunt deer using the .300BLK precisely because of it's fast expansion at normal deer ranges after a MV of around the 2100fps mark.
There are reports on here about the violent expansion and the damage caused on deer, so it appears the round is somewhere between a V-Max and an Interbond in terminal effect - so maybe more useful for reliable expansion at longer ranges after an initial HV launch?
BTW. The 125gr .30 calibre SST is apparently gaining favour with those who hunt deer using the .300BLK precisely because of it's fast expansion at normal deer ranges after a MV of around the 2100fps mark.
DK.260
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I would be cautious of using the more frangible and lighter end of the bullet spectrum on the driven stuff. I have used Barnes TSX in 165gr to good effect as well as 208 AMAX through my 308 and 30-06, with the boar I have seen the lighter more frangible rounds explode on shoulders without penetration and also the faster more deer orientated 150gr ballistic tips get a decent entry and exit only to see the boar run on a considerable distance because of a good dose of adrenalin and the wound being able to re-seal itself because of the levels of visceral fat and therefore maintaining blood pressure .
The continental folks where I shoot go big for a reason, 9.3 mm holes in a boar really do knock em down. In terms of meat damage...well, if you are on driven boar, is it really a question of meat damage or just connecting with it ? If meat damage was such an issue i suspect folk would not want to do driven boar until they were very good on fast targets
So, if you are in a high seat / tower with a steady shot and a stationary target, most deer legal stuff will work as you can carefully choose your shot placement. However, if you are on driven boar, my advice is to go big !
The continental folks where I shoot go big for a reason, 9.3 mm holes in a boar really do knock em down. In terms of meat damage...well, if you are on driven boar, is it really a question of meat damage or just connecting with it ? If meat damage was such an issue i suspect folk would not want to do driven boar until they were very good on fast targets
So, if you are in a high seat / tower with a steady shot and a stationary target, most deer legal stuff will work as you can carefully choose your shot placement. However, if you are on driven boar, my advice is to go big !
Hunt-Inter
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8x68 is a great choice but many use .30-06.
A wild boar has a thick gristle shield over the shoulders and front of the chest. The ribs are pretty close together. Therefore, a well-placed chest shot which does not destroy the shoulder meat is going to strike this cartilage or ribs, or both.
The 150-gr Remington RN bullets work well for me in the .270 Win.
The 180-gr RN Remington and Hornady bullets work well in the .308 and .30-06.
8x57 and 8x60S with 200-gr bullets are great - Nosler Partition and Speer GS at 2500 to 2600 fps will do it.
I love my Marlin .444 for stalking the big swamps. It swats.
But I am mostly stalking or ambushing from a blind, where I can be patient for a good angle on a stationary or feeding pig. On driven boar, and large ones, where ranges are going to be fairly close, I would go with something like the Speer Grand Slam, Trophy Bonded, or Swift A-Frame. I have loaded some Speer 160-gr Speer GS for my 7x64, and hope to get a boar with that, if there is any place left to hunt after all these forest fires, which just got corralled this week.
The 150-gr Remington RN bullets work well for me in the .270 Win.
The 180-gr RN Remington and Hornady bullets work well in the .308 and .30-06.
8x57 and 8x60S with 200-gr bullets are great - Nosler Partition and Speer GS at 2500 to 2600 fps will do it.
I love my Marlin .444 for stalking the big swamps. It swats.
But I am mostly stalking or ambushing from a blind, where I can be patient for a good angle on a stationary or feeding pig. On driven boar, and large ones, where ranges are going to be fairly close, I would go with something like the Speer Grand Slam, Trophy Bonded, or Swift A-Frame. I have loaded some Speer 160-gr Speer GS for my 7x64, and hope to get a boar with that, if there is any place left to hunt after all these forest fires, which just got corralled this week.
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Dannyboy220
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Dordogne Chasse
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.270 is considered the minimum here in France with good reason - if you can reliably place your bullet in the vital area of a boar "every time" then you can certainly get away with a 7 mm standard calibre, but the vast majority of hunters can't, and that's why IMHO more and more French hunters are turning to the 9,3x62... it isn't macho, it simply gets the job done, usually exiting and leaving a good trail. The biggest problem isn't the calibre; it's simply poor placement and hunters too often using the cheapest ammo that "splatters" rather than penetrating - you can't get away with that using a .270, .280, 7x64 etc... you need something that expands fast but keeps its mass, and with the 9,3x62 you have bags of mass and energy.
Orion
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tikka_madras
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That actually describes me fairly well...
I. Farticus
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.270 is a Home Office Guideline. I have AOLQ on my 6.5x55mm and my FEO is perfectly happy with that covering boar.
Orion
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The .270 minimum advisory in the HOG is for an initial grant or variation where the primary 'good reason' for the rifle is to shoot wild boar. It does not apply to previously authorised firearms which already have the AOLQ condition attached.
In the absence of any primary legislation for wild boar common sense should prevail in an individual's choice of calibre/chambering to do the deed.
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