Wild Boar 'varmint' gun?

10mm or .357... Maybe .44 mag?
Oh wait we can't hunt pigs here with handguns :(

.243 .308 .30/30 or any other regular hunting rifle will drop a hog like the finger of god if you can hit a 4" circle inside 100 yards... .223 requires a bit more skill but without the fear of recoil it is a lot easier to pay attention to what your supposed to be doing instead of what's about to slap your shoulder...

If I had to pick a hog rifle for scooting thru the bush all day I figure a nice lever gun in .44mag would be my first choice followed by a semi auto pistol carbine in .40cal... If made to choose a "varmint gun" to shoot em with I'd say something along the lines of a remmy VTR in the biggest caliber you can handle or afford to shoot.

My grandfather slaughterd thousands of pigs with .22 shorts... But when you can hold the pig between your legs and grab one ear with your left hand and shoot with your right even a pointy rock would do the job ;)
 
My suggestion is the Tikka T3 in 308Win or 338Fed. Light, quick, and stopping power. I'd go with the wooden stock version for the feel.
Why did I just say this, now I want one.
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my one wild boar hunt was a 22 Hornet right in the forhead. 1 shot drop. I was inside 20 yards when I pulled the trigger. Of course I had a buddy with a semi-auto 308 backing me up, but I didn't need him. He had 2" tusks and was around 200 pounds on the hoof. I would definately go bigger next time, perhaps a heavy weight 223 or something like my 6.5-06.
 
12 Guage, Hornady SST Slug. After dropping that thing ( 350 pounds) I'm glad I was packing an 870.

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Boomer said:
I had heard there were some around Milner Ridge, but that was some time ago so maybe they've all been shot out by now.
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Yeah, I've spend a lot of time around there and haven't seen any or any signs of them. If they are there, they must be away way back in the swamps where no man has set foot before! One would need an Argo or something to get in there. Some say around Scanterbury, but it's all First Nation's land and is Posted. Also supposed to be around Rynolds, but again I've spend a lot of time out there too, and nothing to be seen! I doubt that they have been shot out, I believe they reproduce like crazy and are so dam tough and can survive just about anything! There was a local Farmer around here that was raising them and had a big herd of them and one day Conservation stopped in and said: hey, you can't keep wild amimals pend up! So after a lost fight to keep them, he said well P on ya then, and opened the gate! Gone were all! (he said they escaped) They followed the Brokenhead River both ways and were scattered all over for quite some time. I think they got smart and stay well hidden. One of the local guys said that they wrecked his garden continuously for years and he never did see them, they only came out in the dark! I want some wild ham & bacon sooooooooo bad!
 
If I go out looking for them, I'll take one of my .303British or my .308Winchester, but if I was out with a .223Remington and happened to encounter a boar I would assess the situation and might decide a shot was viable. If I were buying a new rifle specifically for boar I think I wouldn't look at something smaller than a .243Winchester
 
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