wild boar

[RicW 67]

Right now this is all theory. A few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine. Turned out he has a permission over 200 acres to shoot pheasant. The owner of the land really dislikes wild boar - and we've got a lot of 'em in East Sussex! He will welcome anyone with a big centrefire who can stalk the boogers down. SO WHAT do I go for? The Home Office site says that the minimum calibre for wild boar is .270 Even that's marginal! Looks to me like .257 Weatherby Magnum. It's gotta be a stalking gun that I can carry around.

Ric

[SNAP SHOT 194]

.308 should do the job for you, plenty of choice of ammo, popular calibre, easy to reload for, plus plenty choice of rifle manufacture's out there too...

 

[Sterry 0]

I second SS there, i know here in kent the police say the minimum is .308 for boar and the ones i've seen shot with one dont show too much meat damage either.

[flytie 1]

.308 x 160gn ........ As per radio 4 last week, in your area too. Dropped on the spot.

 

You might get your FEO to play ball on a smaller calibre, some do, most don't.

 

ft

[Deker 3,491]

.308 x 160gn ........ As per radio 4 last week, in your area too. Dropped on the spot.

 

You might get your FEO to play ball on a smaller calibre, some do, most don't.

 

ft

 

As above

.308 is commonly used here but my region will accept .243 when they are in a good mood!

[SportingShooter 0]

Spanner in the works, a friend down that way uses a 30-30 Winchester

[andyfr1968 772]

.270 minimum?

 

Why so big??

[SportingShooter 0]

.270 minimum?

 

Why so big??

Very tough skin on a boar and when wounded they can be quite aggressive and violent. You want them Dead in other words

[andyfr1968 772]

Yeah, I know. But all the same, it seems a little overkill.

 

.222, .223 or .243 would seem to be more than enough for an animal of that size.

 

Cheers.

 

Edit to say: 30 30's little more than a large pistol round.

Edited May 29, 2009 by andyfr1968

[SportingShooter 0]

Yeah, I know. But all the same, it seems a little overkill.

 

.222, .223 or .243 would seem to be more than enough for an animal of that size.

 

Cheers.

I wouldn't like to trust a .222 or .223 for a Boar, its just too heavy set and the skin will take away a great deal of the energy.

 

.243 is probably just about the minimum for a decent shot.

[clivej 0]

I was reading that anything with a velocty above 2800 FPS will do. So that rules out the 308.

Edited May 29, 2009 by clivej

[shottyscotty 3]

try 30 - 06 that would do the job

[Yokel Matt 918]

MINIMUM .243 but in experianced hands for piggies. Anything smaller is not sensible - I certainly don't fancy following up on a wounded wild boar, they don't f**k around and will have you if you're not careful.

[RicW 67]

Right now this is all theory. A few days ago I was talking to a friend of mine. Turned out he has a permission over 200 acres to shoot pheasant. The owner of the land really dislikes wild boar - and we've got a lot of 'em in East Sussex! He will welcome anyone with a big centrefire who can stalk the boogers down. SO WHAT do I go for? The Home Office site says that the minimum calibre for wild boar is .270 Even that's marginal! Looks to me like .257 Weatherby Magnum. It's gotta be a stalking gun that I can carry around.

Ric

Thanks guys. Shooting Times states flatly that 22CF and .243 are inadequate - and dangerous. A wounded 200lb boar could have you down and dead before you can get off a 2nd shot. They give .270 as minimum, recommend at least 7mm(.280), m/e 2800 ft.lbs.

[danebrewer10 6]

yup as others have said, I's shoot a .308, a big 180 gn nosler partition ot bonded bear claw would dish the dirt

 

 

Spanner in the works, a friend down that way uses a 30-30 Winchester

 

 

err SS are you sure that when he says boar he dosen't mean feral pigs? as they're quite a bit smaller than o'l Sus scrofa in europe.... (Is your man from the US?)