List your FAVORITE HOG CALIBER

[machine73]

I use three guns. Up close and quick shooting early Ruger .44 carbine, 50 to 150yds is a ruger mini-30 which has killed in excess of 150 hogs my most carried and past that remington .30-06. If I could find a pre 64 model 94 that some one would trade for the .44 mag carbine would have to give some serious thought as I like the carry and feel of the old .30-30 best of all.   John

old sarge, is that early ruger one of the deerstalker carbines? that's a gun i've always covetted.

sean

[catahoula]

i use a 280 it is a 30-06 necked down 2 a 7mm bullet  there is little 2 no tracking with this gun

[Clay]

444 Marlin lever gun and a 308 win

[olde sarge]

machine73, Yes it is the deerstalker. I don't know of the year but it is the model where they moved one of the scope mounts forward to the barrel and filled the rear screw holes. I think it is one of the last that they made. Short and light like carrying a 10-22. In fact a lot of  10-22 accessories swap with it.   John

[WAARHEID]

machine73, Yes it is the deerstalker. I don't know of the year but it is the model where they moved one of the scope mounts forward to the barrel and filled the rear screw holes. I think it is one of the last that they made. Short and light like carrying a 10-22. In fact a lot of  10-22 accessories swap with it.   John

Is it a deerfield carbine in a "scout rifle" configuration?





There are clearly similarities between the deerfields and the 10-22. The magazines for example, are clearly built on the same design concepts:

[olde sarge]

WAARHEID, no it is not a scout configuration. Also the deerfield I am talking about is actually marked simply Ruger .44 magnum carbine. One of the earlier ones I had was marked something like deerslayer. This rifle is not built on the mini action. It was what Ruger copied to make the 10-22 I seem to remember and has a tube feed magazine not the rotary. Looks exactly like your photo of the 10-22 with out the scope mounted solely on the barrel in scout style.  John

[machine73]

sarge, yours has the tube fed mag? from what i can gather you prbably have the best .44 mag carbine ruger ever made. the one's stamped deerstalker were early runs and the one's just stamped .44 carbine were a bit more reliable. i bet you your gun predates the 10-22! awesome piece of firearm history. i'd love to have it myself. its even cooler that you still kill pigs with it. i hope whoever you pass that down to in the future really appreciates it.

sean

[cutter26]

i use 204 32grain balistick. in the brush i just use a pistal 38special

[the real McCoy]

I used a .460 weatherby mag my dad bought at an estate sale pricey to shoot but open brushy behind the tree if it hitem they went down bout six months ago shot it and the stock busted in my shoulder. Haven't had it fixed yet. 500 soft point

[rafterfpuncher]

just about every hog i shoot, i use a Remington Mohawk Model 600 in 6 MM or twin brother 243.

[Jared H.]

Pistol caliber would have to be .45acp loaded with some Barnes DPX bullets.  Rifle would be 6.8 SPC using SSA Combat Loaded Barnes Triple Shox.  Can't hardly go wrong either way.

[lmc8541]

7.62 X 39-Yugo SKS or 7.62 X 54R - Mosin Nagant Scout:

[redriverhoghunter]

i like my 30-30 but cant get ahold of my dang uncle to get it back from him havnt gotten to use it in over a year

[lmc8541]

Forgot my other favorite, 8mm Mauser, your one shot stopping POP!

[waylon-N.E. OK]

7WSM, ONE SHOT LIGHTS OUT!

[lonewolf]

It kinda depends on the mood, the terrain, and the hunt I will use anything from a 204 to a 7mm um or a 12 ga #4 buck for close range!

[hogdogger350]

Remington 300 Ultra Mag, 180 Grain, Swift Scirrco.

[trey brown]

I HAVE KILLED MORE HOGS WITH A 22 THAN ANYTHING BUT I PREFER A 30-06

[lilsticker94]

.500 mag open
30-30 bursh

[AnthonyB]

Behind the dogs i carry a 40 S&W 155g speer, had to use it less than a handful of times.
In the field i use a 22-250 55g balistic tip hand loaded.