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« Thread Started on Jan 18, 2012, 7:38pm » | |
I'm considering taking a boar hunt in Tennessee and would like to use one of my single actions in 45 Colt with a 255 gr. Keith style SWC at around 900 fps.
I believe that load would have no problem with a boar, but have never shot one, or any other animal with that load. I read a story Linebaugh wrote where he stated his wife uses that load for all her hunting and said that it would go through a deer or antelope end to end at 100 yds. If that is true, it makes sense that it would go through a boar broadside at 50 yds or less.
I would appreciate anyone's comments that has actually shot a boar with that load or a similar one.
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« Reply #1 on Jan 18, 2012, 8:38pm » | |
i shot a 300 pound sow last year at wilderness hunting lodge with a 44 special and a 250 running around 1060. the bullet went through both sides broadside and i shot it in the head about 30 yards away. never found any of the bullets. my dad used the same load on a 200 pound boar and the bullet zipped through the pig. check out the story on the pig taken with a charter arms 44 special in the double actions revolver section. havent had the chance to get one with my 45 but plan to in the next year or two.
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« Reply #2 on Jan 18, 2012, 8:40pm » | |
That 45 long colt load will work my youngest son has taken 2 boar with that load combo...
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« Reply #3 on Jan 18, 2012, 8:41pm » | |
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« Reply #4 on Jan 18, 2012, 9:21pm » | |
Not yet! But real soon! 
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« Reply #5 on Jan 19, 2012, 8:14am » | |
Thanks guys. I'm always careful about assuming what I think is correct based on a lot of study actually is true. Many times what we convince ourselves should be true often times doesn't pan out in the real world. Your experiences give me a lot of confidence that I will be properly armed.
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« Reply #6 on Jan 19, 2012, 5:55pm » | |
E.J. you shouldn't have any problem what so ever. I personally like the 1050-1100 range but put it where it belongs and collect your bacon.
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« Reply #7 on Jan 20, 2012, 1:15pm » | |
Be sure to study hog anatomy, their vitals are a bit farther forward than most critters.
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« Reply #8 on Jan 21, 2012, 2:59pm » | |
I've shot a few pigs with similar loads and bullets; They will certainly kill the animal, but if you're in thick stuff, the hog could go a little ways and may not bleed much. I'd recommend a hollow point like the 250 XTP, which is what I carry now. See my thread on the Single Action board about "cast bullets"...
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« Reply #9 on Jan 30, 2012, 10:12am » | |
I hunt hogs at least a half a dozen times a year. I do a lot of caliber/gun/bullet testing on them, and have found that they bleed a lot more when there are two holes. You don't always get two holes when using hollow-points, but I have found that you not only get an exit when using a wide flat nosed cast bullet, but they do a lot of damage between holes. This is the last one I shot last year with a Bisley Hunter and a 320 grain WFN at 1,300 fps.
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I prefer the .45 Colt to the .429 Magnum. I like 300 to 360 grain hardcast bullets. They kill with authority.
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« Reply #10 on Jan 30, 2012, 12:07pm » | |
Do you think a .429 320 LFN at 1300 fps would have worked? ;-)
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« Reply #11 on Jan 30, 2012, 1:06pm » | |
Jan 30, 2012, 12:07pm, boxhead wrote:| Do you think a .429 320 LFN at 1300 fps would have worked? ;-) |
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Well it did! LOL! This is a pig I shot with a 320 .429 -- I just prefer .45s! I use the .429 Mag fairly frequently, and this particular Bisley Hunter is one of the most accurate revolvers I have -- period. I'm very happy with it. Again, I just prefer .45s to .44s......
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« Reply #12 on Jan 30, 2012, 3:33pm » | |
Jan 30, 2012, 10:12am, whitworth wrote:| ...I have found that they bleed a lot more when there are two holes.... |
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That is just genius right there now!
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« Reply #13 on Jan 30, 2012, 4:06pm » | |
Well they do! I have had more "discussions with folks that claim that more internal damage creates more bleeding, but there is only one hole from which to bleed. I prefer two and the bullets I use normally exit irrespective of the size of animal. But your maileage may vary...... 
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« Reply #14 on Feb 28, 2012, 8:01am » | |
Not a boar and not the colt but a 255 grain keith at 950fps from my 1911 will punch clean through a nice sized black bear and any deer it comes across for that matter. I also completely agree with whitworth that 2 holes are better than one...
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