Mimimun load for 300 pound hog

[John R.]

Try Montana Bullet Works or Mt. Baldy bullets (all Mt. Baldy does is Keith's).

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In concern to the 240gr XTP debate

 Last hunting season i personally got to see what that bullet was capable of , Other halves uncle buried one in the brisket of a 150-170 lbs. black bear at closer range ( pistol ranges )

 This bullet came out of a muzzle loader so the velocity would be increased , which is kinda what I'm wanting to point out in defense of this bullet.. It passed through the chest cavity and busted 2 ribs at the back of the rib cage , And eventually coming to rest a few inches back in the 8-9" of winter fat she had around her mid-section .. When i noticed the knot of the bullet under the hide we were all pretty excited to see what was left of it..

 Bullet passed through over 18" of bear , and came to rest in a perfect mushroom .. I cannot say what the finally wt. of the bullet was due to it not coming home with me .. but nonetheless it did do one hell of a job and this was at the higher velocites of a muzzle loader with a 100gr charge of black powder..

  I have always found the XTP line bullets to be top shelf w/ good accuracy at a great price..

  With respect to Bill , And alot of big hog skulls around the house ... I would expect some ill effects on a projectile that took on a hogs skull   but thats the game we play with jacketed bullets vs. hard cast ..

   Couple bullets that might be a good middle ground in penetration and expansion would be the Nosler Partition or the Swift A-Frame bullets ... Both of which I'm looking forward to trying in the Marlin 444 and the 44 mag.
 
Also Tonk and the guys are right, You want lots of penetration... I lost a 200+ lb. hog to a Speer 250gr HP Gold Dot in 45 lc .. Knocked him on his ass at the shot (35 yards or so) but quickly was back on the hoove with only one hole bleeding and hogs just dont like to bleed in general ..long story short 3 hours crawling through god knows what to just have the weak blood trail dissapear.. Round never exited the animal ..I would not reccomend those flying shot glass bullets for hogs unless they are 125 lbs and less  , they cant hold up to the larger specimens.
 
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[Varmint Hunter]

I've killed two large hogs with a handgun. The first hog was taken with a S&W 44mag with a Hornady 265gr RN bullet at max velocity. Pig went down fast. Second was taken with a Ruger SRH in 454 using a 300gr Swift A-Frame bullet. Pig left a double blood trail in the snow for about 30yds before piling up.

I guess you could kill a large boar with less gun but I'd prefer to err on the heavy side.

[ccoker]

I never thought about one of the 265 RN, had some for a 444
that would make a good bullet or the FN, if memory serves the FN was the stouter of the two
may have that backwards though.. been a while