[Sgt Dun]

My son and I are going pig hunting next weekend, going to take some milsurps and was thinking about some pistols. What do ya'll think of a CZ52 against pigs with FMJ? I've seen the vids of the various ammos against a helmet, it should be okay against a pig. I'm also going to take the Colts 1909 & 1917, the Garand and the Hakim. May even take the SVT. Here in Texas the pigs are a big problem and the owner of the ranch says " light em up".

 

[BetaDeltaKA]

Make sure you are allowed to hunt with FMJs in Texas, a lot of states require softpoint ammunition. You'll certainly get enough penetration but I don't know if the bullet will do enough damage to the boiler room. Looks like Wolf makes HP, but grafs.com is out of stock. Sounds like a good time, though. I'd say the Garand would be pretty fun, too. Good luck

 

[falm16]

yep, unless you hit the brain or major bone, expect a long run till he drops with fmj.

 

[tribunicus]

if you get a bunch of pigs lined up you can get them all with one shot. should go through them all

 

[texaggie77]

You can hunt in Texas with FMJ bullets, no problem. The only restriction for hunting wild game in Texas is that the cartridge must be center-fire. For pigs, FMJ bullets will do fine, especially since you are supposed to hit them in the head (gotta keep those ribs intact!!). I've killed several pigs and javelinas with .223 FMJ bullets, and they have ALWAYS dropped. Just make sure you hit them in the head and you will be fine.

 

[paulc]

I got my very first feral hog on Friday with my MN and 203gr softpoints. First hog I hit her spine and she dropped where she was standing. The second I am sure I had a good hit on her lungs but last I saw she was 300yds out and still running strong. I looked for her for an hour and couldn't find any sign of her. If you can make a head shot take it.

 

[Billofthenorth2]

Is it ok to eat them...I know that sounds dumb since we eat deer etc, I mean do the feral pigs have worms or other diseases that wild game doesn't have?
I saw a program once, the host killed a wild hog on a pacific island but said he couldn't eat it because it was infested with worms.
They say we are starting to get a feral hog problem up here in Michigan and I do prefer bacon to venison.

 

[BetaDeltaKA]

Just cook it well done, swine (feral or domesticated) isn't what you want to eat medium rare.

 

[pappa]

Is it ok to eat them...I know that sounds dumb since we eat deer etc, I mean do the feral pigs have worms or other diseases that wild game doesn't have?
I saw a program once, the host killed a wild hog on a pacific island but said he couldn't eat it because it was infested with worms.
They say we are starting to get a feral hog problem up here in Michigan and I do prefer bacon to venison.

TRINCHINOSIS ...... you don't want to get it. That said, I've cleaned many a wild hog without plastic gloves, but I don't any more. I wear gloves now. Get some good gloves like Playtex makes for dishwashing on delicate hands (ladies hands). If you get a cut on your hands and you are butchering, and the hog has any disease, it is possible to get something. It is ALL killed by proper cooking...both temperature and time.
Frankly, you have more chance of getting sick from all the salmonella infested chicken sold in the supermarkets. I have.
I think wild hog tops venison, especially if you are my age and tenderness makes a lot of difference. Umm..good. Enjoy.

 

[bounce]

yeah, careful while cleaning...friend of mine knicked himself while cleaning a pig in central florida and caught something weird....Doctor couldn't figure it out until he told him he had just cleaned a wild pig and cut himself....

 

[nathan]

85 gr FNM brand in HP, thats what I have loaded in my Chicom Tokarev 54-1 pistol. Loadings is par with .357 magnum.

 

[ruskiegunlover]

I thik a tok with h/ps would make a good backup. I swear by the gun and round. I intend, eventually, to take a hog trip. Likely with either my yugo m48 or yugo sks, with the tok loaded with h/ps. Think its a decent combo.....

 

[falm16]

good advice on wearing gloves, even if skinning deer. ask me how i know.

 

[bootleggerspub]

Gloves

Yeah, you'll want gloves after seeing a deer with Chronic Wasting Disease... Deer AIDS. I don't want it. I'm done playing disease dodgeball. Needless to say, you can catch some strange S%it out there. I had the Flu That Never Died for about five months this year, and I'm thinking I got it out in the Woods. Doctors can't figure out half that stuff, so you're on your own. I think a 7.62x25 would be sufficient for smaller hogs, but you wouldn't catch me in the woods with just that as far as some of the hogs these guys talk about down south.

 

[49204]

Shot one one time....

...with a .38 Super, 115gr JHP, ahead of more Green Dot than I care to talk about. He went promptly to sleep. 7.62x25 should do about the same job. I've seen too many hogs slaughtered with a .22 to be really impressed with a need to get overpowered with a head shot.

 

[surpera1]

contrary to popular belief - pigs aint hard to kill - now i have been amazed at how far some of my deer have made it after taking a hard hit

 

[Clyde]

Aggravated hog coming at you needs LOTS of gun. Otherwise, a 7.62x25 will be fine assuming you know how and where to shoot it. Big boar, or worse a sow with piglets, that decides to come your direction requires keeping your head and putting a round where needed,and the bigger the bullet, the better.

Had a feral start showing up and tearing things up near the house when we were leasing a place in the country. Managed to catch it one evening when what was handy was a Martini-Henry carbine,with proper 450-480-85 loads. Thump ("damn, that thing kills at both ends, doesn't it? I see why the British developed a 55 grain carbine load like us. Damn my shoulder hurts") and hog fell over dead. I expect any number of other things would have been fine, its just that the Martini was right there handy. But - if the critter had been coming at me, I'd likely have been of the opinion that the 577/450 was just barely adequate...

 

[surpera1]

wow - i never had one turn on me - they seem very nearsighted - anyway - 150 grain sp from my 06 - but i had a friend that did a bunch of em with a 22 mag - nice clean headshots

 

[Clyde]

I've never had a pig turn on me, either (though we ran into a group while out walking one evening and a fair sized boar sort of stood his ground for a while and gnashed his tusks a bit - if he'd moved in our direction - was out with my wife - he'd have found out why I packed a Model 19 stoked with full-house 357s; he turned and went off so I did nothing beyond be ready). But i do know some folks (including one with some real impressive scars on a leg) who have had one go for them. All the cases I know of that were actual attacks involved a sow with a sounder of piglets.

Properly placed head shots with a 22 WMR, especially with solids, ought to put hogs down just fine.