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Offline ScottDuck

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TC 30-30 For Boar????
« on: August 24, 2003, 03:13:46 PM »
Anybody ever take a Boar with a 30-30 Contender? I got a 45-70 contender that Coug built. It killsem fast. It's a little too much for those 100# pigs. I will be shooting factory Rem loads. It will be 75yrds or less. Advise???
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Offline Graybeard

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TC 30-30 For Boar????
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2003, 09:57:54 AM »
It will do the job just fine IF you do YOUR job right. While I've not used the .30-30 in a TC on piggies I have the7-30 Waters. The .30-30 really should do even better. I'd use 170 grain ammo myself but that's up to you.

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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2003, 04:38:04 PM »
I don't know about the Contender, but many hunters in Texas use the .30-30 lever-action on hogs.  In Texas, the hogs usually come to the corn feeders, so hunters can set up pretty darn close - sometimes as close as 15 yards or so.  In any event, GB is right, if you place the bullet in the right spot, then the .30-30, even in the contender, should be fine, especially as distances shorter than, say, 75 yards.

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