.460 pig pics.

[craiginok]

In another post,a fellow ask about game kills with .454,.460 .500,  etc and would a .44 mag do the same.
I shot this one yesterday morning,coming right towards me,bullet impact was at 12 feet,went in the top of the shoulder right under the ear,came out in the brisket by that little tuft of hair(by the elbow) in the close-up pic.
Would a .44 mag do that,sure it would. A .22 mag(between the eyes) would have also done it, just depends on what you want to hunt with,after 45 years and about every different weapon you can think of i'm down to a Martin Savannah long bow and a few rifles and handguns that make a lot of noise,kick like hell,throw large chunks of lead real fast, and knock big holes in pigs and such.Thats what it takes for me, others are all different. Like old Elmer Keith said,animals won't go far leaking out both sides.
Thanks for listening.

[Gene R]

Congratulations, nice pigs......

[S.B.]

looks like meat in the freezer, to me.

[poncaguy]

Thor's Hammer..........

[m-g Willy]

congrats!
I was the one that asked about the big boomers.
Thanks for posting with the info about the kill.


Willy

[roger460xvr]

craiginok, What kind bullets do you use? jacketed hollow points or cast lead . I,ve had good luck with the hornady 240xtp magnums but just placed a order for some cast performance 360gr bullets. They say they do more damage?

[craiginok]

Roger, I used a 395 grain, cast performance gas check,at 1516 fps on this pig. I am also shooting some cast performance 360 grain gas checks at 1455 with h 4198 powder,both loads are out of the reloader magazine article by Brian Pearce on the .460.I'm trying the h4198 powder at the recommendation of Lloyd Smale,he says the stick powder is a lot easier on barrels and forcing cones.
The h4198 is also one of their (not temp sensitive) Extreme powders ,I hunt in a large temp spread in a years time,from under 10 to 110 so that might make things more consistent.   Thanks,craig.

[roger460xvr]

 re, craiginok       Thank you for the info i,ll have to give the h-4198 a try once i use up my h-110 . Redhawk1 gave me some info on the h-110 for the 360gr cast performance bullets. Good luck on your next hunt.    ROGER460XVR

[Tom W.]

12 feet, huh? Did you lose your nerve?
A bit closer and you could have knocked him in the head with the revolver!

Nice shooting!