Mowing wild hogs

[dirtmonkey]

Any one had any luck with a Glock 10mm hunting hogs? Just looking for good excuse to get another:thumbsup: How well does the 45 L colt handle as well, got the circuit judge , what a hoot :laughing:

 

[Mad Mac]

Any one had any luck with a Glock 10mm hunting hogs? Just looking for good excuse to get another:thumbsup: How well does the 45 L colt handle as well, got the circuit judge , what a hoot :laughing:

The venerable .45 Colt, often referred to as the Long Colt to avoid confusion, was initially a black powder cartridge and was the most powerful handgun cartridge available until the .44 magnum edged it out. It's voluminous case now allows for +P loads with in excess of 1000 ft/lbs of energy, if the revolver is a modern one that is strong enough. The 10mm is around 700 ft/lbs.

Back in the '90s, I had a Thompson Center Contender in .45/.410. I was very disappointed with long range accuracy of the .45 Colt. I blame it on the bullet having to jump the free bore required for the longer .410 cartridges.

Good hunting.

 

[big bubba]

come get 'em

 

[two_bit_score]

While I agree with that statement, I hope your memory of history isn't so poor that you've forgotten who escalated the war to the point it was when Nixon was elected, and that was a major reason the Democrats lost the '68 election. LBJ not only escalated the war, but then cut off bombing and attacks into NV territory and tied our hands. He was responsible for at least 100,000 casualties that could have been avoided. He was by far more hated by the common soldier more than Nixon was. Nixon was considered more of a dangerous imbecile. Johnson was viewed as an evil b@stard. When I was there in '71 Nixon was badly disliked but LBJ was still intensely hated.

This thread has now gone sideways but as a Vietnam Era veteran I cannot allow the canard above to stand. For the benefit of the youngsters in the audience, here are the facts.

Democrat President Kennedy increased the number of advisers in Viet Nam (it was two words then) to 16,000, deployed the Green Berets, used Agent Orange and orchestrated the assassination of President Diem, proving that what goes around does indeed come around.

Democrat President Johnson had the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by the senate granting his authority for all out war. In March 1969, he had increased the number of U.S. military forces to more than 543,000.

Republican President Nixon began withdrawing troops, bombed North Vietnam into a peace agreement and brought home our soldiers and prisoners of war March 1973. He won the war.

The Democrat controlled congress cut off further funding to South Vietnam in May of 1973 and with the passage of The War Powers Act in November 1973 denied President Nixon the right to provide air and naval support to South Vietnam as we had promised in the peace treaty.

In 1975, North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam and the Cambodian government surrendered to the Khmer Rouge. The Democrats gave away southeast asia, wasting the sacrifices of 50,000 U.S. dead. So if you want to F*&^k somebody, F*&^k the Democrats.

:thumbsup: to both!

 

[two_bit_score]

come get 'em

How many of those did you kill?

 

[EddieWalker]

Some pics I took last year in my front yard.

Eddie

 

[toppop52]

Some pics I took last year in my front yard.

Eddie

They look a lot more like pure domestic stock than the skinny muscular razorback looking affairs we have in the east coastal areas.

 

[Mad Mac]

They look a lot more like pure domestic stock than the skinny muscular razorback looking affairs we have in the east coastal areas.

On TV they had a program about feral hogs and said that one of the only ways you could tell the difference between domestic and wild is that domestic pigs have sort of a forehead and then a snout.

Wild boars heads are pretty straight from the top of the head to their nose.

Of course, the four inch cutters could be clue.

 

[toppop52]

Not all domestic breeds have the forehead look either, but it's a good clue.

 

[psient]

I hadn't thought of the restriction placed on reloading with an automatic concerning the action. That's a good point. How liberal is the window for designing loads that meet a particular criteria? For instance if you wanted to maximize hunting smaller game as opposed to hogs. What about hunting for elk as opposed to bear? Can you customize the loads for the BAR or is there no advantage to reloading your own ammo except the pleasure and the expense?

I have nothing to say about war or politics in this thread. You're on your own in opining feelings you have. I am commenting on gun legislation only to the extent that it pertains to my frustration at not having the ability to hunt, dress, process and eat my own food. I am glad there is that interest ; that interest is not OT.

I would guess that a BLR isn't under the same restrictions as a BAR right?

Jon