Will a 45 Cal. stop a wild hog?

[RSKY]

Getting back to the original question. Yes...a 45 ACP will stop a wild hog. Also a 25 ACP will stop a wild hog if you hit it in the correct spot. I have personally put an extremely large cow out of her misery with a 22LR slightly above dead center between the eyes. Poor thing never took another breath.

The question should be what will stop a wild hog charging at you IF you miss a kill with the first shot. The 45ACP, 44 mag, 357 mag, 10mm, etc. will probably do enough damage to cripple the animal and stop it's charge. Miss the head and break a shoulder, or a leg, or cause so much pain that it stops. The 25 Auto mentioned above would probably just make it angrier.

IF the average person is suddenly and unexpectedly charged by an injured animal that thinks it is cornered they are not going to have time to take a steady aim but will be firing wildly. Such as the time a wounded or sick buzzard falling out of a tree onto somebody's head causing them to shoot thru the side of their holster and the leg of their (bell-bottom, it was in the seventies) jeans.... Move on, no story there. Therefore a caliber and bullet that will stop the charge is important. Hmmm...but if the first shot is missed it is easier to get off a second aimed shot with a smaller less powerful cartridge. Could that be why the FBI is going back to the 9mm? With modern ammo could it be the perfect blend of stopping power and controllability? But I digress,....again.

Anyway, I am a firm believer that a 25ACP in the pocket is better than a Desert Eagle 44 mag sitting on the table at home. Personally I would probably be happy with the 30-round capacity 22 Mag somebody was selling a few years ago. Get the deepest penetrating ammo you can find. Aw siht........just make sure you have something you can get to in time and make the first shot count. Cause the second shot will probably over your shoulder as you are running.

Yep, on the pain meds again.

RSKY

 

[k0ua]

Personally I would probably be happy with the 30-round capacity 22 Mag somebody was selling a few years ago. Get the deepest penetrating ammo you can find.

A fella brought one of those by this fall and we shot it some. Its a Kel-Tec PMR 30.
PMR-3

I burned up a bit of his very expensive ammo through it. It was fun to shoot, no recoil to speak of. But boy is it loud. It would not be my first choice as a hog slayer, but you could for sure ruin his hearing with 30 rounds on tap!

 

[DarrellSimpson]

To CCWKen, This is a rather long post from a guy who works for a morgue , he calls himself Deadmeat2 from the SW forums , heres the link , I think it will make you feel much more comfortable with your 45 being effective against a hog . Title " Terminal Ballistics as Viewed in a Morgue " Terminal ballistics as viewed in a morgue

 

[sld]

A fella brought one of those by this fall and we shot it some. Its a Kel-Tec PMR 30.
PMR-3

I burned up a bit of his very expensive ammo through it. It was fun to shoot, no recoil to speak of. But boy is it loud. It would not be my first choice as a hog slayer, but you could for sure ruin his hearing with 30 rounds on tap!

A buddy and I were shooting 22's in the bottom of a pond that was dry due to renovation. I easily put 250 rounds thru my buckmark but after he put 6 rounds thru his 22 mag he went and got another gun. That thing was extremely loud! Very unpleasant.

 

[MossRoad]

A buddy and I were shooting 22's in the bottom of a pond that was dry due to renovation. I easily put 250 rounds thru my buckmark but after he put 6 rounds thru his 22 mag he went and got another gun. That thing was extremely loud! Very unpleasant.

I've got a High Standard .22 9 shot revolver with interchangeable long rifle and magnum cylinders. You can definitely feel the difference in the kick in your hand, but its the sharp crack that startles people the most who've never heard it. No one without experience would think a .22 could bark like that!

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Getting back to the original question. Yes...a 45 ACP will stop a wild hog. Also a 25 ACP will stop a wild hog if you hit it in the correct spot....

The question should be what will stop a wild hog charging at you IF you miss a kill with the first shot. ...

.... Therefore a caliber and bullet that will stop the charge is important.

Don't you DARE bring reality into this discussion! Stop it with that common sense! It has no place in this discussion!

The fact that someone, somewhere, once killed an elephant with .22 short via a perfectly placed shot in the ear proves that all anybody will ever need to stop a charging grizzly is a .22! All this talk about large calibers is just stupid macho chest beating!


Get this straight, people! There is no difference between a caliber that can usually kill with a single well-placed shot, and caliber that will reliably stop a charging, enraged animal before it does damage to the shooter!


Got it?


(Some of you may, perhaps, recognize that there might be a bit of sarcasm in this post, directed at those who persist in talking about what is adequate for a slaughterhouse or hunting kill, when the subject under discussion is what is adequate to stop an attacking animal. Those who think they are the same thing are, frankly, pretty stupid.)

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Getting back to the original question. Yes...a 45 ACP will stop a wild hog. Also a 25 ACP will stop a wild hog if you hit it in the correct spot....

The question should be what will stop a wild hog charging at you IF you miss a kill with the first shot. ...

.... Therefore a caliber and bullet that will stop the charge is important.

Don't you DARE bring reality into this discussion! Stop it with that common sense! It has no place in this discussion!

The fact that someone, somewhere, once killed an elephant with .22 short via a perfectly placed shot in the ear proves that all anybody will ever need to stop a charging grizzly is a .22! All this talk about large calibers is just stupid macho chest beating!


Get this straight, people! There is no difference between a caliber that can usually kill with a single well-placed shot, and caliber that will reliably stop a charging, enraged animal before it does damage to the shooter!


Got it?


(Some of you may, perhaps, recognize that there might be a bit of sarcasm in this post, directed at those who persist in talking about what is adequate for a slaughterhouse or hunting kill, when the subject under discussion is what is reliable enough to be your life on when you need to stop an attacking animal. Those who think they are the same thing show up every time a question like this is asked, and they are, frankly, pretty stupid.)

 

[the old grind]

Yeah, we're pretty much just rinsing/waxing the hog we've washed. :laughing:

I'm sure most would agree that if you have a .45 (ACP or got its peer 44 Spl) that handles well and carries well when climbing in & out of the seat it would be a minimum among HGs, 'stopper' or not. I also suspect that for many of us a very large hog might have been spotted locally and we could arm our selves beyond 'convenient carry' for the alleged/reported size as we see fit.

I can hunt from my stand with the .44 Mag SBH, but see that some SRHs and others are turning up pre-owned and barely used in .480 Ruger as the cal's popularity languishes. (It's ballistics somewhat mirror my reloading 'style' with rimmed HG cals and >7mm rifle stuff) I prefer SA/DA and DAO semis, and think I spotted an 'Alaskan' in .480 (2 1/2") for 5 or 6-something.

It's easy to tell someone how to spend their way out of a problem. It's a lot harder for me to resist buy another tool, when I'm try to empty a safe or two. To me, it's like trying to do more chores with a 3PH implement vs having another to switch-out and do them better. (... and guess who's on a buying binge there these days with a 3rd tractor now to leave one hanging on. "Specialization is for ..." boys with toys.

Anyway, could the question have been "do you the 'chill' and have enuf rounds in your .45 to hit something while filling your knickers?"

 

[Soundguy]

Someone mentioned cast bullets. My brother casts bullets for our pistols and all are hard casts with lino type. Very hard and less leading in the barrels. He shot a deer with his .44 magnum down at a angle and the bullet stopped at the skin on the belly with just a little dimple in it.
I carry hard casts in my Kimber .45 acp SS UC which weighs 2 lbs loaded.

lino.. yikes.. way to hard... poor choice for a bullet you want to expand.

Lyman #2 would have been a better choice. if you are leading, use a gas check!