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Death from Afar · January 23, 2006, 03:02 PM

Hmmmm.....mate, I recall we once saw a pig at the bottom end of our place, chomping on some lambs. The old man was furious, and having left his L1A1 at home recahed for the only rifle at hand, which was his bolt action .22. ( we did used to shoot a lot of pigs when I was a kid- about 50 a year without actually going out hunting) Bang! Pe..ow! Bang! Pe-ow!!! Both bullets- I kid you not, ricocheted off the porker! I think you would do slightly better with .22 magnum, but pigs have a lot of mud and stuff on them ,and a rimfire just wont do it I fear.

January 23, 2006, 03:02 PM	#2
Death from Afar Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2004 Location: Living the dream in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Posts: 1,635	Hmmmm.....mate, I recall we once saw a pig at the bottom end of our place, chomping on some lambs. The old man was furious, and having left his L1A1 at home recahed for the only rifle at hand, which was his bolt action .22. ( we did used to shoot a lot of pigs when I was a kid- about 50 a year without actually going out hunting) Bang! Pe..ow! Bang! Pe-ow!!! Both bullets- I kid you not, ricocheted off the porker! I think you would do slightly better with .22 magnum, but pigs have a lot of mud and stuff on them ,and a rimfire just wont do it I fear. __________________ "Beware of the Man with one gun...he probably isnt into guns enough to be safe with it".