Kelsey Cooter wrote:What would you fellas prefer on pigs? Buffalo river also load seirra game king 165gr, but i cant find anywhere local that i can buy a 20pack, only seem to be able to get them in the 480 round ammo cans. And im a bit shy about buying that many before i know how they group out of my rifle
I'll put in my 2c for what I'd prefer, just food for thought. Pig can be tough critters and if you're leading towards the lighter/more fragile side of things as far as ammo goes shot placement is pretty important, as the guys have said.
The problem some hollow points (depending on what they're designed for) have is poor weight retention, if they hit a bone or even a good solid muscle at velocity they basically come apart into a handful of shrapnel and you create a big messy wound, instead of a deep, solid channel . Especially match ammo, this should really never be used for hunting.
"Hunting" projectiles will usually have thicker jackets so they hold together better, soft points or ballistic tips so they penetrate before they start expanding and transfer the energy where you want it while holding together. Top shelf bullets often have the jackets and core bonded together for even better weight retention, but that's overkill for pigs (and they're expensive).
Bullet construction is as, if not more important than weight, I'd say.
For me, choosing the right bullet includes allowing for a bit of margin of error.
As the guys have said a .308 is no pop gun, 100+gr of lead out of it will be packing a punch. Peg any pig in the noggin with one and they'll drop, in reality though you can't always do a perfect head shot, range, movement, direction the animal is facing, human error, etc. all come into it. So a little extra allowance never hurts to ensure consistently clean and humane kills. IMO.
Game Kings are definitely a good, and there are more to choose from than just the 165gr GK's.
125gr Pro-Hunters, 150 gr. SPT Pro-Hunters or 150 gr. SBT Game Kings are all lighter options for a bit less recoil while still being definitely enough for porkie and his mates.
My 2c