by Rod_outbak » 27 Jul 2018, 9:31 pm
Heh... Not a .45-70, but a .45-90??
Firstly, my overseer carries a .223 rifle when checking dog traps on his motorbike most mornings, and he shoots a LOT of pigs with it.
55gn V-Max's or Ballistic Tips will nail a pig just fine, if you bother to place the shot.
Overseer seems to have taken a shine to the 55 V-Max's, and was all mopey when I ran out of time the other day, and had to source 100 rounds of 55gn SP factory loads to tide him over, until I can load up some more V-max's for him.
He tells me the V-Max's were pretty impressive for knockdown.
Secondly, a .308 is hard to beat for versatility, as others have said. 110Gn V-max pills are sweet on small game, and I'm finding the 125gn SST loads I'm using at present are seriously destructive , and very accurate for 0-~400 metre shots.
Even a 1:12" twist barrel will nail nigh anything in Australia at distance with some 168gn pills. And there is such a huge range of options for projectiles.
If your .308 has a faster twist, then you have even more options to choose from.
Thirdly, I now have a Winchester 1885 High-Wall in .45-90WCF, and that thing just plants a whacking big smile on your face when you fire it.
For myself, I'd take the .308 first out of those options, any time.
[And then I'd save up and buy a .45-70, and claim it's part of my anti-depression therapy...]
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