Favorite hog guns

So what's yalls favorite caliber rifle for hogs?

308. Comes out perfect from my AR-10

It's a toss up between 308 and 7.62x39. My savage is a tack driver but it's bolt. My ak's are great for multiple shots on big groups.

.308

Whatever I happen to have with me when they show up.

Suppressed 300 blkout

Savage Hog Hunter in 308

30.06

I like:

10mm
12 Gauge Slug
223
243
308
30-06

Model 141 in .35 Remington

i SOOOO want to buy one of those, but I just can't convince myself to buy a Savage. Plus, we don't have any hogs.

Ruger SR762---.308

suppressed 300 blackout or 6.8 with an IR laser and helmet mounted NV. Most 308 AR's are too heavy if you're on the move for any distance in my opinion.

I have killed them with all of these except the 10mm. I don't own one of those......yet! Saw Uncle Ted kill two Stags with the STI Pistol in 10mm. looks like a good round.

I have killed 2 hogs on the same sit with my bolt action .243 on a couple of occasions. I am not into taking out the entire sounder....I only take what I/buddies want to eat. Awesome renewable resource IMO. I like the .223 for single hits to the noggin, but any other placement and a hog with any size probably isn't going down.

I just bought a Weatherby S2 .308 in Hog Reaper camo and it is suppose to be my next hog gun (that is what I tell my wife anyway!) I got my daughter one in the compact size and with just plain black syn stock. Both guns have factory installed muzzle brakes (threaded for silencers, possible on a later date).

This ^^^^^ or my 300 Savage.

They are heavy, so I've gotten into the habit of carrying a shooting stick with me whenever I go hog hunting.

I sure like the hard hitting power of a 180 grain .30 cal soft point bullet. It makes the extra weight of the rifle tolerable.

I like using a shooting stick because I hunt in an area that has gentle rolling hills. They're not really hills, but if a hog is on somewhat higher ground, I like to shoot from a standing position to ensure that the bullet hits the ground if it passes through or (horror!) I miss.

Winchester 9422 in 22 mag.

Kills them as dead as any other caliber. Handy little gun.

Suppressed AR-15 in 300 Blackout. Can usually get two hogs per outing.

Add another .308. I have 3 AR's in .308. The weight isn't an issue to me. I like 7.62 x 39 & 6.8 also.

Weight IS an issue to almost everyone who walks and carries. DPMS just came out with a sane, 8-lb AR, and I bought one in .243. Great move. Kinda torpedoes the prevailing idea that a black rifle must weigh 17 pounds and be outfitted with so many add-ons that the gun looks like a Christmas tree covered in tasteless ornaments.

I also love my AR in 7.62x39. Cheap Russian steel ammo in 123 and 154 sp configurations kill hogs with efficiency, and you don't have to restrict yourself to head shots either!

my favorite caliber is .308

current/often used rifle is Remington 700 VTR Target 5R with B & C stock, / thermal

alternate rifle is a Ruger SR 762 / thermal

+ Winchester 70 Stealth / ZEISS Mil Dot

+ SAKO TRG-42 in 338 Lapua / ZEISS Z8 (a lot of gun but I don't mind shooting hogs with it )

First is the 6.8spc why because its light has the recoil of a 5.56 with 80% of the .308's knockdown power at 300 yards.

Second is the .308 its second because there is muzzle rise when firing rapidly and the AR10's are heavy.

I have the iron sights sighted in and a quick release scope mount so it's a real versital rifle.

Savage .22 mag, head shots only of course. Trusty Winchester 70 30-06 has killed many a hog.

Recently got a Savage .308 Model 10 PC with a AAC Silencer which should be deadly!

I have zero issues carrying my AR-10. 3 point sling and I'm ready to go. Now im not walking all day but I like having it over my 5.56 for knock down power. Call it my workout for the day if you wish.

Daytime around the ranch on the 4wheeler, I carry a Tromix 458 Socom with irons or Ruger SR 1911.
The nighttime belongs to a pair of ARP barreled 6.8x43 ARs, one with N750 and other with Photon 5X.
The 6.8s took 69 or my 72 pigs in 2014.
One of the 6.8s took a 358 pounder in 2013.
Have other guns available but 99 percent of my shooting happens between 60 and 150 yards which is a chipshot for the 6.8

Whatever is closest at the time, usually AR 223

6.8! .308 if I wasn't concerned about the recoil damaging expensive nightvision. .243 scoped bolt gun from a stand during daylight if I was hunting a lone boar.

I like my Mossberg MVP in .223, it's light and dang accurate. Smoked one 2 weeks ago with a 64gr bonded Winchester bullet. Shot behind the shoulder at 80yds. Pass thru and made a downright mess in the process. He ran about 30 yards and piled up.

.270 all day for me

my Winchester .308 does the job. Love the Australian Outback Ammo that I use as well.

Savage Scout Rifle in .308. It's light to carry and does the job.

12g No complaints yet.

I will use my 22 mag for a loner head shot
ar for groups

12 gauge and 1oz fosters on public.
Ruger carbine in 44 mag or my 700 in 308.

Custom build 7mm-08

Blaser R8 Professional Success 9,3x62

I will stand with ya brother...270 win = dead darn piggie!!

anything between a .17hmr and a .308....partial to 7mm-08 and .308 sometimes a .22-250....just got me a new .44 mag Ruger M77...that should be fun, open sights...so many hogs, so little time.

Probably the 30.06 but I've used 17 HMR in the ear all the way up to the 45-70. AR-15 is best for me if there are multiples coming in.

can't go wrong with a mini-30 (7.62x39)

For me I have pretty much settled on the 35 calibers for putting hogs down in a hurry. 350 Rem Mag, 35 Whelen, and the 356 Winchester have all been lights out DRT. Obviously not my first choice for long range pigs but at short to moderate ranges I will choose a 35 of some sort to put them on their butts quick.

.270, .30-.30, .223, .35, .243 ...or whatever else is handy! But usually the .270

I use what I have with me at the time- all bolt action in .22 mag, .223, 6mm, .270, or .280. Either the .22mag or .223 is with me everyday. I never pass up a shot at a hog.

Ran across a deal on a TC 416 rigby. It did the trick. Big boar was running away so he got one in the ham and came out his front shoulder. My daughter said it look like the hog was doing a stoppy. Most of the time it's the DPMS 308

A stoppy?

I have taken more with a Marlin 45-70 than anything else and tend to stay with larger calibers. But have used a 30-06 a couple of times and a 35 Whelen AI with Speer 250Gr Grand Slams of which is a good name for them lol.

My favorite is the Marlin GS 45-70 Government as it is short,light and handy. But I am currently working with a Savage built into a .358 Winchester but as of yet to take a single game animal with the cartridge.

But I will say that I have seen many Hogs taken with many calibers that tear up allot of meat and or blood shot meat and have found that by using certain calibers such as the 45-70 Government and cast bullets you can eat right up to the bullet hole.