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 Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
[Re: nyalubwe]
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06/16/21 02:39 AM
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I like the 17, but I shoot the 223 guns because of ammo prices.
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Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
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06/16/21 12:24 PM
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nyalubwe
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I like the 17, but I shoot the 223 guns because of ammo prices. I hear you. But I'm a hand loader so it all works out the same. But that said, Ive killed more pigs with the .223 than everything else put together.
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Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
[Re: nyalubwe]
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06/18/21 02:10 AM
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For hogs the 17 hmr is my favorite
Savage A17
Head shots under 75 yards are good to go
I forgot the other added benefit
I can usually get one head shot and w 0 recoil get another 3-4 body shots on the runners
Win/Win there…
Last edited by procraft05; 06/18/21 02:16 AM.
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Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
[Re: GusWayne]
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06/18/21 04:53 AM
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Small pigs the HMR or the WSM in the head or neck up to 100 yards = dead pigs.
Bigger pigs brain only up to 100 yrs.
I've never stretched it out past 100 with the .17 rimfires. They sure are fun to shoot. Fun on yotes & turkey too.
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Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
[Re: nyalubwe]
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06/18/21 06:09 AM
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Homer75
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I use the 17 WSM on a lot, pigs, turtles, crows and anything else I can. That is a wicked little round but, I have run that pill around a pigs head when he was in a trap. Had to shoot a couple shots to get him down. As stated previous, has to be perfectly in the ear.
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Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
[Re: nyalubwe]
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06/18/21 01:59 PM
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All about that brain. I watched a buddy of mine shoot a boar in the head 5 times with his 40 cal pistol and didn't kill him. I finally made him stop, and then put a 22 hp in his computer. I have killed a whole lotta pigs in traps with one 22 LR HP from a pistol. That's all I use to shoot pigs in traps.
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Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
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06/18/21 04:00 PM
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hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: .17 Remington too small for hogs?
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06/19/21 12:03 AM
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skinnerback
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Wouldn't go that far LOL.
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