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Dead hog with .177 air rifle! #8831383 04/10/23 02:24 PM
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I was really surprised this guy's airgun in .177 did the job. Benjamin Discovery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPIS3tShJ5E

Re: Dead hog with .177 air rifle! [Re: Nolanco] #8831597 04/10/23 09:20 PM
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It was a short range shot with a barely moving animal and he placed the pellet right in the brain. While this may work well for this sort of sniping, I would not expect similar results on him trying to drop running hogs.

It was a great shot. He did exactly what he needed to do to make the caliber work. Pigs really are not hard to kill if you put the pellets/bullets in the right places.

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Re: Dead hog with .177 air rifle! [Re: Double Naught Spy] #8831630 04/10/23 10:11 PM
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All true, DNS. Tell me, is the absolute money spot the earhole or is there something about a line between the eye and the earhole where a pig is particularly vulnerable?

Re: Dead hog with .177 air rifle! [Re: Nolanco] #8831736 04/11/23 01:00 AM
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I couldn’t see the exact point of impact in the video. Obviously, a brain shot, but I would have liked to have seen the exact aiming point.


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Re: Dead hog with .177 air rifle! [Re: Nolanco] #8831904 04/11/23 11:59 AM
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So would I. Here's another head shot, this time with a .25 caliber air rifle. In this case, the hog is a real kicker. Shot is about 11 minutes in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5-04nDd9ac&t=944s

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