Back in early October, some of you may remember I went down to Georgia to do some night hunting for hogs with the guys from JagerPro.  We were trying out Winchester Ammunition’s new lead-free offering, the Razorback XT.  On the hunt we were using the 150gr. .308 Winchester in semi-auto AR-style rifles and some pretty impressive thermal imaging scopes.  But you can read all about that on the original post, or at the JagerPro website.

Anyway, on that trip I was only able to take one hog, but he was a whopper!  At 276 lbs., this boar would have proven to be a trial for any bullet.  From a little over 215 yards (when the shooting started), we hit him at least three times in the body and knocked him down twice before putting him down for good with a shot through the head.  Thank goodness for semi-automatic rifles and low recoil!

One of the bullets had quarted in from the rear, passing through the thoracic cavity and lodging in the large bone of the front leg.  That’s pretty serious penetration, and most bullets (especially lead) would have blown up on impact with the big bone.  Well, in the mail yesterday I received the spent bullet from this boar.  Check it out below.  That’s pretty danged good, especially for such a light bullet.  I haven’t weighed it, but I’d be willing to bet it’s pretty close to the original 150 grains.

During the hunt, and even afterward, there were a lot of discussions about the need for a heavier bullet, and maybe putting it in something a little heftier, like a 30-06 or .300 Win Mag.  For my own part, if I were designing something for hog hunters, I would have looked for something like a 180gr 30-06 over the .308.  But in retrospect, it’s hard to knock the performance of these “little” bullets.

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