My son and I shot these about mid-day. He got three with his Marlin .44 (he is an absolute beast with that rifle), and I got the black one with my .257 Wby.
This is a bullet recovered from under the skin on the off side shoulder of one of the big tan sows. It's what remains of a 240gr Hornady XTP. Still weighs 210gr. The little .44mag has really impressed me on pigs. Nothing carries better in the brush and with the XS Ghost Ring sights, it gets on target amazingly fast. My son can drive it about as fast as most can do a semi-auto, and the .44 Mag seems to put them down with authority.
Topped off the day with this. Don't be too hard on me 'cause I also posted it in the Big Buck Contest Thread, but I'm pretty excited about him. Five minutes of legal shooting light left. He was facing me straight on and looking right at me. Didn't give me much time. Shot was 100 yards offhand with my .257 Wby pushing an 80gr TTSX at about 3700. You can see the entrance wound in the center of his chest on the first picture. My biggest deer so far...
John
This is a bullet recovered from under the skin on the off side shoulder of one of the big tan sows. It's what remains of a 240gr Hornady XTP. Still weighs 210gr. The little .44mag has really impressed me on pigs. Nothing carries better in the brush and with the XS Ghost Ring sights, it gets on target amazingly fast. My son can drive it about as fast as most can do a semi-auto, and the .44 Mag seems to put them down with authority.
Topped off the day with this. Don't be too hard on me 'cause I also posted it in the Big Buck Contest Thread, but I'm pretty excited about him. Five minutes of legal shooting light left. He was facing me straight on and looking right at me. Didn't give me much time. Shot was 100 yards offhand with my .257 Wby pushing an 80gr TTSX at about 3700. You can see the entrance wound in the center of his chest on the first picture. My biggest deer so far...
John
