Hog Hunt with My 10 Ga. & .715 Ball

[Dave Rosenthal]

Have a Hog Hunt scheduled with Mosin Rob next month. Since I already harvested one with my Walker revolver last time, this time I'm thinking of bringing my 10 ga. SxS percussion since I don't own a double rifle.

Anybody else here ever bring a SxS do hunt a Hog?

Dave

 

[BillinOregon]

Dave: No personal experience here, but a 10-gauge SXS loaded with ball -- or buck and ball -- sounds like a hoot on a hog hunt.

 

[azmntman]

I had one but it shot rt/rt and left/left and low so I sold it. I used to use a plastic cup and load it with .32 caliber balls, rips the legs off coyotes!

 

[Britsmoothy]

Sounds good. have you done the load development?

I seem to recall you doing something!

Brits.

 

[Dave Rosenthal]

To all:

Believe it or not I've developed a potent & accurate load: 72 grains of 3Fg Goex Pistol Powder, a .125 OP card, a 2.5" spit-dampened commercial cleaning patch (bought by the thousand), the .715 round ball, and 2 Overshot cards (to hold everything TIGHT during recoil, no matter which side lights-off 1st). At 25 yards it shoots to POA, makin' quite an impressive explosion on a 2-liter bottle :shocked2: . In fact, at the last Novelty Shoot I was at, I shot-up my end of a 2x4 pretty darn good, takin' HUGE chunks of wood outta it at 20 yards. That 1.25 oz. round ball ought to put a nice hole in a hog, lol!