Solo Texas hog stalking with 6mm arc

[AZsniper]

No experience with pigs, but have killed several whitetails. Build/buy a dedicated upper and you should be fine.

Check out these folks for ammo. Solid copper, great velocity, 100% weight retention, and wonderful expansion…. https://www.bearcreekballistics.com/ammunition/350-legend-ammo

Thanks

 

[AZsniper]

Avoid subsonic. It will not expand and are still loud enough that it spooks them. You MUST ask head shots with a subsonic load or you won’t recover the animal.

Agreed. I would use them maybe for home defense, never for hunting.

 

[RWT]

A little piggy porn

 

[North of 60]

Choot em!

 

[ACHILLES]

Do you know anyone who uses a 350 legend upper? Ammo is cheap and all my shots will be under 100 yards. Plus there are 300 grain subsonic options. I hear they jam a lot, but I think a lot of people try and just swap the barrel. I would get a dedicated complete upper. From what I have read the jamming is a common issue with that strait wall cartridge.

No. I have a friend with one in a 16” bolt gun but he seems pretty underwhelmed by it with factory options. Unless your shots are always going to be 75yds and in I’m not a huge fan of night hunting pigs with subs. They drop like a rock and you need to precisely know your range which is hard at night. If I do one for night hunting pigs Il run a 16” bolt gun with 125gr solids around 2800-2900fps. Much less drop and will still penetrate leaving a blood trail.
As far as running one in an ar15 platform I haven’t done it but don’t think it would be a problem and could be reliable with a few mods to the mags and feed ramp.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Pigs aren’t dangerous. You’ll be good with anything.

Tell that to the huge boar that chased me up a tree with an arrow sticking out either side of it

 

[RWT]

17HMR 100 yards

 

[HairyScandinavian]

Well, OP, how's the 6 ARC project going? Hopefully you've got some dead critter pics now.

 

[JayF]

No experience with the 6ARC, but have done similar with my 6.5 Grendel on many occasions. Inside 100 yards, that Grendel is great on hogs.

 

[AZsniper]

Well, OP, how's the 6 ARC project going? Hopefully you've got some dead critter pics now.

The 6arc is the perfect 1 gun for Texas hogs and deer imo. The 103 ELDX has handled both very well. I got 2614fps out of the 16in CMMG upper.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

The 6arc is the perfect 1 gun for Texas hogs and deer imo. The 103 ELDX has handled both very well. I got 2614fps out of the 16in CMMG upper.

Hell yeah... No luck on the pigs?