crock if you are loosing hogs with the dirty thirty i would recomend leaving that 06 in the safe and get yourself a good 223. there is some good info on this site that proves the 223 is a hog bustin round.
if you're losing hogs from a 30-30 and shots are not excessively long then it's gotta be placement/ angle/bullet selection. 29 poorly placed follow up shots aren't the answer. it should only take 1, infrequently 2, and almost never 3. a good stock bedding for a rifle is a big help also. using a bipod I see. they are great. did you get the removable mag you wanted with that stock? looks good. was that a regular #2 pencil you made the holes in that target with,lol.
Gonna have to side with Carlos on the leverevolutions. I am not impressed with them either. They shoot great and are very accurate, but I am less than satisfied with their terminal performance. Now granted my 3030 is my 75 yard gun, and I neck shoot just about every shot I fire out of it. However, the couple body shots I have taken with mine resulted in long runs by the animals with little to no blood. A doe and one hog come to mind. Both had entry eand exit woulds the size of the bullet and massive internal damage
Only way I found the doe was I saw her white belly . She had run 100 yards with zero blood, and it was a perfect hit.
I switched back to the 170gr core lokts in 3030
crock if you are loosing hogs with the dirty thirty i would recomend leaving that 06 in the safe and get yourself a good 223. there is some good info on this site that proves the 223 is a hog bustin round.
X2! .223 is the answer.
