the original ? was about the 223. so suppose you had to hunt with a single shot 223, as I have one now. would you still feel comfortable in the thick stuff with a 223 single shot? or would you prefer something bigger? the 223 is growing on me but I still think you have a much less margin for error with a smaller/lighter bullet than a larger/heavier one, especialy if you are not off the ground or at a safe distance.
Would totally do it with a single shot .223 . If I had enough range time in with it, and was confident with my abilities with it... for sure.
And .410 slug is pretty good for bear. 45 LC has killed lots of stuff and i beleive a slug through a .410 has more energy than the 45 LC....
I would rather carry 12ga just to be in safe side lol... :2guns
the original ? was about the 223. so suppose you had to hunt with a single shot 223, as I have one now. would you still feel comfortable in the thick stuff with a 223 single shot? or would you prefer something bigger? the 223 is growing on me but I still think you have a much less margin for error with a smaller/lighter bullet than a larger/heavier one, especialy if you are not off the ground or at a safe distance.
Would totally do it with a single shot .223 . If I had enough range time in with it, and was confident with my abilities with it... for sure.
And .410 slug is pretty good for bear. 45 LC has killed lots of stuff and i beleive a slug through a .410 has more energy than the 45 LC....
I would rather carry 12ga just to be in safe side lol... :2guns
So why would you chose a 223 for hogs then? You just proved the point that about 6 of us have been telling you in the last 4 pages of posts.
the original ? was about the 223. so suppose you had to hunt with a single shot 223, as I have one now. would you still feel comfortable in the thick stuff with a 223 single shot? or would you prefer something bigger? the 223 is growing on me but I still think you have a much less margin for error with a smaller/lighter bullet than a larger/heavier one, especialy if you are not off the ground or at a safe distance.
Would totally do it with a single shot .223 . If I had enough range time in with it, and was confident with my abilities with it... for sure.
And .410 slug is pretty good for bear. 45 LC has killed lots of stuff and i beleive a slug through a .410 has more energy than the 45 LC....
I would rather carry 12ga just to be in safe side lol... :2guns
So why would you chose a 223 for hogs then? You just proved the point that about 6 of us have been telling you in the last 4 pages of posts.
Well, maybe because I'm little overreacting based on my experience from Yellowstone park
I was at one of the camp grounds near Grand and South Tetons and encountered this fully grown Grizzly bear while I was outside taking pictures. I just couldn't believe how huge that bear was. Each claw was literally longer than my hand.
also that bear was less than 10 yds away from me and thank God he wasn't interested attacking me... she just passed right by me and
started digging for bugs in the ground instead. I was right behind the driver side door and the bear was only few feet away from tip of the car. That's literally how close it was. I have the video on my old laptop but unfortunately it broke so I won't be able to post the video.
I'm not trying to be disrespectful or anything but I guess I'm just little overreacting based on what I saw it just automatically made me think .410 wouldn't be big enough against bears
Same goes for a 200 lb hog with a .223 and a quick clean shot in a WMA with thick cover, if your shot is off by 1/2" the hog is gone, not so with a .30 caliber or bigger bullet. It allows for a larger margin of error. I shoot golf balls with my .22 Magnum at 100 yards off a bench but I wouldn't use it to shoot hogs unless it was at a hog shooting gallery. It will only take one instance of walking down the creek beds or river bottoms and suddenly you find yourself with about 10-30 hogs all around you. Make sure you have 2-30 round mags fully loaded with a .223. I killed three hogs one time in a river bottom with a .44 Mag 275 Grain Bullet out of a Winchester 94 lever action and had 7 rounds left. Hogs do not go far when you hit them and connect properly with over 150 Grains of lead.
Same goes for a 200 lb hog with a .223 and a quick clean shot in a WMA with thick cover, if your shot is off by 1/2" the hog is gone, not so with a .30 caliber or bigger bullet. It allows for a larger margin of error. I shoot golf balls with my .22 Magnum at 100 yards off a bench but I wouldn't use it to shoot hogs unless it was at a hog shooting gallery. It will only take one instance of walking down the creek beds or river bottoms and suddenly you find yourself with about 10-30 hogs all around you. Make sure you have 2-30 round mags fully loaded with a .223. I killed three hogs one time in a river bottom with a .44 Mag 275 Grain Bullet out of a Winchester 94 lever action and had 7 rounds left. Hogs do not go far when you hit them and connect properly with over 150 Grains of lead.
Maximum number of pigs that I shot were 3 pigs with a single bullet from my .30-06 150gr but it was a really close distance shot tho. Like less than 20yd. It went clean through first and second pig but it stopped inside 3rd pig's heart region if I can remember correctly... 1st pig was 130lb, 2nd pig was I think it was around 120lb and the last pig was only like 70lb.
It was really unexpected tho lol...
