Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:39 am
If this thing shows up in
my neighborhood, I absolutely want something with that power at my disposal.
Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:30 pm
Thats some SERIOUS bacon
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gigantic-w ... -dumpster/
Gigantic wild boar dubbed "Pigzilla" seen rummaging through dumpster
Wild boar are common in the hills around Hong Kong. The beasts can weigh up to 450 pounds and often venture into the city in search of food.
ARs in 5.56/.223 don't make good hog guns actually. The reason they are so devastating to humans is because the small, high velocity bullets fragment and tumble and tumble when they hit flesh. (This is why many think they make decent home defense weapons because they have less penetration in drywall than bigger, slower pistol calibers, including 9mm.). However, with big hogs, a potential lack of penetration leads to
less lethal wounds. And they are designed for closer range than larger rifle calibers. Past 150 yards 5.56 is going to lose it's velocity/fragmentation advantage.
I have a friend who just got back from hog hunting in Florida. He took his AR-15. On the first day he shot a hog in the shoulder zone and it just ran off. The guides recommended a different caliber and loaned him a .308 bolt action and the next hog went down in like 10 yards.
That's not to say an AR in 5.56/.223 won't work if you already have one but it's not a great first choice. They do make special hog hunting ammo in .223 so I guess there's that.
Tl;Dr, in the case of AR-15 in 5.56, their ability to be so lethal isn't in that they are so "high-powered". It is that the smaller, high velocity bullets do massive tissue and organ damage when they fragment and tumble upon impact.