Rim Fire Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Had a call from a farmer who was having trouble with boar flattening his maize so we had a look and the trouble they was causing was to far into the crop got that sorted he said I am cutting on Tuesday so we went up Tuesday afternoon after he had cut and put 4 high seats that's how long this field was it 35 acres in total first to show was a muntjack then we had to wait until dark before the Boar put in an appearance I had the first with my new 308 and my other mate had the second total account to date is 10 pigs had a few Fallow bucks as well sorry for poor quality on pictures off phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Neat rimfire,, shot details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Hi U not a lot to tell i was using 150 grn Federal my other mates use home loads as for disstance all shot within 100mtrs going back up tomorrow night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Hi U not a lot to tell i was using 150 grn Federal my other mates use home loads as for disstance all shot within 100mtrs going back up tomorrow night:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Do you measure their length , or weight them ? I would be interested in what size they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted October 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Do you measure their length , or weight them ? I would be interested in what size they were. We never have but one we shot last Friday night after being gutted and head removed it took 3 of us to lift into the back of the truck it was well over 200lb it was a big Boar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1961 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Bacon buggies on you then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEREALTHRILLER Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Well done mate. Lucky chap having boar , munties and fallow . Only roe up here .......fancy a swap lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Spot on, cracking result. Out of interest what .308 rifle did you end up getting buddy? (Apologies if you have posted this somewhere else I was on holiday last week so not up to date) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted October 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Spot on, cracking result. Out of interest what .308 rifle did you end up getting buddy? (Apologies if you have posted this somewhere else I was on holiday last week so not up to date) Hi Mike havent posted a thread on it i done a deal on a Howa 1500 with the hogue stock with Federal 150 grn i am getting a 1/2 inch group at 100 mtrs so i am happy with the results after running in the barrel as recomended by Howa which it says shoot 1 clean for 10 shots then shoot 2 and clean for 5 shots which i done i have had 2 Fallow bucks and my first Boar last Tuesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Hi Mike havent posted a thread on it i done a deal on a Howa 1500 with the hogue stock with Federal 150 grn i am getting a 1/2 inch group at 100 mtrs so i am happy with the results after running in the barrel as recomended by Howa which it says shoot 1 clean for 10 shots then shoot 2 and clean for 5 shots which i done i have had 2 Fallow bucks and my first Boar last Tuesday Tidy job mate and some good "christening" of the new rifle. I have a 1500 and cant fault them. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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