Re: My first hog hunt to bag a 164lb boar
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:14 pm
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Actually, I have successfully shot through 1/4 inch steel plate. The plate that I have videoed twice with unsuccessful penetration is actually 7/16", (.421"). We initially thought it was 3/8" just by visual observation, however, using two different calipers, we have micD it out to .421". But I am patient. I will keep trying.
That bullet you retreived from your hog looks like it stayed together pretty good considering... I would guess-timate visually that it probably still weighes about 130-160 grains total. But that's just a guess. Anyway, that it a nice hog and congratulations.
DFWDave wrote: That shield looked to be about an inch thick when I watched them skinning the hog, so when you consider that TexasSheepDog has shot through 3/8 inch steel with a .450b and yet it couldn't penetrate two layers of inch thick shield, those hogs are tough muthers.
Actually, I have successfully shot through 1/4 inch steel plate. The plate that I have videoed twice with unsuccessful penetration is actually 7/16", (.421"). We initially thought it was 3/8" just by visual observation, however, using two different calipers, we have micD it out to .421". But I am patient. I will keep trying.
That bullet you retreived from your hog looks like it stayed together pretty good considering... I would guess-timate visually that it probably still weighes about 130-160 grains total. But that's just a guess. Anyway, that it a nice hog and congratulations.