My hog hunting has been limited to 270AR and 6.8...
*** 270AR with 20" barrel- pushing a 130 grn Federal Fusion at 2800fps dropped hogs in their tracks.
Four of the six hogs below were shot at lasered distances between 205 and 218 yards.
This round is a 6.8 on Steroids. The downside to 270AR is a 7 or 8 round limitation in PRI mags.
Anymore than 8 rounds causes the mag to swell.
270AR results:
*** 6.8 with 18" barrel- using Hornady 120 grn SST's over 27.2 grns AA2200, CCI450, and Federal brass.
This round delivers DRT performance on hogs.
Advantage due to mag capacity- 6.8 is not limited by mag swelling at 7 or 8 rounds, like 270AR- 7VAR- 6.5BRX or other 308 headsize wildcats.
6.8 results: