I got together with some buddies to do some hog and predator hunting. We had a good time and after parting ways, I even managed a couple of hogs on my own...
I am pretty impressed with the Speer TNT 90 gr. bullet. Granted, it was flying out of my 22" Liberty barrel at 2920 fps, but with the light weight and low BC, it bleeds off energy pretty darned fast and I was not sure how it would do at distance. Energy would drop below the suggested 1000 ft. lbs after 210 yards or so and my shot was at 250. I had not intended to make such a long shot, thinking it was closer to 200-220, but the bullet impacted, went through a goodly amount of bone (including the spine with a nice tunnel burrowed through it) and doing all kinds of soft tissue damage before being stopped in the muscle of the opposite side shoulder blade after passing through it as well.
The second hog had 2 through and through shots, the first entered the left hip and exited the right buttock. The second was the kill shot that was basically through the heart.
I am pretty impressed with the Speer TNT 90 gr. bullet. Granted, it was flying out of my 22" Liberty barrel at 2920 fps, but with the light weight and low BC, it bleeds off energy pretty darned fast and I was not sure how it would do at distance. Energy would drop below the suggested 1000 ft. lbs after 210 yards or so and my shot was at 250. I had not intended to make such a long shot, thinking it was closer to 200-220, but the bullet impacted, went through a goodly amount of bone (including the spine with a nice tunnel burrowed through it) and doing all kinds of soft tissue damage before being stopped in the muscle of the opposite side shoulder blade after passing through it as well.
The second hog had 2 through and through shots, the first entered the left hip and exited the right buttock. The second was the kill shot that was basically through the heart.
