Posted on 09/30/2025 8:21:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I have. I’ve seen the world’s largest McDonald’s - or at least it was; it straddled I-44 in Vinita.
I shot one of those once. Offhand, standing (Weaver), 100 yards, open sights, 8” group. .454 Casull was the chambering. I think it had the 7.5” barrel.
Very impressive.
“a buddy from Texas once told me: “Big bores for big boars.””
Texan here, can confirm 458 SOCOM smacks them with the fist of an angry God. 10 fit in a standard AR15 mag, 14 fit in a 40 rd mag plus one in the pipe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.458_SOCOM
Yeah big bore for big boars indeed.
My other pig slayer is in AR10 it shoots 358 Winchester that packs 25 to a standard AR10 mag. 220gr Nosler partitions is all that rifle ever shoots be it at moose,grizzly or hogs those Noslers are death from afar or up close. That AR10 has fully replaced the 458 expect for shooting subsonics over the shoulder of the ATV driving buddy while night team hunting with NVG, lasers and ATVs and comms so no cross fire.
This is the way....absolutely love this upper it goes to Alaska as big bear medicine.
https://kakindustry.com/358-win-upper-16-inch-barrel-mid-gas-15-inch-mlok-handguard/
Have my eyes one a new upper since I load 375 H&H mag I have access to bullets I can also load in the raptor. This would remove the need for subsonic 458 as the larger 375 bore over the 358 can shoot 450gr subsonics that should be pig wasting machines.
https://blackcollararms.com/375raptor/
“I like gamey meats like wild boar and venison. I usually use only salt and pepper for seasoning.”
Man after my own heart. Meat, fire, salt and coarse fresh ground pepper. The choices of wood species and pit low and slow or fast and hot directly over wildfire or burn barrel coals is the big debate.
Closest I have come is my Ruger .44 Mag Super blackhawk
I can get off three rounds accurately at 30 yards, after that....its guess and by golly. The hands go numb.
Does yours have the square-backed Dragoon trigger guard? Those are hard on your middle finger.
The Bisley style grip and hammer are much more comfortable to shoot than the standard “plowhandle” grips on Blackhawks. They look a bit strange, but form follows function.
I’ve seen petite women and 15 year old girls light off a whole cylinder of full-house .44 Magnum rounds with a Bisley like it was nothing. The 15 year old asked her dad to get one for her.
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