Thread: To Bushpig or not to Bushpig this is the question what are your thoughts?

Originally Posted by kiwigreen

The .270 is a good cal and can't go wrong with it running a suppressor. Imo there's no better all round caliber than the .308 for all NZ hunting, velocity isn't too high for close range bush hunting and still having plenty of legs out to 500y and beyond, the 168gr eldm going 2670 out of my 18" sako has stepped the old girl up, has over 1000 ft-lbs of energy out to 700y, pretty impressive for the old .308. When it comes to hunting stags in the bush during the roar the .308 definitely has the advantage over anything with the heavier 180gr bullets going at a modest speed.

some of us use speer 170grn round nose projectiles in the mighty poohseventy for bush stalking...... Nick Harvey does a wee speel about them in older manuals... they BEAT the 180s out of dirty 06 by enough to matter .....surprised the heck out of me when ran figures through ballistics calculater just how well these fence post like projectiles hold up out to 350 yards...
and I am HUGE fan of 180grn loads in 308 for bush hunting...the winchester factory are primo.