Thread: Bushpig/Superpig build

Afternoon all

After some discussions on here and with Greg Duley I have decided to do the tikka bush pig or super pig build. I want to leave Greg alone as much as I can as I'm sure he's a very busy man and so after a bit of advice from the experts on here.

My predicament is whether to go with a 308 bush pig and 16" barrel or Greg mentioned we could do a super pig in either 284, 7mm saum or 7mm R.E.M. Mag. Now I'm not too savvy when it comes to long range calibres and have only ever used 30 cal, mainly because of the Sambar I often take. I've done a bit of a search and seems that the 284 is the way to go over the other two?

Are these calibres capable of knocking over Sambar? Ive never shot anything over probably 300 yards but I thought if I were to do this I would only want to do this once and to have the versatility of shooting out to 600 yards could be of great benefit. From what I can gather the main difference of cost would be to change the barrel and of course the cost of ammo, as I don't do any reloading. Is it worth going all out with a carbon barrel or are the Remington barrels all good?

Other question is if I go the super pig should I look at swapping the schmit and bender for a z3 with the ballistic turrets?

Thanks fellas, any point of view is appreciated.