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Unread 03-16-2011, 07:46 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack View Post
Best heavy brush/close range/hands-and-knees wild hog gun I ever saw was a good - shooting lever action or rolling block .45-70. As Elgin Gates once said about big-bore cartridges for rhino and Cape buffalo, "Make the first one count, because he'll never feel the second one."
That's probably right. There are hog hunters who use nothing but those short barrel lever action Marlins in 45-70. The recoil on those things will rock you back.

Lots of talk about 10ga's.
Here is a CH 10damascus /12 Bernard on a 2 frame. The 10's are light 26" uplands and the 12's are heavy fowlers. With the 10's the gun is a tad over 8lbs.
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