First time out, 2 shots, 2 kills

[ReddyToGo]

Took the new 6mm arc out today for a little pig action. I decided to load my main hunting round, 100gr Sierra SBT last and load several 55 Nosler BT first. We have a lot of coyote's so I figured I would use the 55's first.

Well pigs showed up a little earlier than normal. I went ahead and used the 55 Nosler BT and man, not even a step.  Both dropped right where they stood. Not even a twitch. I really did not know what to expect out of a varmint projectile but I was very pleased with the performance. I may just use them again since they shoot so good.

Had to flip the smaller pig over to take the pic, it was quartering away and there was a baseball size exit wound. Both shots were right at 100 yds.

       

[grayfox]

Nice work! Do you think the 55 worked well b/c maybe the pigs were kind of smaller?
But great shooting/results anyway!

[ReddyToGo]

I believe it was more shot placement than anything else. The larger sow was over 100lbs and the shot entered just under the left ear with no exit wound. The smaller sow was quartering away and the shot entered mid back, close to the spine area. So far we have killed 4 pigs out of this sounder.

After thinking about it more, I believe I was wrong concerning the entry / exit wound of the smaller pig. Sorry for miss representing the projectiles performance.

The right side of the smaller pig was to my favor and that is where the damage was. I now believe the 55gr Nosler BT actually blew up upon impact but it left a huge hole. Not out of the realm of expectation. It did however, dump 100% of the energy and did considerable amount of damage. I usually do head or neck shots but this pig was leaving in a hurry.

Now I'm questioning the bullet performance. It would not have penetrated a boars shield that is for sure.

[SBRSarge]

Regardless, them are some nice eating size pigs there, and good shooting to anchor them.

I killed three 60 pounders recently with 4 shots. The last took two hits. But in my defense, one ‘hit’ on #3 was a crease across the butt from a pass-thru shooting at pig two.

In any case, they sure smoked up nicely and the back strap medallions are heavenly.

[ReddyToGo]

I agree. Typically sow's are skinny and poor but this particular sow had about 3/4" fat on her. Plus she was young.

One Thanksgiving, my daughter shot a pig about 60lb's. We scraped it, wrapped it in aluminum foil, dug a hole and built a nice big fire. Let it burn to hot coals, thru some dirt on it, laid the pig in and covered it up with the rest of the dirt. Took it out 12 hours later. That was the one juicy and tender pig.

We may have to do that again for New Years......

[ReddyToGo]

Took my Grandson out for some pig action. He took 3 pigs with the 6 arc. We were actually coyote hunting so he had a mag full of 55gr Nosler BT's but I had a spare mag of 100gr SBT soft points that I switched out after we saw the pigs. We left the 55 gr in the chamber.

We had two hunters and had to time the shots. His target pig was a young one since his first projectile was the light 55gr varmint round. It was moving and went behind some brush just as he shot so he had to take a shoulder shot and it did just fine at 60 yards. Did have to do a followup after the fact however. That makes three pigs so far with 55gr Nosler BT's.

The other two shots were running pigs, a nice sow and a real nice size boar. Both of these were using the Sierra 100 BTSP. The boar was about 90 yards and I don't know if the 55gr would have been effective at that distance on a running pig. I was glad we exchanged the mag.

I think he fell in love with the 6arc. It's low recoil let him stay on target for the follow up shots. It was a Great Day!