I'm looking to buy a used assault rifle to use on the hogs. We've got loads of them, and I hate to wear my deer rifle out on them.

I'm looking for someone, or someplace that has really good deals on used guns, particularly assault rifles.

I'm looking between a mini-14, Ak-47, SKS, or an AR15.....I would perfer that it be somewhere in Texas (if you know of a place). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Brian

Where in Texas?

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your going to mow down hogs with a AK-47?......is that standard operating procedure ?

I remember when daddy let me kill my first hog...he handed me the AK-47 and said...this next bastards yours son..
i selected my prey a.. particular ornery hog we called Mohammad..I took aim.. then let go a few well placed burst and it was done ..not one usable bit of meat left on the beast..

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Buy an M1 Garand. 30.06 will take down anything. And it should be accurate. The AK 47's sold a lot in the US are Chinese made and are crap. They couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door. The AR-15 is a small round and may not kill a big pig with one shot. Same with the mini 14.

Check out local gun shows and local dealers. If you have to buy out of State you will need a dealer to ship it to and buy from anyway. You are aware it is illegal to buy a weapon out of your home State? The process for that is you get the weapon sent to a local dealer that you buy from.

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-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

It's all part of the government plot. Of course, you knew that!

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http://www.ausafari.com.au/wild_boar...queensland.htm

Why not set up a business?

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government plot?...I don't think so or I would know about it..no I think its just the classic boy and his hog story...unless you have any links to show other wise...all though....the hog story could be a bit of a ruse..given BHs
fear of the government thinking hes a terrorist ...it could be he is afraid to say he wants a assault rifle to exercise and protect his constitutional rights...but would be just a speculative theory....

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"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." -- Abraham Lincoln, 4 April 1861

Remember, remember, the 11th of september The Gunpowder Treason and plot;
I see of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.....

dude.. just line the hogs in a row like at a monster truck show and see how many you can kill in one shot!


Or, find some teens in the local black metal scene and promise them all the blood they want if they bring their own knives.


or an assault rifle. that sounds like fun too.

WEll...preferablly central, south, or the coast. I'd be willing to drive if I found someone that had a good price on one. I'm kind of half looking right now. I don't have the cash in my hand, and still have to convince the wife. I'm just pricing right now.

There's not really a standard operating procedure for getting rid of hogs in Texas. There are many procedures used.

1.) Hit with your pick-up...make sure it hits the grille-gaurd.

2.)Trap

3.)Chase with dogs and stick with knife (not particularly my favorite, too much running and way to much blood)

4.)Feed them till you have their routine down to a science and annihalate them.

5.( My personal favorite) Keep an eye on the fields, when you see something torn up that wasn't there the day before. Take a few beers, roll down the windows in the 4x4 and just chill til they show up....then you annihalate them.

Note to reader: it is difficult to annihalate numerous hogs without semi-auto---given the terrain and lack of sunlight.

Oh I agree, I would love an M1 Garand, unfortunately I don't have a few grand to pay out for one of those. And I am aware of buying out of state. Thanks for the heads up though.

I've heard about the AKs, as well as the SKS,s not very accurate indeed.
I'm more so looking to just get a lot of lead going one direction. Just to slow them up a bit, then I can knock them down with my .308.

People have actually had very good luck with AR-15 and mini-14 down here. I've had luck myself. It may not drop them in one shot, but it certainly allows for a second one most of the time. And usually if I'm faced with a mammoth, I'll bring out the .308.

I'm really looking for a semi-auto where I don't have to pay 20 for a box of ammo. Unfortunately .223 ammo has gone up (can't imagine why ).

I'd like to go on something like that. THose hogs look quite a bit more viscious than the one's I usually shoot. We have a few of those Giant boars, but they're hard to find.

I understand now your talking wild critters..in my hood when one speaks of offing hogs they mean farm pigs...and you said you had a lot of them ,so I was picturing hundreds of pigs ready for market and you in There like Sgt slaughter with a AK.....a completely different picture than chillin in your truck with a beer and a AK on a warm spring eve..waiting to send mohamad to the 7 virgins...that's a little more civilised...how are the beast for eating ?

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"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember it or overthrow it." -- Abraham Lincoln, 4 April 1861

Remember, remember, the 11th of september The Gunpowder Treason and plot;
I see of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.....

LOL, you do know that the US Government had to buy ammo from Israel?

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

-Bertrand Russell

Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

-Laurence J. Peters

I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

-Maineman ( on 12 June 2007)

LOL...I can see where offin farm-raised pigs with an AK would seem pretty onorthodox.

The one's we're after come out of dried up canals into open fields, and once you shoot, they high-tail it back to the canal. Once they get down in to them, it's really difficult to find them or keep up, unless you're on a four-wheeler, which brings up the danger factor a little bit. This is where the semi-auto. Your long range rifles come in handy when they get mixed up and high-tail it out into the middle of a field. Then they're screwed.

The small ones 50lbs. are the best to eat by themselves. They're tender and don't have so much of that 'wild' taste. The 50-about 250 lb. females can be eaten by themselves, but typically people mix them with beef to make P&B sausage. THe backstraps are good by themselves. Out of the females, the worst to eat are those over about 250, they have a pretty wild taste and alot of fat usually. You can mix it up for pan sausage or link sausage and it's not to bad if you mix it with beef or deer. The absolute worse to eat are your large boars. Their meat is really tough and extremely 'wild' tasting. But they're the best to take a picture with...usually pretty big and scary looking. Especially when they charge you....not fun.