What you call an assault rifle, I call my hog gun. It's nothing but a utility rifle, good for nuisances of all kinds. Interchangeable infrared and red dot scopes.
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Hog Guns: 15 Great Pig Hunting Rifles and Handguns
There are plenty of hog rifles besides semi automatic.
Yep, it depends on your purpose, and whether you want to get multiple shots off at a single herd. One of my neighbors caught 35 hogs in a single game camera frame. We don't shoot hogs here for sport, they tear up our property and we try to put holes in as many as we can, the 5.56 is great for that.
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I did read about the hog issue in Texas, a few million wild hogs are in Texas and they can do a mega damage. I read some shoot them for sport. I can see that you'd want a magazine for stopping them , I'd want one as well. They sound awful.
A Plague of Pigs in Texas | Science | Smithsonian
You can't imagine the damage a herd can do in one night, ruts 8-10 inches deep, it's like trying to mow a plowed field and a lot of work to fix. See that's the problem with you commies, you don't have the experience, yet you think you know it all. Hint, you don't. But it's nice to see you backtracking some.
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I guess you can thank the hunters for your problems.
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And yet wild hogs were barely more than a curiosity in the Lone Star State until the 1980s. It’s only since then that the population has exploded, and not entirely because of the animals’ intelligence, adaptability and fertility.
Hunters found them challenging prey, so wild hog populations were nurtured on ranches that sold hunting leases; some captured hogs were released in other parts of the state.
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A Plague of Pigs in Texas | Science | Smithsonian
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