For a change of pace, here's a boar I shot yesterday afternoon.
He's nothing special, doesn't even meet my 60" standard for a"big" pig, but he is pretty blocky and he does demonstrate that shoulder shield and mud are no defence against the right cast bullet.
Overall length is just 53" snout to tail root; length from ridge at the back of the skull to tail root is 40"; and heart girth 42". Weight estimate (42x42x40)/400 is 176 pounds or 80 kilograms.
He was headed cross country through some scrub, and I was downwind when I saw him. He didn't know I was there. I managed to get level with him and broadside at about 70 meters. He was still walking so I aimed for his eyebrows and got him high in the shoulder as per the image.
He fell to the shot but did some kicking. The bullet penetrated as far as the off shoulder but didn't turn up under the skin. Not sure about bone strikes, since their muscle holds the shoulders together pretty well even when something is broken. I considered the shot to be a little high, and I would have preferred more penetration, i.e. a slightly harder bullet.
This was #U321297HP sized to .312" for the 99 Savage .30-30. Impact velocity would have been close to 2,000 fps. Bullet weight with gas check is 175 gns and hardness 16 BHN. The hollow is about half the depth of the bullet and removes 10 gns relative to a solid bullet. Load was 33 gns LeveRevolution.
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