I have seen lucky shots too. I have hunt hogs with the .357 and it takes a steady hand and a keen eye to nail them with one shot kills. I perfer a six inch barrel but you could to it with the four. You wound one of these critters don't think he won't come after you as I have seen them do it. Then things get real exciting. Good luck.

I don't think you'd have any trouble at all killing a javelina with a .357. They're pretty small. A true wild boar is another matter entirely, and I would strongly prefer a .44 Magnum if I couldn't have a .308.

Originally Posted by Baldy

I have seen lucky shots too. I have hunt hogs with the .357 and it takes a steady hand and a keen eye to nail them with one shot kills. I perfer a six inch barrel but you could to it with the four. You wound one of these critters don't think he won't come after you as I have seen them do it. Then things get real exciting. Good luck.

In a heartbeat!

I think you'd be safer, better off, happier using the GP 100 for plinking and self defense, and buying a second gun specifically for hunting.

Some things can be a successful compromise, but I'd hate to be looking at an angry, charging boar with just a GP 100 between me and the fast running Boar.

Unless your already safely up in a tree.

WM

I think it would be really exciting, and I'll make sure there's a tree(climable) very close to me.

If you are going to use your .357mag for hog hunting....at least use the largest bullet out there that is a jacketed hollow point. I have taken several big feral hogs, here in Texas, with Federals 180gr. JHP out of the 8" Python I had back then. The bullet mushrooms quite nicely and rolls'em like they were hit with a truck. The biggest I took was about 375# on the hoof.

tex

Originally Posted by nukehayes

I think it would be really exciting, and I'll make sure there's a tree(climable) very close to me.

I think it would be really exciting if you use a knife.