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I think this might be the first hog ever killed with the Nosler Accubond....unless Nosler folks shot one with it prior to launch to the market. You guys already know the gun I am using now, and it is pictured with my client. I lent him the use of the gun, and will do the same if desired, for any of you. I used the excellent SSA factory loading, because I have not had time to cook up my own loads yet.
My Client wanted to experience hunting with the NVD's, and this hog had been sighted on my trail camera. Here's the whole story:
We pulled in to the parking spot and walked the 350 yards to the stand...briskly, and in pitch blackness. We didn't really sneak in, so when we got there, I said "let's put the PVS-14 on the .22 and shoot some raccoons, then after a little while, things will settle down from our walk in." Of course, the .22 is suppressed, so it makes virtually no sound...except the little pop it makes when it hits a coon.
No sooner do I get the PVS 14 on the .22's extended rail, but I look through it downrange and there's the huge pig at the feeder! I scramble to take it off, and when I unscrew the can, the adapter comes off with it....the damn adapter's threads are 1/2 X 28, and my AR-15 is 5/8 X 24!!!
I tell my customer "he's there...!" "WHO??," he asks :?: :shock: :roll: "The huge pig!!!" "Yeah, right," he quips.... :roll: " Dude, NO, he's really there!"
So, I finally get the damn thing off, and I drop the can in the bottom of the blind and say "here, shoot it without the can" ....He looks at me like this :shock: So I hand him the rifle and say "shoot it in the shoulder, I want to see what the Accubond does...." So he grabs the rifle and says "where's the safety?" :|
Now, its pitch black, that 350 lb. hog is 80 yards away and we're whispering. He can't see the BLACK...rifle. I lean over and click the safety off..."Blast it!!!"...seconds go by....CLICK...WTF??? :!: :?:
So, I grab the gun and check the bolt to see if there's a cartridge in the chamber, there is but I notice that since we'd quietly slid the bolt home, we didn't get it all the way into battery. CRAP!...I then punch the forward assist (did you wonder why we still have those on these rifles?) and then take the safety off again for him while handing the gun over with the barrel out the blind window. "SHOOT that bitch, bitch!"
Pop / Flop. I then realize he's shot it in the head. He says " hu huh, how about a head shot, hu huh, huh?" DAYUM... :|
Oh well, I can't fault him for shooting a hog right in the brainstem...good shot but I can't tell you much about the Accubond from this, since even a little wussy .223 would kill the thing when placed here.
Despite the efforts of the discombobulated guide to torpedo an otherwise successful 24-second pig hunt, the client keeps his cool and scores!! WOOOHOO
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My Client wanted to experience hunting with the NVD's, and this hog had been sighted on my trail camera. Here's the whole story:
We pulled in to the parking spot and walked the 350 yards to the stand...briskly, and in pitch blackness. We didn't really sneak in, so when we got there, I said "let's put the PVS-14 on the .22 and shoot some raccoons, then after a little while, things will settle down from our walk in." Of course, the .22 is suppressed, so it makes virtually no sound...except the little pop it makes when it hits a coon.
No sooner do I get the PVS 14 on the .22's extended rail, but I look through it downrange and there's the huge pig at the feeder! I scramble to take it off, and when I unscrew the can, the adapter comes off with it....the damn adapter's threads are 1/2 X 28, and my AR-15 is 5/8 X 24!!!
I tell my customer "he's there...!" "WHO??," he asks :?: :shock: :roll: "The huge pig!!!" "Yeah, right," he quips.... :roll: " Dude, NO, he's really there!" So, I finally get the damn thing off, and I drop the can in the bottom of the blind and say "here, shoot it without the can" ....He looks at me like this :shock: So I hand him the rifle and say "shoot it in the shoulder, I want to see what the Accubond does...." So he grabs the rifle and says "where's the safety?" :|
Now, its pitch black, that 350 lb. hog is 80 yards away and we're whispering. He can't see the BLACK...rifle. I lean over and click the safety off..."Blast it!!!"...seconds go by....CLICK...WTF??? :!: :?:
So, I grab the gun and check the bolt to see if there's a cartridge in the chamber, there is but I notice that since we'd quietly slid the bolt home, we didn't get it all the way into battery. CRAP!...I then punch the forward assist (did you wonder why we still have those on these rifles?) and then take the safety off again for him while handing the gun over with the barrel out the blind window. "SHOOT that bitch, bitch!"
Pop / Flop. I then realize he's shot it in the head. He says " hu huh, how about a head shot, hu huh, huh?" DAYUM... :|
Oh well, I can't fault him for shooting a hog right in the brainstem...good shot but I can't tell you much about the Accubond from this, since even a little wussy .223 would kill the thing when placed here.
Despite the efforts of the discombobulated guide to torpedo an otherwise successful 24-second pig hunt, the client keeps his cool and scores!! WOOOHOO
