perfect hog gun?

[speckfise721]

i have a marlin 336 chambered in .35 rem. was thinkin of buying an 870 slug gun or another marlin 336 chambered in 30-30 this time.. im hunting hogs in dense green brair.. any ideas?

[fightingquaker13]

Depends. If money is no object I'd buy an AR-10, a bunch of mags and top it with an eotech and call it good. In the real world I'd buy either an AK (probably about $1200 now on gun toker ) or get practical and buy a lever action Winchester model 94 or the Marlin equivelent in .44 mag or .454 Casull. I've killed a lot of hogs with a model 94, and if it hadn't rusted out on me (my fault for leaving it  in a storage locker in Florida) I'd have put an easily acquired red dot like the eotech on top. The irons were fine, but once you hit forty the eyes start to go, and I have come to Jesus on red dots for quick short range work in thick cover, which is most of the time here in Florida when you are going after hogs.

[tombogan03884]

Not the Armalite !
Go with DPMS Panther Arms.

[Big Frank]

The .450 Bushmaster should work really well on hogs.

[speckfise721]

yeah.. im lookin at building an ar-10.. but for short term i was thinking of taking my leopold vxii off the .35 rem and putting my old bushnell holo site on top.. not sure though.. i like the idea of the 12 ga slug gun for some reason

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My pig gun is a guide gun in 45-70.   

[fightingquaker13]

yeah.. im lookin at building an ar-10.. but for short term i was thinking of taking my leopold vxii off the .35 rem and putting my old bushnell holo site on top.. not sure though.. i like the idea of the 12 ga slug gun for some reason

That would work for me. The 35 rem will do it for hogs. Though if you want a new rifle (and who am I to not enable your habit? ) I would reccomend a lever in .44 mag or better for short range stopping power (dear, its about safety), or one in 30-30 for cheap ammo (we're saving money), or the AR 10 as its a multitasker (See, it means I only have to buy one gun rather than three, its a bargain!). That said, depending on your shot gun platform (assuming Mossy or 870) you can get a used slug barrel for cheap and nothing says bacon like a 12 gauge slug as long as its under 50 yards. I don't care what anyone says, I think even that is pushing it as far as kill shot accuracy. But inside that range? Its a whole can of whoop ass. Good luck.

[Magoo541]

Noveske 10" Barreled 300 AAC Blackout with an AAC can, one of the 1st focal plane 1-8X Bushnell optics and the appropriate accoutrements.

Now that I'm done spending your money, I'd use an HK 91 (.308) with a good 3-9X Redfield.

[MikeBjerum]

My thought is that the "dense green briar" pushes the need for the 870 with heavy slugs. 

[kmitch200]

i have a marlin 336 chambered in .35 rem... im hunting hogs in dense green brair.. any ideas?

Buy some more shells for the 35?
I bet those are still available.