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Best Legal shotgun caliber for dispatching weaner and fat pigs
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<blockquote data-quote="bitwrx" data-source="post: 7144987" data-attributes="member: 86972"><p>.22 rimfire blank, captive bolt gun.</p><p>Give these guys a call tomorrow. <a href="https://raytradeuk.co.uk/humane-slaughter/" target="_blank">https://raytradeuk.co.uk/humane-slaughter/</a></p><p></p><p>12 bore going off in a piggery sounds a bit risky to me. At the least I'd be worried about a stray round taking out the wrong animal in an inhumane way. But then I'm not a gun person; what do I know? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p><p></p><p>ETA: If you're performing emergency kills of pigs, you should be familiar with this document: <a href="https://www.pigvetsoc.org.uk/files/document/192/Casualty%20Pig%20-%20April%202013-1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.pigvetsoc.org.uk/files/document/192/Casualty Pig - April 2013-1.pdf</a></p><p>(It says .410 for smaller pigs, bigger gun for bigger animals. No info on charge or load. It also says you'll need someone to restrain the pig with a snatch wire. Fine with a bolt gun, but I'd be fudged if you'd find me standing anywhere near the business end of a shotgun holding onto a wire. Just get a bolt gun.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bitwrx, post: 7144987, member: 86972"] .22 rimfire blank, captive bolt gun. Give these guys a call tomorrow. [URL]https://raytradeuk.co.uk/humane-slaughter/[/URL] 12 bore going off in a piggery sounds a bit risky to me. At the least I'd be worried about a stray round taking out the wrong animal in an inhumane way. But then I'm not a gun person; what do I know? 🤷♂️ ETA: If you're performing emergency kills of pigs, you should be familiar with this document: [URL='https://www.pigvetsoc.org.uk/files/document/192/Casualty%20Pig%20-%20April%202013-1.pdf']https://www.pigvetsoc.org.uk/files/document/192/Casualty Pig - April 2013-1.pdf[/URL] (It says .410 for smaller pigs, bigger gun for bigger animals. No info on charge or load. It also says you'll need someone to restrain the pig with a snatch wire. Fine with a bolt gun, but I'd be fudged if you'd find me standing anywhere near the business end of a shotgun holding onto a wire. Just get a bolt gun.) [/QUOTE]
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