THIS Lee Enfield conversion is an alternative to a lever-action .30-30 for pigs with its slick bolt action and 10-shot magazine.
The terrain where you hunt pigs determines the type of hunting you have to do and what calibre and type of rifle you use. You will have little use in lignum country or bushland for a .270 Winchester rifle with a high-magnification scope. Shots in close cover are rarely more than 50 metres and almost never more than 100 metres.
This means you are not handicapped by having a rifle that will deliver ‘hunting accuracy’ at 100 metres. Any rifle that will land three shots in three inches at that range is entirely adequate.
To be effective, a rifle to be used in brush should be sighted in to hit no more than 1½” high at 100 metres. In most cases this will permit you to shoot and kill a pig by holding
