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I have shot and seen a few hogs shot(Russian Boar mostly but some mixed breeds) in TN. We hunt exclusively with handguns, rifles are sort of "cheating" (not really, we are probably just stupid :-) ).
Range, depends on the shooter and the type of hunting. If you hunt from a stand and have a rest (I dont), you can shoot farther with confidence than if you are chasing a boar through the woods and shooting on the move (Been There Done That but didn't intend to do it that way).
The .44 works as good as anything else (but not better) above .40 caliber. A .357 will probaly even work but most of the guides I have talked to sort of shun it and the one my partner took was an "adventure" in which he actually had to use his speed loader (yet all his bullets hit the heart).
The last 4 hogs I have seen killed were with a .45 Auto. Except for one where I fiddled around with light bullets, they worked just fine with one shot each.
My rule of thumb is to take a paper plate to the range and shoot offhand at it with the gun/sight you plan to use. Find the range at which you stop hitting it 100% of the time and then cut that range by 1/3 or 1/2 (due to the dynamics of hunting live critters) and that is your maximum range.
Happy Trails.
Riposte
"Adventure is the result of poor preparation" - Mark Twain
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