I'm sure by now that record is broken, with the introduction of the Russian strain of Boar into the wilds of Virginia, Tennessee, and a number of other southern states. ItвЂ™s bottom tusks were 5 inches one side and 5 1/4 inches on the other side. It was the largest pig or boar in the wild, I have taken or even seen since then. This feral pig with all the above parts gone, still tipped the cattle scales at just above 400 lbs. There were so many in those days a whole animal would only last days. Those scraps were left for the Southern States Sanitation Service, as we called the vultures. Back a ways into the woods we took itвЂ™s head off, legs from knees down, and gutted it. He brought over his big front loader, hauled the pig up and out of the garden. Manley Chanault my neighbor owned the farm next to us about ВЅ mile away. Descendants of the pigs released into the wild by the farmers in the 1930s when the market was gone, and they couldn't keep up the feed bills and bank notes. These were somewhat common in the area we were in. And in all likelihood I had shot a feral pig. He just laughed and told me his pigs were very safely penned in. Explaining that I probably shot one of his pigs, and that I would pay market price for it. I went back and finished my bath.ДЇinally clean and dressed I gave my farmer neighbor a call, to face the music. But short and somewhat stumpy in appearance, munching our newly planted tomato plants! My first shot was where I figured the shoulder was and the animal went down squealing and screaming so effectively I shot it again, this time in the head.lights out. I could see something large, dark and dirty. Looking down and into the garden about 40 yards away. When my wife hurried into the bathroom and announced something big and ugly was in our new garden, lunching on our labors and future food supply.Дressed only in soap suds and the afore mentioned 41 Magnum, I stepped out on our 44 foot long back deck. I was in the tub washing away the tiredness and dirt. And had just finished planting a 100 by 100 foot garden for family use. We were enjoying the first planting season in our new wilderness home in 1970. I first used the 41 magnum game harvesting, in a Ruger Single Action Blackhawk. But I really find it is more opinionated.that is everyone seems to have an opinion about it and it's capabilities. This magnum round is often spoken of as controversial. Riekers Sporting Agency & Gun Works | Steve's 45 Winchester Magnum, 6.5x54 MS (6.5 Mannlicher-Schoenauer), 7.62x39mm Russian. 240 Weatherby Magnum, 7mm Dakota, 10mm Auto. Other Cartridges with Similar Widths (cartridges not bullets) 41 Remington Magnum-Winchester Platinum Tip, 41 Remington Magnum-Speer Gold Dot Hollow Point. 41 Remington Magnum-Winchester Silvertip Hollow Point. 41 Remington Magnum-Federal Barnes Expander. 41 Remington Magnum-Remington Jacketed Soft Point. 41 Remington Magnum-Cor-Bon JHP Self Defense. 41 Remington Magnum Ballistics Videos from YouTube While we have went to great lengths to make sure that it's as accurate as possible this rendering should not be used to generate specs for casings. 41 Remington Magnum Ballistics cartridge. *Casing image above is an artist rendering and not a real photo of. If you can find a large frame heavy revolver in 41 Mag at a fair price we suggest you pick it up. This cartridge has lots of recoil so the bigger the gun the less you are going to feel it. This cartridge is lots of fun and made a big boom. 41 Magnum is a helluvah cartridge more than adequate for self/ home defense, some may even say overkill. This round is for this select niche of people. There are many people out there that think the 44 magnum is overkill and two much of a round to handle, but those same people may want something a bit more than a. 41 Remington Magnum packs a huge energy punch with an average energy of 763 from muzzle, this is roughly the equivalent to two 9mm cartridges, and 200 more lbs of force than the mighty 357. The round was developed and tested in the early to mid 60's and is a fairly fast cartridge as most revolver rounds tend to be and flies at an average fps of 1276. Elmer Keith apparently had a thing for magnums. 41 Rem Mag was another one of those magnum rounds produced by the late Elmer Keith the same guy who created the 357 Magnum, and the 44 Magnum. Cartridge Type: Handgun Height: 1.29' Width: 0.492' Average FPS: 1276 Average Energy: 763 Average Gr: 211 Recoil: 1.23 Power Rank: 5.38 of 7