Shot to the pig

Interesting article in the SMH today about a child killing a giant pig in the US.

The thing that amazed me was that the kid was using a huge handgun:

He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-calibre revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot.

Through it all, there was the fear that the animal would turn and charge them, as wild boars have a reputation for doing.

Hmm. The boar is shot with a .50 calibre handgun. I would have thought that one .50 cal slug would be enough to bring a boar down - and that it would not be running around after being shot 8 times. He might have shot at it 8 times and hit it once.

I also don't get how a kid has the wrist and forearm strength to handle a .50 cal handgun. I've used a .44 revolver, and a few 9mm pistols, and they kicked like crazy.