i had a pesky hog tearing up my chicken coop for the grain, one night i caught him in the act, luckily the living room window was open, so i grabed the 25-06, took a knee in the midle of the living room, and let one fly. well, i learned three things. one was how loud a 25-06 is when fired inside a room with the muzle about 8 feet from the window, the second thing is even at this range there will be a hole in the screen big enough to throw a foot ball through, and the third is how not happy the wife is when she is awakened by all this!