I have never hunted anything but squirrels and that was with a shotgun. I would like to try hog hunting and I'd like to get a rifle for that. I have a Blackhawk in .45 Colt and thought maybe trying a lever action in that caliber so I can use the same ammo in both. How would the .45 work on hogs? I've read some things on this and another forum saying that large caliber heavy bullets don't really work well on hogs.