: I wouldn't be afraid to tackle most big game with a 1,300fps load with a solid round ball. You should be able to approach and possibly beat 1,500fps. I did, wihtin what appeared to be safe pressures.
: That 1,500fps load is a smasher, much more than needed for deer and perhaps pigs, but then, pigs grow teeth and a shield plate over the vitals, perhaps depending on the pigs in question. I've no experience with wild hogs, only the domestic types running up to 800-900 pounds. They'd take a lot of killing, I'd think - definitely a 1,500fps load animal.
: I'd think the RB for a rifled barrel should be groove diameter exactly, with a hard card or cupped plastic wad underneath it. With the fully rifled barrel, a card is probably all that's necessary.
; Lyman makes and sells a roll crimper that is used with a drill press or electric drill. The spinning action turns the plastic over nicely to perform perfect crimps, with practise.