i shot a sow a few years back, a little over 200 dressed, and we found a perfectly-mushroomed .224 soft-point in the hindquarter....skin had grown over it. we also saw some spectacular scarring on the scapula, same side. bullet glanced off the scap, stayed just under the skin, came to rest in the buttcheek. coulda been from an ar-15, coulda been a .222--no idea. but it was a .22 centerfire soft-point.
we've also dropped numerous hogs with .223's by not trying to shoot through their shoulder blades. earhole 'em....they won't even run a foot.
