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Not sure I would use the HP, would probably want the tipped Matchking as TheKid suggests.

I would try the Partition first.

I'm also an AR-10 .308 hog shooter. (suppressed with an adjustable gas block can really reduce recoil for fast follow-ups).

But if forced with an AR-15, I don't like to limit myself to head or neck shots, especially when you have a sounder that starts to scatter after you drop the first one. Barnes TSX for me.

I wouldn’t be afraid to use the 77 MK but I would do my best to steer it onto bone. I’ve found the match hollow points to be erratic unless bone is encountered. Put them on a shoulder and they’re much more predictable.

Pretty good cross section of bullets used in this thread if you have time to do some reading. https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...2-caliber-dead-stuff-thread#Post16682412

This is an easy one, 75 gr Gold Dot for everything.

60 grain partitions would be good

Really, REALLY appreciate all this, fellers !!!!

Many thanks !!!

A rather large number of hogs have gave up the ghost around here using plain vanilla 55gr FMJ. From small hogs to the bigger small ones… 😃
My 18 year old son’s favorite hog rifle is a Ruger AR15.
Back in the spring he smoked five in just a few seconds.

The only thing worse than having to deal with a hog, is having to load them up or drag them off after you kill one. Any cheap 55gr sp boat tail works great.

Anything in the ear hole.

Pigs aren't bulletproof. I laugh when tall tales start getting told about the vaunted "shield" lol.

Ya azz shooting them will make them look invincible...

They aren’t hard to kill at all, just hit them.

Aim for the base of the ear. Take time to make a well placed shot. The Barnes 62 grain TTSX will work. If it will not fit in the mag, then use the TSX.


The Barnes 308 130 TTSX is my preferred choice, especially when dealing with the larger pigs.



Shot piles of pigs with a .308 175 SMK too. As always, shot placement is the single most important factor. I do not have a video of the .223 62 TTSX, will try to make one when the weather cools off. The .308 videos are posted to show the instant terminal effect with placement to the base of the ear. Tracking pigs in the thorn brush of South Texas is a rather unpleasant task. So, dropping them where they stand is the goal.

^^^ Nice jeffbird ^^^ When you take out the thinker….. It’s an instant score isn’t it! 💪

Put a 55 gr. TSX where the work is, inside of say 150 yds. ... consider it a point blank magnum pistol wound, that will drop most any hog.




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TTSX works good in the 5.56.

Really? I would’ve thought an expanding bullet like that would be a Hague violation

We take about 150 hogs a year on the property we hunt, between the dog hunters and the riflemen. We shoot them with anything from 22LR up to 450 Bushmaster. Placement is the key. Head shots, or neck shots just behind and below the ear will drop them, regardless of caliber.

GW is correct, shooting a bigger hog in the chest/shoulder area will often plug with fat, and unless there's a big exit hole, the hog will often run out of sight with no trail to follow.

Source?

I was shooting hogs with the 62 Barnes TSX but I found a 62 gr. Hornady hunting bullet HP sold in bulk by Midsouth for 1/5 the price that go to the same point of impact and work fine. I have found that it pays to avoid shooting directly into the shoulder with lighter bullets such as .223 and even .243 NP.

My grand daughter killed a 189 lb. eight point buck this year with a double lung shot with the .223 and the Hornady 62 gr. HP bullet but there was no blood trail and no exit.

Last two I killed were with Hornady 77 gr BTHPs on top of Benchmark.
Ear holed one broadside.
The other was kinda quartering to me, aimed at his eyeball.
As stated, bullet placement is more important than the bullet.

I'd be interested in the source too. Wonder how much pig hunting those boys do too.