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Years ago our very own Mule Deer penned a bit on an Inuit that hunted Polar Bear and caribou with his ".22 Mag-a-num". The name sticks in the brain like an earworm of a song... Well, mine didn't shoot any arctic animals, but did get in a couple evening of Texas feral hog hunting. The little gun is not to be taken lightly.....And one thing I only suspected, but learned is that the more mild report of the gun doesn't spook them off as badly as the bigger guns...I managed three doubles with it and one triple, as the sounders involved simply didn't want to leave...till a couple shots were fired.

A little more Mag-a-num action...




a bush pig that swam the whole way over from Africa

Blood, dust, hogs, and golden nuggets...... sure looks like Texas.

A suppressed 223 sounds a lot like a 22WMR and you are right, they will sometimes hang around a bit more if you aren't shooting a big blaster.

I've been a .22 magnum fan ever since I got my first one back in the '70's. Haven't been without one or more since. Have used it to kill everything from squirrels to deer.

what ammo does the rifle like... or which the Hogs don't ?

Nice shooting! I’ve always heard the 22 mag was the choice for putting down horses.

Cz?

Great pics
Ugly critters

Hank

I used my 22 Mag more this fall for squirrels then the 17 HMR and 22 LR put together.

I'm using Winchester Silvertip 40 grain personal defense ammo. It was designed for a pistol but gives me the best speed and accuracy in the rifle. Also I checked out the penetration tests and it did great...it will penetrate a pigs skull!

Yes, CZ457

Head shots only? I've never liked anything rimfire except 22lr for small game. I like to eat what I kill.

OTOH 22 mag would be perfect to target hogs on the local WMA during squirrel season. Can't hunt hogs on WMA unless it's during a sanctioned hunt for other game.

Yep head shots only, with a quantifier...brain shots only. Gotta hit the brain for instant kills. Its about the size of an egg and lies higher in the skull than you might think, you can skirt the edges with a bigger gun, but the 22 Mag-a-num has gotta be spot on.

I wouldn’t be leaning that beauty of a rifle on those muddy, grubby hogs. 😁

That's a beater rifle for ingwe.

You can certainly eat small game killed with a .22 magnum. I've done it many times. Head shots not required.

My beater rifles are stainless/synthetic....like this .17 Rem.

You might eat some of it, if you can find it.

Fun trip Poobs, we'll do it again!

Boy that 22 mag with the wood stock has a great stock on it. What is that rifle? My 22 mag is a Marlin 783 with a tube feed. Don't care for the tube feed. If I were in a survival situation and short money the rifle and cartridge of choice for me would be something like a clip fed Marlin 783 in 22 mag. Putting meat on the table is easy with a 22 mag! Quiet, light weight, accurate and enough power to take down pretty much what ever I'd want to eat at reasonable range.