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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2805568" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>A good bonded core expanding bullet is ideal, but I've killed a couple of them with good old 55 grain M193 FMJ. Not small ones, either. </p><p></p><p>You don't want a fragmentation round like that (or open tip match, which does the same thing) if you're going to shoot them in the torso... it tears up meat... but it works as well as anything for neck shots, which is what I prefer. Every one I've shot in the neck, with .223 or anything else, has dropped in it's tracks.</p><p></p><p>The only thing is, you can't always count on having a nice clean set up for a shot, especially if you get out of the blind and stalk them. You might have to take a snap shot or a running shot, in which case I prefer a bullet that won't fragment, and one that will make as big a hole as possible. All that to say: .223 is not my top choice for hog hunting, but you can definitely make it work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2805568, member: 4235"] A good bonded core expanding bullet is ideal, but I've killed a couple of them with good old 55 grain M193 FMJ. Not small ones, either. You don't want a fragmentation round like that (or open tip match, which does the same thing) if you're going to shoot them in the torso... it tears up meat... but it works as well as anything for neck shots, which is what I prefer. Every one I've shot in the neck, with .223 or anything else, has dropped in it's tracks. The only thing is, you can't always count on having a nice clean set up for a shot, especially if you get out of the blind and stalk them. You might have to take a snap shot or a running shot, in which case I prefer a bullet that won't fragment, and one that will make as big a hole as possible. All that to say: .223 is not my top choice for hog hunting, but you can definitely make it work. [/QUOTE]
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