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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oklahomabassin" data-source="post: 3430216" data-attributes="member: 1546">My guest gun is a .223 AR 15 (Wylde) and I believe it is a 1/7" twist barrel. I have it sighted in with 77 grain Sierra Matchking HP. It has proven to drop hog just fine with head shots. It doesn't do bad in capable hands on running pigs. We are generally using thermal on open fields so it is easy to follow up with kill shots once the runners are out of safe shooting range.I run a 6.8 spc for my gun and have previously swapped to a regular scope for deer season, but have started trying to use a different rifle each deer season.In the case of your solo hog on the food plot, I don't have any doubt in the 7x57 or .223 being capable of dropping the hog in its place. They often run in place for a short time after being shot good and as long as you see they are laying on their side while running, no worries. If you see that they are trying to get up, put another in em. I would use whichever one you have the most confidence in putting that jacketed lead injection where you want it.Ear hole AKA head shot is my preference. It is roughly anywhere on the (imaginary) horizontal line from behind the eye to a couple inches behind the ear.</blockquote>