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<blockquote data-quote="diggler1833" data-source="post: 3964883" data-attributes="member: 48072">I&#039;ve used the 64gr Speer Gold Dot with good success.&nbsp; A bonded 62gr soft point will get deep enough to do the trick.&nbsp; Both Speer as well as Federal are owned by the same parent company, and in reality, there isn&#039;t a whole lot of difference between the Fusion and Gold Dot lines.Really where the .223/5.56 lacks regarding hog killing is if you&#039;re trying to put a bunch of runners down as they scatter.&nbsp; However since that isn&#039;t what you&#039;re trying to do, you should have pretty decent success with a well-aimed shot.&nbsp; Your 62gr Fusion should even be able to make it through the shield, scapula, and into the spine if you wanted to take a high shoulder shot.Surprisingly, I had marginal results with the 115gr Fusion in my 6.8 SPC, and poor results with the 120gr Gold Dot in my 6.5 Grendel on hogs.&nbsp; My only hypothesis at this point is that the bonded soft points need a lot of velocity to get the pigs to drop quickly.^ I&#039;m sure the pigs I shot died, but way more of them got up after getting rolled and ran off than I had with other bullets (SST, TSX, TTSX, NBT, Cavity Back etc...).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="diggler1833, post: 3964883, member: 48072"] I've used the 64gr Speer Gold Dot with good success. A bonded 62gr soft point will get deep enough to do the trick. Both Speer as well as Federal are owned by the same parent company, and in reality, there isn't a whole lot of difference between the Fusion and Gold Dot lines. Really where the .223/5.56 lacks regarding hog killing is if you're trying to put a bunch of runners down as they scatter. However since that isn't what you're trying to do, you should have pretty decent success with a well-aimed shot. Your 62gr Fusion should even be able to make it through the shield, scapula, and into the spine if you wanted to take a high shoulder shot. Surprisingly, I had marginal results with the 115gr Fusion in my 6.8 SPC, and poor results with the 120gr Gold Dot in my 6.5 Grendel on hogs. My only hypothesis at this point is that the bonded soft points need a lot of velocity to get the pigs to drop quickly. ^ I'm sure the pigs I shot died, but way more of them got up after getting rolled and ran off than I had with other bullets (SST, TSX, TTSX, NBT, Cavity Back etc...). [/QUOTE]

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