what would be the furtherest range i could get a scrub pig with a .22 LR using a 45 grain winchester hollowpoint???
I never saw a 45gr lr bullet.But if they make one the question still would depend on how good you are.I am only guessing at 50yds,but the longest fatal shot on a man(accidental)I know of was over 1600ft. samuel.
I would say point blank!
No way is a .22LR big enough for a pig.
I personally know that a .22mag is very marginal unless it is a perfect shot.
I had a relative that shot a javelina with a .22mag. The round hit the top of its snout and bounced off! It stunned it and he was able to get close enough for a head shot.
We use to butcher domestic pigs when I was a kid. We used a .22 pistol held behind the pigs ear. It wasnt always instant but it worked. Way to small in my opinion.
Only use it at a pinch! Forty yards is about as far as you would be wanting to attempt, but be very careful using this size calibre, it can end with wounded animals getting away.
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Speaking from personal experience, I killed a large domesticated boar hog with one .22 long rifle round from about six feet away. Dropped it immediately with a round at an imaginary X point between it's ears and eyes.
That led to other bloody details in preparation for butchering which I won't go into now unless someone wants the whole story.
I shot a wild hog between the eyes with a .45 acp soft point and it didn't die.
had to put 2 more rounds in his side to put him down...Shoot Wild pigs with a .22, Never !
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.22 lr on wild pigs? NO WAY unless point blank and the you would be looking for some trees to climb very quickly. Personally I use a 12 gauge pump action shotgun loaded with 6 Rounds of ssg or bb load
Speaking from personal experience, I killed a large domesticated boar hog with one .22 long rifle round from about six feet away. Dropped it immediately with a round at an imaginary X point between it's ears and eyes.
That led to other bloody details in preparation for butchering which I won't go into now unless someone wants the whole story.
Virtually all domestic hogs 200lb+ were shot with a .22lr for slaughter.Even slaughter houses used them,usually in .22short.I have done it myself.When I lived in Fitzgerald,Georgia we hunted wild hogs with dogs and never used anything but .22,s.We waited for a good shot in the head and I cant remember any that were shot twice.But right after shooting we "stuck"the hog in the throat and bled it out.I would never attempt to take a hog with a .22lr that was moving at all or very far away.Also about all beef from 800to1000lbs were shot the same way for slaughter. samuel.
I have in company with one other guy and 2 decent dogs, gone after them with just a knife.
Pistol calibre carbines work well in this sort of caper. However at this late stage of the game, I`ll let a .30 calibre bullet do my running after pigs.
in replie to 388WinMag, this is the only decent rifle that i have to take down scrub pigs. in about another 8 months we will be getting a .223, but until then, i've got to get rid of the idiots!
Wouldn't it depend on how accurate you think your scope/rifle/round combination is? If you can hit a somewhere inside a 2 inch square at 125yds, everytime, then you know 125 is your range, right? I'm currently experimenting on my range and consistency. It's long-winded but fun.
If you're wanting to ensure a brain-bashing, You know they make a 60gr HP now, right? I'd suggest it (if I knew how they'd act.) I've got a box coming from Cabelas. I'd suspect they'll make a heck of a mess when they hit somethin compared to my usual 32gr. But then again, they might be useless and I'll end up using them to weigh down my gun vise if I lose all my shotweight. The accuracy might be undesirable at 100yds too.
If you're happy with the 45gr Wins and are dialed in, you'd probably confident with a 75yd shot.
Then again. I have no idea how tough a Boar's skull is, I suspect not paper-thin.
in replie to 388WinMag, this is the only decent rifle that i have to take down scrub pigs. in about another 8 months we will be getting a .223, but until then, i've got to get rid of the idiots!
the kid answered it. He's a kid. All he has is a 22. He is hunting feral hogs close to his neighborhood, probly behind his fence and doesn't want to attract attention.
kid, go for it. sneak in down wind of them or be down wind of them. Accuracy, open sights, 20 yards. Bow shot distance. Between the eyes half way up from eyes to ears. 22 short will work for trapped hogs.
If they're like the pigs I hunt he's not gonna get within 75 yards of them. Maybe thats why he asked the range question. Maybe you could borrow a rifle? But if they're causing problems, shoot if you're a good enough shot. Sometimes wounding one will make them all move on.
I saw Tred Barta hunting javalina with dogs and a knife in deep south Texas. I bet the camera man was heeled.
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Speaking from personal experience, I killed a large domesticated boar hog with one .22 long rifle round from about six feet away. Dropped it immediately with a round at an imaginary X point between it's ears and eyes.
That led to other bloody details in preparation for butchering which I won't go into now unless someone wants the whole story.
Gore ee Gut pile huh!
Your right about the "X" of ears and eyes.
in replie to 388WinMag, this is the only decent rifle that i have to take down scrub pigs. in about another 8 months we will be getting a .223, but until then, i've got to get rid of the idiots!
Oh, in that case, shoot him right between the eyes
