22-250

P3FE · 11-23-2009, 11:22 AM

I was thinking about trying a 22-250 to take a hog. Behind the ear and neck shots only. Anyone here ever use one? Your thoughts?

bowfly · 11-23-2009, 12:11 PM

Not for hog, but 55gr hollow point does the trick on deer for me from time to time...interesting to see what some of the hoghunters say

halfbakedi420 · 11-23-2009, 12:18 PM

i use a 22-250 fer deer and hogs...tears the hogs up!!!!!!better off goin fer the double lunger, brain is small and hard to hit....they run fer a bit..but 60 yards at most i seen with a lung shot..shot placement is everything..i got some hogs here...look at my profile lol

zrexpilot · 11-23-2009, 01:20 PM

I use a .22 hornet with 45 and 50 gr bullets on hogs all the time, put anywhere within 3" of the ear and they drop like a stone.

here are a few that have fell to the hornet.

http://img198.imageshack.us/slidesho...img0211xmo.jpg

P3FE · 11-23-2009, 03:15 PM

ZREX nice pics. All with a 22 hornet? My son took one with a .223 right behind the ear Sat night. Dropped like a rock, so I started thinking about a .223 or a 22-250 , even thought about a 30/30. I have hit them in the shoulder with a 30/06, a perfect shoulder shot one time. It exited on the opposite side about 10 inches back. The pig took off like it wasn't even touched. Didn't leave a blood trail until 20 yds later. I hunt in very thick areas and was looking for something that I could hit them in the head and the neck at 25-50 yds max and have DRT. I dont like going thru the brush on my hands and knees with a flash light in one hand .45 in the other.

zrexpilot · 11-23-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by P3FE

ZREX nice pics. All with a 22 hornet?

All those in that link were killed with the hornet, and I have killed a few more that i dont have pics of.
In reality you dont even need a .22-250 for the shots your taliking about, a .223 , .222 or the .22 hornet will work. So will the 22-250 but is a bit overkill for head shots. A friend used one on a small hog last year and it looked like a grenade went off inside the hogs head.
In all seriousness I like the hornet over all of them because they all really need to be placed in the neck or head of deer and hogs, and if I am doing that I'll pick the smallest of the bunch, the Hornet.
Its pretty quiet compared to the rest and reloading it is dirt cheap. 1lb of powder goes a long long way reloading the Hornet.
My next pick would be the .222

swboyz · 11-23-2009, 07:53 PM

A 22-250 will kill any hog! any head shot and they are drt. I have shot many in the head and they dont take even one step, dead in there tracks. i have shot hogs with a 243 and a 6mm in the lungs and they have ran off and never found em, a 22-250 is the absolute best caliber ever for hogs, whitetail, axis, etc...

Snook384 · 11-24-2009, 07:56 AM

I can not say it is the best caliber EVER but my buddy uses his 22-250 for hogs almost exclusively. When he hits them in the head it feels like a sack of marbles with cottage cheese. He also gets them loaded with the 60 grain Barnes controlled expansion bullet and it will go right through a 185 pound boar hogs shield and pass through the other side. How do I know this you ask? I pulled the trigger. Great head bangin round....even though I use my 22 mag for head shots.

Rebel Hog · 11-24-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by P3FE

I was thinking about trying a 22-250 to take a hog. Behind the ear and neck shots only. Anyone here ever use one? Your thoughts?

Will it?..........Hey, a 22lr behind the ear or between the eyes will also drop them!

anautical45 · 11-26-2009, 08:10 PM

"My son took one with a .223 right behind the ear Sat night. Dropped like a rock, so I started thinking about a .223 or a 22-250 , even thought about a 30/30"

P3FE, that boar that I shot in the neck with my 30-30 dropped like a rock. Still kicked a bit but never moved