No, no break. I'm not bashing magnums. Anyhow... my point was two-fold: First, fifteen yards isn't very far for a critter to run. Heck, I shot a small running buck on a drive three times with a 12GA load of 000 at about twenty yards: one pattern perforated his ears, one pattern nearly severed a front leg, and another 8" pattern went squarely through both lungs and heart... and he kept going as if unhit; I was stunned, thought I'd missed until I followed that generous bloodtrail about fifty yards.

Second point - if his pig traveled fifteen looooong yards, and you're putting 'em down with .223 FMJ in a comparable distance... I'd say that takes some of the shine off the SuperShortFatMagnumBoomer with its high $ ammo, wouldn't you say? As to ammo... I'd stick with plain, non-primium ammo.

No, I'm not bashing magnums - but I could start, it's so easy to do what with so many magnum owners so tightly wed to their bit cartidges - but I wasn't doing that.

I eschew magnumitis, as it is a poor (& common) substitute for marksmanship. Just ask me, I'll tell a story about that.