22-250
 

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?

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

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

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.

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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.

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

.22-250
 

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...

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.

"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

I have a 30/30 and did think about using that. I'm putting a Nikon Pro Staff on it. My next step it to select a good bullet; I suppose bullet selection isn't that critcal for head and neck shots at close range. I'm more interested in a very accurate bullet.

I put a Nikon BDC 3x9x40 on my 30-30 and of course it drops them in thier tracks. The new round Hornady came up with gave me an extra 100yds and is accurate. Don't know about knock down at 200yds but it's dead on