ar-15

Will a ar-15 in 223 kill a hog. I know its all about shot placment, but wanted to know how much luck you guys have had with the caliber if any luck at all.

shot a 140 lb and she dropped right there , there have been many threads on here with that same question and result

I have had a lot of buddies who say you have to shoot them in the ear, but I say that is BS. If you use the right load, (Nosler Partition)and place the shot well, the AR-15 in .223 will put them DRT. My next one will be taken with my AR and I will post up on how that goes.

shot lots of swine with my ar with a 55gr never lost one yet...

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I prefer a "behind the ear shot" with my 223. Love the caliber and the accuracy.

every round ive ever seen fired at a hog has dropped it. from a 9mm to a 338 lapua. now i wont fire a 9mm at a 250lb hog. but i would a .223, may just be 2 or 3 shots in quick secession.

nah, probably wont work

i use my ar all the time and Txkiller says shoot them in the face

Hogs have been used many times for testing ammunition performance that was going to be for use on humans. Seems to me that a 223 has taken out a lot of 200# plus men in combat. I'd say you "hog" rifle has been combat tested and proven for over 40 years.

I hope they work good on hogs. I just bought one 2 weeks ago striclty for hogs. Got her sighted in and it's time for a field test, hopefully in the next couple of weeks.

right in the neck and they will drop everytime.

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All of these were shot with 55 grain, either wolf or barnual or PMC, cheap off the shelf ammo, behind the shoulder, thru the shoulder, and the spotted one quartering away thru the ribs into heart, 2 of them dropped in their tracks, other two ran maybe 50 yards.

Have a couple of more that i dont have pics of, dont buy into it has to be high dollar ammo crap

here is a pic of the bullet i found under skin of oppisite shoulder of the black one laying in the hayfield with my AR on it, it was a Barnhaul 55 grain soft point from about 80 yards, shot her thru the shoulder DRT

shoot them in the face!!

I use 55 grain vmax and shoot them behind the ear down a little towards the middle of the neck. I'm told it severs their brain stem if you hit em right so the drop in their tracks usually. heart shots are also good but a hogs heart is in a slightly different location than a WTs.

You can kill a hog with just about any round take that .223 out and put a hurtin on them hogs