re: Hog hunting With AR-15

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If you want to collect meat though, any scoped semiauto or even bolt rifle that you are proficent with will work. Just hit em in the head.

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This. Made the mistake of taking a normal shot two inches behind the shoulder using a .308 with winchester ballistic silvertip. Lost most of the meat in the two front shoulders due to bullet fragmentation. Good round for killing not a good round for meat hunting.

If you are going to kill hogs with an .556/.223 AR something other than fmj needs to be used if you dont take head shots. These rounds fly too fast and dont expend enough of their energy upon impact.