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Originally Posted by Wrangler John
When I managed a wild pig eradication program on a local park, the hunters we tried first used their AR-15's and .223 Remington with great success. However they couldn't take enough pigs by hunting, so I contracted with a trapper. The trapper shot the pigs in the trap with a laser sighted .22 LR rifle (he had a permit from DF&W).
So, the .223 Remington is adequate for wild pig, maybe a bit light for the old bores with thick armor hide on their shoulders, but most of the hunters were after the younger smaller more tender tasty pigs. Great eating after commercial smoking.
Barnes loads their Vor-Tx factory ammo in .223 Remington with their 55 Grain TSX bullet if you don't want to load. As G60 posted the Barnes TSX 70 grain bullet will do nicely in your 1:9" twist barrel. Barnes 62 grain TSX will also work in a 1:9" twist, and the 55 grain TSX works in 1:12" twist and faster.
Barnes 55 grain Tipped or TTSX bullet will also work in a 1:9' barrel, but the 62 grain TTSX is listed for a 1:8". All these bullets prefer a jump to the lands, which shouldn't be a problem as the magazine length limits seating depth anyway.
Other bullets to consider are the Hornady 55 grain GMX and 70 grain GMX, these are similar to the Barnes TTSX but the ogive is shaped differently and may shoot better (or worse) depending on your barrel's preference. Good luck.
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I would agree that younger and smaller will be the key here to success with .223. The one I saw dealt with was a huge old boar and definitely over 250lb. It was a tough and ornery SOB and I would not want to ever see an animal dealt with like that again. It was unfair to the boar that he had to go through that ordeal even if he was damaging ranch land and needed to be removed :-(