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chabouk,

The air rifle they took the pig with shot 1600 f.p.s. - that's pretty fast for an air rifle.

I've got an RWS that shoots 1000 f.p.s. with a .177 cal pellet.

It''ll shoot completely through a squirrel, but I wouldn't try it on a pig.

Well, maybe a piglet...

Yes, all head shots and one other neighbor I forgot to mention also uses a .17 cal HMR on feral pigs.

While I use fmj's, he uses the ballistic tipped round, but again, he places all his shots in the head too.

At this count, I have taken two hogs with with a .17 cal, my next door neighbor has taken two with a .22 mag., and my other neighbor has take taken three with a .17 cal.

All of these cartridges, of course, fall into the rimfire category.

No, I wouldn't want to body shoot these critters with .17 HMR or .22 mag., but the calibers will take them down when shot in the head.

.17 cal HMR is what I use.

I shoot all head shots and they go down like a bowling pin. My biggest weighed around 250 lbs.

My neighbor uses a .22 Magnum with the same result.

There's no need for a huge center fire caliber.