What .22lr ammo would be accurate enough to kill a squirrel but yet powerful enough to kill a hog?

The best shot placement for a hog with a .22 bullet is directly in the burr of the ear. In my area when squirrel season opens, many will hunt with a .22, just for the opportunity to take out a hog also.

Edit..I'm a country boy, guys. And I've raised hogs, trapped hogs, and hunted hogs since I was 8 years old when my family raised hogs in the Louisiana swamplands and they and the cattle had to be boated out every year when the backwaters would come up and flood the swamplands.

And I can tell you that more hogs are killed in Louisiana with a .22 rifle then all the centerfires added together. And they are killed during small game season when it is illegal to tote a centerfire in the woods in the management areas.

A 22 is not the best choice for a hog gun, but the question was, " powerful enough to kill a hog"? and the answer is YES!. And a shot dead in the burr of the ear will put any hog down in its tracks when shot with a .22 rifle.

I'm not advocating shooting a 300 lb plus boar with a .22. A large boar is dangerous. But there is no reason to shoot a boar hog. They simply aren't fit to eat.

But a hog is not a cape buffalo. You don't need an elephant gun to kill one.

Any high-velocity .22LR ammo should do both of those things, but I would strongly advise a more powerful rifle for hog hunting. Unless you're an incredible shot, capable of hitting the braincase every time, you won't get a guaranteed kill with a .22LR on hogs.

What you need to do is purchase several different brands of ammo and test them each out for groupings. Take notes as to which gives the best groups from your gun, and select the ones that work best.

Dude, I've shot squirrels from 50+ yards, minimum, with any garbage .22 ammo I had, and never failed to kill them.

I would never attempt to kill a hog with a .22. Hogs are dangerous, and if you don't put them down, they will turn on you. As an illustration, how many times would I have to stab you with a pencil (which would be a larger-diameter wound than .22 inches), before you would lay down and die? (Don''t give me a buncha B.S. about the velocity of the bullet and hydrostatic shock, it really wouldn't be that different.)

Others have mentioned shooting a hog in the head -- that's B.S. I doubt they've ever butchered a pig. The things have some darn solid skulls. The chance of a successful headshot on a boar is mighty slim.

It is possible to kill any number of animals with a .22 LR, but I frankly wouldn't attempt it just because it was possible. Most people worry about an animal such as that turning on you, if wounded but not killed. In truth, it might attack if you approached it after wounding it, but it would probably run first.. Do yourself a favor--and the hog too--if you are going to hunt hog, buy a substantiall centerfire rifle or a slug shotgun. Or at least borrow one from a friend.

The only thing that would come close to reliably killing a hog is a head shot with Aquilla Supermaxium Hyper Velocity Solid Point 30 Grain to the head, but you would have to be within 50 yards.

Your perception about the "magical shop with a legendary gunsmith" doing these conversions is wrong. Getting a Desert Eagle to cycle using 22lr is a simple conversion. Basically, the best system I've seen for converting the DE to .22lr eliminates the gas system and converts it into a blowback action pistol. It's physics, not magic. As a gas operated pistol, it would be difficult to get it to feed reliably, but it can and has been done. Again, it's physics, all it takes is a GREATLY reduced power rebound spring. Frankly, it's a waste of money. If someone owns a Desert Eagle, they're not in it for economical plinking, they're in it to show off their big bad pistol. I personally wouldn't care to own a 4lb .22lr pistol (unless it was a bullseye or silhouette unlimited pistol, which the DE is NOT).

There's a YouTube vid of a guy dropping a hog dead about 50 yards away with a Stinger. I'd also recommend CCI Velocitor or Aguila Supemaximum solid or hollow point.

Happy hunting.

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you seem to think power and accuracy are opposite sides of the spectrum. They are not.

Unless you can get close enough to the hog to place your gun barrel a foot away from his head, you aren't going to get a clean kill on a hog with a 22

A .22 lr is not really powerful enough for a coyote, let alone a hog. .22 lr rifles are picky about what is accurate in them in most cases. Just buy some ammo and see how accurate it is in your particular firearm.

any .22LR will do for squirrels, it's the shooter's job to be accurate. as for a .22LR for hunting hogs, do not do it!! the only way I would say it's ok to do so is for dispatching hogs caught in a trap, otherwise don't use a undersized caliber for hunting hogs. you'll regret it eventually if you do.