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Javelin · 01-09-2018, 05:37 PM

anyone ever killed pigs with a subsonic 22 suppressed. I never figured it would work but have seen videos of people dropping some big pigs that way

Jaycar85 · 01-09-2018, 05:41 PM

Don't see y not see people dropping them with .22 PCP air rifles and the projectile weights slot less

Outbreaker · 01-09-2018, 05:45 PM

Smaller hogs in the ear hole......Done it plenty.

I have seen others hit 6-12 times in the forehead just get ticked off.

dustoffer · 01-09-2018, 07:08 PM

I have killed a bunch in traps with sub-sonic ammo out of either rifles or handguns. Right between the eyes and they are DRT!

xman59 · 01-09-2018, 11:59 PM

sure it will work, but there are a lot of other, much better choices,,, the real question is why?..... put a can on a larger caliber , the results will be better

Slick8 · 01-10-2018, 12:34 AM

I plan on it soon. Not the best option but at close range through the ear hole it should work.

gingib · 01-10-2018, 10:28 AM

For killing them in a trap is all I would do.

No way I would ethically hunt with a 22 for hogs. Not a chance.

I shot them with .300 and .308 and had them run

BrianL · 01-10-2018, 10:44 AM

If you are in close, 22lr they work dang good. My uncle has killed more with 22lr than any other gun. He hunts thick stuff and most shots are less than 40 yards. Many under 10 yards. He says he can get 4-5 fast shots in with CCI Stingers and they don't go any further than one shot with his 556.

That said, based on his results with Federal standard ammo vs CCI stingers, I don't think subs will get the job done.

panhandlehunter · 01-10-2018, 10:46 AM

I shoot a bunch of them. I'm sitting in a pop up blind 25 yards from feeder. You have to eat joke them.

Balcones_Walker · 01-10-2018, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gingib

For killing them in a trap is all I would do.

No way I would ethically hunt with a 22 for hogs. Not a chance.

I shot them with .300 and .308 and had them run

x2

RLUM · 01-10-2018, 11:43 AM

CCI standard velocity work with head shots. I did kill one on the run with multiple hits to the body while one was running once.

adam_p · 01-10-2018, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xman59

sure it will work, but there are a lot of other, much better choices,,, the real question is why?..... put a can on a larger caliber , the results will be better

Why? My suppressed 22 and suppressed 300BO aren't even remotely comparable in noise levels.

xman59 · 01-11-2018, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adam_p

Why? My suppressed 22 and suppressed 300BO aren't even remotely comparable in noise levels.

and not in effectivness either!

cantexduck · 01-11-2018, 09:02 PM

I got lucky and dropped a nice sow at 50yrds shooting subs out of my pistol. Double tapped her in the lungs.

DirtyDave · 01-11-2018, 09:15 PM

Why?

01-09-2018, 05:37 PM	#1
Javelin Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lufkin Hunt In: Northern Polk County on the river, Houston County	suppressed subsonic 22lr for pigs anyone ever killed pigs with a subsonic 22 suppressed. I never figured it would work but have seen videos of people dropping some big pigs that way

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01-09-2018, 05:41 PM	#2
Jaycar85 Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Temple Hunt In: Salado/moffat	Don't see y not see people dropping them with .22 PCP air rifles and the projectile weights slot less

01-09-2018, 05:45 PM	#3
Outbreaker Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston	Smaller hogs in the ear hole......Done it plenty. I have seen others hit 6-12 times in the forehead just get ticked off.

01-09-2018, 07:08 PM	#4
dustoffer Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Seguin, Tx Hunt In: S/Central Tx	I have killed a bunch in traps with sub-sonic ammo out of either rifles or handguns. Right between the eyes and they are DRT!

01-09-2018, 11:59 PM	#5
xman59 Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2009	sure it will work, but there are a lot of other, much better choices,,, the real question is why?..... put a can on a larger caliber , the results will be better

01-10-2018, 12:34 AM	#6
Slick8 Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Richmond, Texas Hunt In: In the woods	I plan on it soon. Not the best option but at close range through the ear hole it should work.

01-10-2018, 10:28 AM	#7
gingib Pope & Young Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Central Tx Hunt In: NTX	For killing them in a trap is all I would do. No way I would ethically hunt with a 22 for hogs. Not a chance. I shot them with .300 and .308 and had them run

01-10-2018, 10:44 AM	#8
BrianL Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TX Hunt In: TX	If you are in close, 22lr they work dang good. My uncle has killed more with 22lr than any other gun. He hunts thick stuff and most shots are less than 40 yards. Many under 10 yards. He says he can get 4-5 fast shots in with CCI Stingers and they don't go any further than one shot with his 556. That said, based on his results with Federal standard ammo vs CCI stingers, I don't think subs will get the job done.

01-10-2018, 10:46 AM	#9
panhandlehunter Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sweeny Hunt In: Brazoria, Matagorda & Kinney Counties	I shoot a bunch of them. I'm sitting in a pop up blind 25 yards from feeder. You have to eat joke them.

01-10-2018, 11:43 AM	#11
RLUM Six Point Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Montgomery Hunt In: Montgomery, Walker, Leon and Kimble counties. RSA	CCI standard velocity work with head shots. I did kill one on the run with multiple hits to the body while one was running once.

01-11-2018, 09:02 PM	#14
cantexduck Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florence,Texas/ Willamson Hunt In: all over central Texas	I got lucky and dropped a nice sow at 50yrds shooting subs out of my pistol. Double tapped her in the lungs.

01-11-2018, 09:15 PM	#15
DirtyDave Ten Point Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Decatur	Why?