Anyone Use FMJs?

[dustoffer]

Right now soft point/hollow point ammo in 223 is hard to find and priced well above the roof. FMJ more common and less expensive. Only thing I shoot with my AR is hogs---does the FMJ work ok? 95% of my hits are head shots, and few are 2d or 3d shots at runners after the first hog dies. I don't have any doubts about head shots, just the others--

[bowhntrmatt]

I’ve shot a bunch of them. The closer the range the better, but they do just fine. Large wound channel due to speed.

[Muskles]

I usually only take body shots. If I had to guess, I'd say I recovered 95% of the hogs that I know I made a good shot on. Blood trails suck most of the time though, usually. Using a mini 14 riffle.

[Walker]

I’ve shot a bunch of them. The closer the range the better, but they do just fine. Large wound channel due to speed.

Gotta call bs on this one.

[SabineHunter]

Gotta call bs on this one.

That's not nice

[txheartshot]

I shoot FMJ’s out of my AR’s 95% of the time, mostly because I have a couple thousand rounds of them. As usual, shot placement is key. Killed this pig & 3 others the other night, all were 90-120 yards. Pics of the entry side.





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[okrattler]

They'll work. In my experience most fmj's ain't near as accurate though. Hog skulls are hard as all get out though so if you're head shootin them I think you'll be fine. Shots to the body may not be as productive but I bet you'll get pass throughs way more often. If you hit bone it'll probably make the bullet spin and keyhole out the other side. I don't normally advise shootin fmj's but on a heavier bodied animal like that you'd probably be better off than shootin a v-max or any other frangible bullet in .223 especially having to shoot through a shoulder or taking a shot on a hog running straight away from you.