Ok look, I shoot hogs all the time with my 220 swift, but thats a 55 grain bullet traveling at 4000 fps. Shooting one with a regular 22 rimfire is just insanity. But If you wont listen to any of the very smart gentlemen above you better use copper plated SOLIDS. ohh and be shure to tell all your loved ones that you love them one more time!

Square things with the Lord first, sombody is going to get hurt.

A .22! You are looking for a possible world of hurt. I guess I would go with the copper plated hollow point but I would also be ready to shoot again and again.

I agree with the guys above. A .22 is designed to shoot squirrels and grouse. Not dangerous game. You'd just well use it for a head shot on yourself. Result may be the same with a lot less pain and suffering involved.

I've had a .22 bounce off the skull of a racoon.You should have a large caliber sidearm with you,better yet you better have a partner with the same.As far as your head shot goes,just behind the ear and through the mastoid,in the eye or through the roof of the mouth.Good Luck

And after all the debate, is this even legal?

dont do it man!

slothman nailed it.
If your bound and determined to use a .22LR make it a copper plated solid! Also make sure before you leave the house and kiss your loved ones goodbye that you have sighted your rifle in to hit dead-on at 25yds, no more, no elevation, etc. It can be done but you better hit the temple, in the ear, or between the eyes. I have a feeling you watched the Versus show with that guy promoting and shooting a Gamo pellet rifle with some new pellets I can't remember the name. He did kill the pig with a perfectly place shot between the eyes at very close range. I'll bet any money there was back up for him and he wasn't holding a .22. JMO, do as you wish but why be foolish? Get the old 30-30 out of the closet.

Reminds me of a story that my dad told me. The story takes place in the late 60s. A rancher friend of my dad had a son that arrived from town to visit. The son told his dad that he wanted to go rabbit hunting in the afternoon. His father asked what part of the ranch he was going to and when he would be back. A little after lunch, the son grabbed a .22, a box of shells and was on his way.

The rancher started to get worried, because it was in was morning and the son had not returned. He grabbed some of his hands and started looking for his son. He found his son asleep in a tree still holding his .22. It turns out that the son decided to bring home a hog rather than some rabbits. The shot at a young hog. The hog wasn't too to happy and started to charge at the son. The son had nowhere to go except onto the tree. The hog kept circling the tree even after the son used up the box of shells. Luckily the hog lost interest before morning and decided to leave. The son learned the hard way on how not to hunt hogs.

If your actually going to attempt shooting a wild hog with a .22( the equvilent of shotting a deer with a pellet rifle) Make sure you are very high up. If your on the ground youll soon be IN the ground. A .22 is for squirrels and rabbits. Not dangerous,tough and aggressive game. But if you insist on listening to any of us, use copper plated solids. Thats the only way your going to get any penetration. Make sure you get a headshot. P.s, do you want to be buried with your gun?

sure

Confucius say: "Man who hunt poor man's grizzly bear with poor man's gun will have poor man's funeral."

I truely hope the 22 you are refering to has 250 behind it or some other centerfire cartridge. You could just tase them or hit them with a cattle prod to make sure they're good and mad first! ;)