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I've killed over 1,000 wild hogs in the last 15 years. Most were shot out in the open, but a few hundred were shot inside a trap. I've killed several at close range in the trap with a .22lr or .22WMR, but only in the soft spot above the eyes. Anywhere else just makes them mad. I've never worried about overpenetration, but I have skinned quite a few and took note of entry and exit wounds. With a .556 you wont get very many exit wounds if you use hollow points. If you use M855 they will definitely exit rapidly. Try .556 hollow points and go for the neck shot just behind the skull. They will drop like a rock if you hit them there, and the hollow points don't exit very often if you hit the spine.