Quoted: Look at a good 158gr, JHP or even SP if you have 6in. or more of barrel. Many are using the 180gr. stuff, but I have no experience with it.
Most experienced hog killer I ever knew used a Ruger Single six in .22LR! His catch dog would hold the hog and he stepped up (danced up is probably more appropriate...Ha!) stuck the barrel in the hogs' ear and POW...fresh meat!
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You are correct about putting the gun up close to the hog when you have a good catch dog. At close range, you have to worry about overpenetration injuring a dog.
If you are going to shoot them on the run, then load something fast and hot. Less lead on the run to calculate.
I would recommend something that expands. Larger wounds through the lungs tend to put them down faster. The heart is too low, and buried behind a massive shoulder and cartlidge layer. Lungs and spine are where I try to hit.
If you are not using a rifle, your chance for a large, massive and bleeding, exit wound are reduced.
I use 135 grain rounds in .40, so almost anything in .357 should meet or exceed what I am using.
TRG