When picking out a bullet, I weigh the relative toughness of the intended target, the distance to the shot and the guesstimated velocity on impact. Then I try and get the bullet to group to my liking. I like the 250 SST on Whitetails, and with my load, the MV is 2250-2300 fps. With that said, knowing how it acts on Whitetails at that velocity, how far away the deer have been that I've shot, and recovering remnants of the bullets, I personally wouldn't use them on hogs or anything larger than the Whitetails that I'm accustomed to shooting. Now reduce the velocity, and that might be a different story. That's why I went with the Barnes .458" dia. 300 gr. "X" bullet in the Orange MMP sabot for my hog hunt. My shot was at 60 Yds as a group of hogs went meandering by the ground blind. But, not 10 minutes later, another group went by the ground blind at a range of 10 FEET. If I had the 250 gr. SST loaded, I would be worried about it blowing up on impact and not penetrating to the vitals on the closer hogs. I wasn't worried about that with the all copper Barnes. I shot the hog at the junction (skin fold) of the neck and shoulder, and it didn't take a step. It wiggled it's ear once after it hit the ground. The entrance wound was 1/2" sized, the exit wound was a bit larger than that, but it was a perfect "X". I will use another all copper Barnes for the next Hog hunt.
With that said, the Barnes MZ bullets were easier to get a good group from. I had to jump thru some hoops to get the 300 gr. .458 dia Barnes "X" bullets to group in my gun.
Hogs are a lot denser than deer, a hog the height of a large German Shepard will weigh 200# or better.................