Used it out of a Carbine and IAI Javelina for hogs, Javelina, deer, and goats. Works fine at short range, I wouldn't shoot beyond 25 yards with a pistol and 75 with a carbine. While I'm sure I could hit a game animal farther out, I wouldn't be sure of a humane kill. I tend to be in the use enough gun class, I hate the thought of wounding an animal and being unable to find it. I don't want an animal I shoot to suffer, I prefer them to drop on or near the spot of the hit. The 10mm hollow point will not break the shoulder of a really big hog out past 50 yards from a carbine. I shot a slightly over 300 pound boar with a 10mm carbine using a HOT loaded 180grJHP at roughly 90 yards. The bullet went through the gristle plate and cracked the shoulder joint, I had to put a 4 more rounds into the heart/lung area before the pig dropped.