Hangingrock
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Life is full of choices be they right, wrong or indifferent.
I would not bet my life on any pistol or revolver. I do carry a snub and a number of 380's as well as micro 9mm's. Do I have to, no, but I will and I do. Will I carry a full size duty gun? NO, not for EDC. But that is the thing, carry what you want and do not give a crap what others carry.
This thread was about 22.cal. Should have been simple without the center fire bore wars that always start by the same individuals.
Actually the finish on my Beretta is hard chrome plating put on over 35 years ago by Ron Mahovsky of Metalife.
"Better than nothing" <---- Not a criteria I use to select a pistol that I want to stop an attacker(s) ASAP.
Bet my life on a 22 pistol? No - I don't have to and won't.
Bet my life on a 380/38 snub? No - I don't have to and won't.
Glock 19 minimum, but I have a Glock 23/32 so thats actually my minimum.
I would not bet my life on any pistol or revolver. I do carry a snub and a number of 380's as well as micro 9mm's. Do I have to, no, but I will and I do. Will I carry a full size duty gun? NO, not for EDC. But that is the thing, carry what you want and do not give a crap what others carry.
This thread was about 22.cal. Should have been simple without the center fire bore wars that always start by the same individuals.
I guess a 22 is better than no gun at all. Based on the fact that on several occasions I have had to shoot possums up to 6-7 times with my M&P 22 pistol to put them down (with the last one going in the head at near contact range) and the fact that when I shoot squirrels with my 10-22 they are often still trying to get away unless I score a head shot, I consider it a poor choice against humans. Humans are considerably more robust than squirrels.
Think about the rigors of life and how many times a person bends, twists or bounds up and down the stairs in a given day. Think about your movement day after day. Now think about how most people CC (and rightly so) - with the muzzle down in a holster. Think about what the orientation of those rimfire cartridges would be. That is, rim up, bullet down as you jostle those cartridges by your movement as long as you carry during the day and then day after day.
What I am saying is that CC'ing rimfire could cause the same "rough handling" problems, just inadvertently.
That Beretta 70S that bannockburn posted the picture of,,,
Might be the most aesthetically pleasing handgun I've ever seen.
If one has some sort of physical limitation then one does the best they can with what they are able to use.
If a 22lr is the most I could handle then that is what I would carry and it would have to be good enough. Literally better than no firearm at all.
I hope however no one is fooling themselves about the effective stopping power of 22lr though. It may well kill someone, but whether they are able to kill you back after you have shot them is another matter entirely. There have been people shot with a 30-06 who lived, but you'll find fewer of them by an order of magnitude or two than people shot with 22lr who lived.
Shot placement is of course key, but it becomes vastly more key with low powered rounds than it does with high powered.
If it's the best you are able to do then do at least that.
Just don't fool yourself about it being any kind of a certain manstopper.
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Actually the finish on my Beretta is hard chrome plating put on over 35 years ago by Ron Mahovsky of Metalife. I probably have well over 10.000 rounds through my Model 70S and it's still going strong!
I'm teaching the girlfriend to shoot. Never handled a gun in her life. Terrified at first, she eventually was grouping as well as I. So far she's shot the Colt Gold Cup .22 and the Ruger Mark IV Lite, with optical sight. She loves the Mark IV, but I want her to get used to iron sights. Next is my S&W M&P Compact .22 like the one above. It's a fine pistol, my newest, and I believe she'll end up loving it, once she decides on a sight picture. Hopefully this coming week.Yes, an M&P 22 Compact. not so much for me but for the wife. She is not a firearm enthusiast but this works OK for her and has proven to be a very reliable pistol as far as 22LR auto loading pistols go and very fun to shoot..
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