.38 Special for feral dogs?

[MrMurphy]

Having been on the business end of a Mastiff who had just mauled a kid...... I was very glad the cop had the shotgun!

Having seen several other wild dogs shot, a .45 ACP, .44 Mag or something of similar size (10mm, .41 Mag) would be the minimum...... preferably by far a 12ga buckshot or slug load.

I remember reading about an antidrug unit (CANE......up in Chicago I think?) where a Rott tried to come right in the window of the guy riding shotgun as they pulled up in front of a dealer's house for a raid (trained attack rott). He inserted the MP5SD he was carrying into it's mouth to keep it from chomping on him and Hail Mary'd (32 round burst) at literally muzzle contact distance right down the throat. It literally was still kicking after he stopped wetting himself and reloaded.

Apparently this happened one more time with the same result on a different raid, and he changed weapons. 14" 870. This time the Rott jumped up he shoved the shotgun into it's mouth (or close enough) and a round of 00 Buck basically decapitated the dog.


Now do you really think an annoyed feral dog's going to be stopped by a 2" .38?

 

[natedog]

My experience with Mini-14s has been completly opposite- that is, perfect reliability. Use good magazines- factory, John Masen, PMI, Pro-Mags. They aren't exactly heavy (my stainless w/ Hogue stock is about 7#s loaded I think) or unweildy, but I agree, I wouldn't want to carry a long gun all day.

Remember, my ancedote is just as irrelevant as any .

 

[roo_ster]

Have a cop buddy who had a crack dealer loose his rottie on him. Two rounds or .40S&W Goldrn Sabres to the skull knock the poochie out for a short time, but it survived with superficial wounds to its thick skull.

Same cop buddy encountered another rottie, one shot to skull, rottie survives.

The .40S&W Remmy GS is considered a very good round by most, but it was not up to the task of penetrating a rottie''s skull on three occasions I know of.

I would want a round that had more penetration. A nice 158gr quality HP or LSWC for .38/.357 would be my minimum. Winchester produces a 180gr Partition in .357 mag that kicks less than the dramatic 125gr .357 mags.

Premium hollow points designed for optimal performance on humans will not be the best feral poochie medicine.