I've often felt there's a generation gap when it comes to 22lr handguns. It was good enough for my grandfather, shooting shorts no less. Good enough for all my uncles and father when out in the field and fishing.
Did they actually have to use them to stop an attack?
Then in the 70's the .357 mag was THE gun to have. In the 80's the 9mm craze took hold. The 90's gave us the 10mm and not long after the 40 S/W.
If the price of 500 S/W comes down I'm assuming it'll be the only reasonable CCW in the near future among the "truly" knowledgable
The police have apparently determined the .40 to be the best mix. I consider them to be "truly knowledgeable", because they are the most likely to get in to firefights that are similiar to civilian settings. I'd prefer something less noisy, maybe a .45, if I had to fire indoors.
I'll stick with my trusty 22 revolvers. BTW, to date not one single failure of brick 22 in any of them after 28 years and lord knows how many rounds. Mike
Well, that's truly lucky. In less than a year of owning a new .22 rifle, I've probably had at least 50 misfires or jams
A 22lr has as much energy as other small pistol cartridges and out penetrate most of them as a pistol round.
I think that cartridge would have about 129 ft/ibs of energy at the muzzle, from a rifle. Similiar to a .32 ACp, not from a rifle. I also doubt a .22 would go further than a .32 or .380.
Beretta, .semi auto, 22 : ENTERING: thru a dresser drawer(one side) thru wall of 1/2 plaster board, thru 3/8" latts with plaster inbetween.
EXITED: 1/2 dry wall into my leg and it's still there! Another 1/16 of an inch to the right and Dr said it would have shattered my shin bone!
So much for lacking penetration from a dimiuntive 22 !!!!!!!!!
It got stuck in your leg after going through a little bit of drywall, and probably particle board. The FBI says that a cartridge should go through at least 1 foot of ballistics gelatin. For a .22 to do this, it must use a solid projectile, with no expansion.
I've never heard ANYONE complain about being shot by a "too small" gun/bullet !!!!!
Some FBI agents got killed because they used too small a round.
I sure would not want to be shot by a person with a .22lr pistol that can aim and shoot.
I wouldn't either, however, I wouldn't want to trust my life to a .22. Not because it can't kill, it can, it's because I don't trust it to stop quickly.
If you can find a guy that can take a few of them right up the air intake and walk off I want to see that guy as he is probably related to a T-34 tank.
Can you shoot that accurately, on a moving target, under stress?