Ugly Sauce
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Since I'll be packing the Little Brat during hunting season, for a small game/survival side arm, I was curious as to just how much of a punch I could count on in case I need to discourage a wolf or cougar that is getting too friendly.
For a "control" I fired three shots from my AirLite, a 36 grain bullet going 940fps. They zipped right through. I was impressed, as I had been using the AirLite in that role. The board is left over from the motorcycle/kayak trailer I just built out of my former Snowmobile trailer. It's good fresh, dense heavy wood. But for sure, nothing wrong with a .22 pistol for a wilderness side arm.
Then as the the Brat was already loaded with my grouse/rabbit accuracy load, a 130-something grain bullet over 15 grains 4fg. I put five of them into the board. They only went half way, which surprised me. Not bad news as it will be gentle on small game, but kind of ineffective I suspect on wolf or courgar.
Then I loaded her up with my "general purpose" load, a ball over 20 grains of 4fg, and those suckers tore right through the board like it wasn't there. So that's a confidence builder. And that's all I was looking for, to see if she'd go through some good dense lumber.
The Little Brat says: "thanks for listening".