Posted on 05/13/2019 5:20:09 AM PDT by w1n1
This should be fun.
Mobsters have used .22LR for hits. The bullet enters the skull and just bounces around without exiting.
Aside from that crudity, I would not recommend for self-defense, but .22LR is a good choice for small game.
I carry a 45, 9 mm, a 22, and when I’m heading up North for the weekends I generally have an AR in the truck with me. I’m not paranoid but I am prepared with a gun at every door. I travel for work so you never know what situation you’re going to be in.
The Zodiac Killer used .22LR for his first attack on a young couple parking in a lover's lane at night. He killed the teenage boy with a single shot to the head; he then ran down the fleeing girl and dropped her with four or five (can't remember which, offhand) shots to the back.
For his next kill he used a 9MM. Presumably he had learned something.
Growing up my Dad and I put a dent in the local ground squirrel population with .22LR. Of course they breed like rabbits and were back in force the next year tearing up the yard again.
What about your bow?
Author forgot to mention...shooting a .22LR is just plain fun.
In my opinion it’s not self defense unless the caliber number begins with a 4.
Regardless, there should be at least a plinker (.22 rifle), higher caliber rifle (big game, self defense), shotgun, and handgun(s) chambered to the rifles you have in everyone's possession, with a supply of ammo for each. Do not forget the cleaning kits!!!
It just makes sense....
For self defense cost is no object, buy 50 and they’ll last you for life. for plinking, cost is everything. By 5000, every month.
A .22lr is how we dispatch livestock in these here parts.
The most important reason to not use a 22 for self defense is reliability.
Rimfire cartridges are less reliable
That being said, my wife, due to age and medical conditions, can easily rack the slide on her Ruger SR22, but cannot rack the slide on a Ruger LCP (.380,) Glock 42 (.380,) or Glock 26 (9mm.) Nor can she easily pull the DA trigger on a .38 S&W J Frame.
Therefore, I'd much rather she carry the SR22 than carry nothing at all.
Both good rounds. When the Obama ammo shortage happened in 2009, it was the .22LR that all but disappeared for 6 years. That probably speaks to which is more popular.
A Ruger 10/22 with a 25 round mag would be an efficient home defense setup.
Of course a pump or semi auto shotgun would be best.
I would not feel unarmed with a 9mm Sig or Glock with effective loads.
I make it a point to fire at least 500 rounds of .22 a month from either a scoped 10/22 or a small 9 shot revolver I have. With the rifle I can put almost every shot inside of a half dollar at 75 yards.
I can put every shot from the pistol inside of a small paper plate at 7 yards in less than five seconds. I don’t use either for my EDC obviously, but if push came to shove I know I could stop Mr. Bad Guy with that little revolver.
The .22 in your hand will beat the 9mm you left at home every single time.
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My father was a lifelong shooter. In his last few years, he switched from a .45 to a 9 mm and then a .22LR for self defense. The key is choosing the right tool for the individual and for the job, and sometimes that tool is the .22 - even for self defense.
You may be interested in this easy to rack 380 semiauto.
https://www.smith-wesson.com/firearms/mp-380-shield-ez-0
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