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.
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.
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 was going to post something snarky along the lines of “Which is better, a pin hammer or framers hammer?”. Then I noticed the tags.
That’s it. We have officially run out of things to talk about...
Along with the usual lousy writing, this sets a new standard in lame subject matter.
Back before 1970, more murders were committed with the lowly .22, fired from a “Saturday Night Special”, as most people could not afford bigger guns.
The old Walon Jennings song, “Cedartown, Georgia” comes to mind.
“Cedartown, Georgia”
I got a gal in Cedartown Georgia
I used to have to walk nearly three miles to court her
She never had much, just a sharecropper’s daughter
But I married her and took her down to New Orleans.
Bought a little house in the South French Quarter
Got a job hookin’ bales, loadin’ them on a steamboat
I give her seven days pay next day I’m broke
When she ain’t a sleepin’ all day she’s a primpin’.
Every evenin’ when the sun goes down
She starts a swarmin’ on Orleans town
Walkin’ into work this mornin’ at daybreak
I caught her with the tall long dandy from canebreak.
She walked right by me and she looked right through me.
I made up my mind what I’m a gonna do
Eased in the pawnshop and bought a little 22.
Watched as the roomclerk gave them a room key
Standin’ outside I could read Room 23.
Tonight I’ll put her on a train for Georgia
Gonna be a lotta kin folks squallin’ and a grieving
‘Cause that Cedartown gal ain’t breathing...
“Penetration is another important factor, the ideal penetration needs to be at least 12 inches. (according to the FBI)”
The FBI was seeking to blame firearms for abysmal tactics in the Miami shootout. This old saw about 12-18 inches never goes away. That is a cop standard that expects routine barrier defeating such as windshields, car doors, dry wall, house doors, etc. Some 125 JHP 357s don’t make the cut even..or only barely.
CCW shootings almost never involve barrier defeating.
The FBI has tainted nearly everything they have ever touched. You can safely ignore this FBI standard. The “FBI standard” gave us the 147gr 9mm subsonic which was one of the worst street performers ever foisted on US cops. The old lead 38 special semi-wadcutter hollow point was far better.
I inherited a Walther P98 9mm and shot it for the very first time, just yesterday! I was surprised at how powerful it was, but I’m a total noob (although well trained in safety). I think the other gun I inherited is a Ruger 22. Gonna be a fun summer!