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.22LR for pistol use
Administrator:
What's next? 9mm vs. .45? ;D
Jay:
Can I kill a bear with a 10mm?
Jay:
Ok, sorry to hijack the thread. Just had to do a little flamin' since it was Hick! ;D
We don't want to scare people off from asking questions that don't realize we're all friends here!
I do agree, I wouldn't want to get shot with a .22lr, but in the same breath I'm not sure I would want to trust my life to one either.
A .22 would be better than nothing, but that is about it.
JimP:
Here we go again, reinventing the wheel.......
Col. Jeff Cooper discussed this topic to death (it was a quick death) over ten years ago in his "Jeff Cooper's Comentaries". I do know of ONE person that carries a .22 for personal defense, but she does so because she's in her 60's and arthritis prevents her from shooting anything heavier. Cooper said the only place a .22 has a good chance of stopping an attacker is if you shoot them in the eye sockets, and the lady in question can draw and empty her Ruger .22 into a face sized target at 7 yards in very short order!
Jay, can we put up a link to Cooper's Comentaries? It is excellent reading, and I highly recommend it.
On the subject of .22s for personal defense, I like this Machiavelli quote: "Never do your enemy a minor injury."
Or to expand on Cooper's answer to "Do you have anthing GOOD to say about the .25 Auto?"- Cooper replied "It's a GUN!", I would say TWO good things about a .22 for Self Defense: It's a GUN, AND it's better than a .25 AUTO!
1hickey:
This is good stuff!! ;D ;D
I like it we can have fun!
Not to get the 9mm vs. .45 thing going, but a .45 is my choice for a sidearm you want to effect any real damage with. Ask anybody in the military who carries the M9. They'll tell you almost universally that it may be a good weapon, but something to take into battle needs more cajones. Heck, it literally took a direct congressional order for the Marines to give up the 1911 and go to the M9.
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