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How effective is a .22 magnum for personal defense? I found a few that are wicked easy to carry concealed, but I'm curious as to whether it's worth it.
Thanks,
-Mike
Cooper said " a.22 to the tear duct stops more decisevly than a 9 to the wishbone.Well let's see, Bill Jordan thought it was a good cartridge, but you don't. Who should I believe????
Cooper said " a.22 to the tear duct stops more decisevly than a 9 to the wishbone.
Jordan was also instrumental to the development of the .44mag.
I agree, I certainly don't know as much as those guys anyway, and so disagreeing would be foolish.
However, a .22 to the tear duct is a tricky shot on a still target 7 yards away. A moving attacker, a racing heart, and shaky hands would seem to make it damn near impossible. I'm sure it's happened though, an attacker taken down by a .22 that is. I'm sure it's happened many times actually. Still, I'd rather fire a larger more powerful round into the same spot on an attackers body any day.
Did anyone see the Cops episode that showed the really big guy that got shot in the chest with the .25acp? Center mass and made a pimple between his shoulder blades. I think he kept saying OWW, OWW as he walked around. I would think if your attacker was hopped up on goofballs, you would want a real caliber. But if he was one of laid back muggers...
Cooper said " a.22 to the tear duct stops more decisevly than a 9 to the wishbone.
Jordan was also instrumental to the development of the .44mag.
I am very sorry you lost your brother, especialy in such a horrible way. But I never said I wanted to be shot at w/a .25, or anything else for that matter. I was simply inferring that I would not stake my life on such a round. Years ago, a young friend of mine lost his life to one round of .25acp, and I cried like a baby at his funeral. I don't get the apples to elephants thing and I really don't know what a FUDD is.Typical FUDD comment. Comparing apples and elephants. BTW, it only took one shot for my brother to be killed by a .25acp. The day that you want to play 25 cal william tell, I'll believe you.
Perhaps you should read page 77 of "No Second Place Winner" by Bill Jordan, before you make such posts. And people wonder why I question info on this forum.
According to this chart the .22 Magnum has a one shot stop percentage of 42%.This wouldn't be my first choice for carry, but it is always better than nothing. I personally stay away from calibers/cartridges smaller then .380 or any rimfire for carry use.
Conceal-ability is something I personally look for after comfort and control. What good is an easily concealed gun, if you can't draw it and hit your target?
I say forget about the cap-gun look-a-likes and get your self a nice snub nose or sub-compact.
Not trying to be a wiseass , ( I carry a full sized 1911 ) , but if a 22 has a one shot stoppage rate of 42% - what happens if you shoot him 3 times ? Does it equal 126% stoppage ? I also read a report somewhere - sorry , no link - that multiple 22 wounds are much harder for the ER docs to deal with than one big hole.
Not trying to be a wiseass , ( I carry a full sized 1911 ) , but if a 22 has a one shot stoppage rate of 42% - what happens if you shoot him 3 times ? Does it equal 126% stoppage ? I also read a report somewhere - sorry , no link - that multiple 22 wounds are much harder for the ER docs to deal with than one big hole.
http://www.chuckhawks.com/handgun_power_chart.htm said:"One shot stop %" is the percentage of one shot stops in actual street shootings as culled from police records by Marshall and Sanow;
I don't get the apples to elephants thing
The only appreciable difference I could see was that the mag was shinier and easier to spot; the penetration was virtually identical.
I'd like to see that test repeated with this ammo:
Yeah, me too, but CCI's own numbers on it don't make me real confident it'll perform all that much better out of a snubbie:I'd like to see that test repeated with this ammo:
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I'd like to see that test repeated with this ammo: