Those maniac Zoomers at GarandThumb test out a suppressed .22 pistol on a lifelike dummy… gutshots, back-of-neck shots, back-of-head shots, and full-face shots, they do ’em all.
I’m not saying that this would be a carry piece for the average person; but for someone with limited strength (through age, injury, illness etc.), it certainly opens up a world of possibility. As they say: (almost) any gun is better than no gun at all.
Frankly, as long as you resign yourself to the fact that you need to dump at least five shots into the target at a time — and that’s very easy with a .22 pistol — the person at the naughty end is going to be extremely unwell. I once trained a young woman with a .22 pistol, and by the end of the second lesson she could pop all ten rounds into a face-sized target in less than five seconds. No matter how tough you are (or think you are), that little fusillade is going to absolutely ruin your day.
Huh. Is there a holster made for (say) the Browning Buck Mark:
…and/or Ruger Mk IV?
Silly rabbit; this is America.
Very, very interesting…
Recently the Slow Mo Guys teamed up with Kentucky Ballistics to get some nice footage of what large caliber projectiles do to ballistic gel. It’s a lot of fun to watch, if you’re so inclined.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsJGJHkJolI
I’ve posted this link before:
https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/alternate-look-handgun-stopping-power
This is a study of some 2,000+ shooting incidents where every caliber from 22LR to 44 Mag was used. In summary, every caliber was equally effective at deterring an attack. Of course, those shot with the larger calibers were mostly dead, whereas those shot with the smaller calibers survived and ran away.
I might point out that wounding someone in self-defense has milder consequences than killing someone.
I am currently reading Hunting in the Shadows by Michael Watson. The author writes about shooting multiple commies with a suppress .22 while in SE Asia. He doesn’t seem to shoot anyone less than 4 times which in my mind brings some assurance that at least one bullet will get the job done.
Well… assuming that the boolets are 40gr, that’s about 160gr of lead entering the body. Bad medicine by any measure.
Also, there are many documented cases of a .22 bullet failing to penetrate the skull — most likely as a result of a glancing blow is my guess — but assuming that none of the other three are thus deflected, that’s going to be 3x dead.
re — holster
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Eugene, Oregon.
I am taller than most folks.
My carry around the farm is a .300bo AR pistol variant.
This’s bear cougar hog territory, plus the acreage is surrounded by goofballs in warehouse-pallet hovels.
A six-shot, irregardless of re-load potential, is inadequate against a herd of sixty feral hogs inviting me to supper.
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Accordingly, my load is one twenty at-the-ready, plus two twenties for balance.
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Rarely more than a couple-three steps away in the truck is my .300bo AR rifle with a dozen or so thirties.
I also work with at least two of the Heeler dogs we train — my ‘supervisors’ — for a few seconds of warning about trespassers.
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For a holster for the rig plus a holder for the twenties, I went to the local-owned family-operated plastics store for a sheet of appropriate ‘Kydex®’-type material.
Using an industrial heat-gun, I warped the plastic to fit my rig.
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For retention, my neighbor built a sling into a leather shoulder-harness similar to a ‘detective’ conceal-carry.
My sling arrangement eliminates the need for a shoulder stock.
So far, so good.
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An aside:
I am engineering a ‘chest-rig’ for a few extra twenties, although it would fit below my chest, around my mid-riff.
So far, everything is too bulky to conceal without impacting my luscious delicious eye-candy appeal.
Any help?
It is said that a .22lr is an expert’s weapon. If you carry a .22lr, you damned well better be an expert with it.