[RECTIFIER]

It saved her...

http://www.thetandd.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/29bb40bc-b743-11e0-ba18-001cc4c03286.html

 

[indie]

I read an story when it first broke, because its in my neck of the woods, but I didnt know if was a 22 caliber derringer.

 

[New_Pollution1086]

I wonder If it was a .22mag or lr? If it said in the article I must not have seen it.

Either way I wouldnt want to get shot by anything.

T

 

[Vergeltung]

if it's all you got, sure, of course rely on it. but, with planning/preparation in mind, I would never stake my life on such a light round.

 

[MikeK]

I wonder If it was a .22mag or lr? If it said in the article I must not have seen it.

Either way I wouldnt want to get shot by anything.

T

I wouldn't want to get shot by one either. But I also wouldn't want to trust my life to one.

.22s have stopped a lot of people over the decades. They've also failed to stop a lot too. The problem is that everyone always focuses on the successes and they're the most reported. When focusing on the failures tells you FAR more about the effectiveness of a round. A big bear in Alaska was once killed with 1 shot from a .22, but that doesn't make it a good bear hunting round.

 

[CrypticCRICKET]

Brass Fetcher website has some web pages about tests of .22lr penetration and energy dump from rifle and pistol barrels.

Pistols: http://www.brassfetcher.com/index_files/Page3032.htm

Rifles: http://www.brassfetcher.com/22LR.html

With a .22 as a defensive weapon, stopping a threat is about shot placement.

 

[I be he]

I wouldn't want to get shot by one either. But I also wouldn't want to trust my life to one.

.22s have stopped a lot of people over the decades. They've also failed to stop a lot too. The problem is that everyone always focuses on the successes and they're the most reported. When focusing on the failures tells you FAR more about the effectiveness of a round. A big bear in Alaska was once killed with 1 shot from a .22, but that doesn't make it a good bear hunting round.

Every cartridge that has ever been made has failed many times in stopping something:thumb:

 

[MikeK]

Every cartridge that has ever been made has failed many times in stopping something:thumb:

That's exactly my point. And by studying the failures, we learn a lot more about the effectiveness than we do by studying the successes.

 

[RickVA]

Don't ever underestimate the .44 mag for close range self defense either :

 

[Survivalguy72]

Must've been a lucky shot. I heard .22s normally just bounce off.

 

[azyogi]

Please post a link to bouncing .22's only thing I've ever seen it bounce of off is a gator. Even there it kills a lot more often than bounce.

 

[talon]

Don't ever underestimate the .44 mag for close range self defense either :

Might not be possible with HER carry method?

 

[Sooner_Will_Survive]

I wouldn't want to get shot by one either. But I also wouldn't want to trust my life to one.

.22s have stopped a lot of people over the decades. They've also failed to stop a lot too. The problem is that everyone always focuses on the successes and they're the most reported. When focusing on the failures tells you FAR more about the effectiveness of a round. A big bear in Alaska was once killed with 1 shot from a .22, but that doesn't make it a good bear hunting round.

agreed. but the 22 should not ever be discounted. if used properly it can be very effective in saving ones life. the key is to use what ever firearm you have. and hit what your aiming at. if i were to be using a 22 there are some key points to aim for and thats not the head. center body mass upper torso. you will most likely hit a lung. right side of the attacker facing you either the lung or heart.

 

[RECTIFIER]

Might not be possible with HER carry method?

correct...she had the .22 pistol in her bra.

 

[Braddooooooock!]

Anyone who disrespects the .22 is a fool.

 

[janit0r]

a .22lr will go through 3 inches of building lumber dispensed by a 4" pistol at 8 feet away.

 

[cbrau72]

Most likely one of those North American Arms (NAA) .22lr or .22mag mini-revolvers.

I don't see many .22 derringers, and the NAA is actually lighter than some.

 

[Vergeltung]

Anyone who disrespects the .22 is a fool.

that's pretty funny. do you write your own material?

 

[CrypticCRICKET]

a .22lr will go through 3 inches of building lumber dispensed by a 4" pistol at 8 feet away.

Yup.

and At 100 yards, the .22lr will go through 3.5" of pine 2x4 and exit the back of the board and keep right on going when fired from a rifle barrel. :thumb:

 

[Vergeltung]

man, that's devastating. I'm surprised they even bothered to field any other round.