22lr is no joke yo

Lots of penetration tests with .22lr show its lethality at range.

Before ballistics gel, the US army used penetration of a 1 inch cured pine board as the standard minimum for acceptable lethality - roughly equivalent to the stopping power of your breast plate or forehead.

I've seen demos of standard velocity .22 (not even mini mags) being shot out of rifles and managing to punch clear through at distances of 400 yards or more. I've personally tested against 1&3/4" cured pine (a 2x8) at 100 yards, and everything, even .22 shorts, was able to punch through.

At one pint, .22 was widely considered the deadliest cop killing round in NA. Farmers, and rural folk in general, pretty much always had a .22 rifle propped up in easy reach for taking shots at coyotes and badgers etc., and a lot of police, showing up unannounced at night on rural properties, met an untimely end to the round when a startled farmer took a shot at what to them, was an un-announced stranger lurking around their property.
 
First thing that came to mind hehe.

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Now as for .22LR's effective range, apparently out to 440 yards it can still wreck you.


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johnl said:
And the Mossad hit teams.
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I read somewhere that the IDF used to issue custom 10/22s to crowd control troops to use as "less lethal" rifles, with instructions to aim for the lower extremities. Unfortunately, with that notoriously heavy Ruger trigger, the troops kept "accidentally" jerking their shots, and were consistently hitting just high enough for clean headshots, somewhere around pretty much always.

Darn that stiff trigger anyway... :evil:

Here's an article:

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/01/another-made-in-usa-%E2%80%9Cless-lethal%E2%80%9D-weapon-kills-in-palestine.html

Poke around a bit and there's a pretty interesting history of the IDF using the 10/22 for "crowd control" having their own courts telling them to stop that, so they stop, for a while, and then when riots start up again, field commanders seem to forget the "Stop that!" order from the courts, and round and round the mulberry bush they go.
 
People with the 'mine is bigger than yours' syndrome often spout off a bunch of junk regarding .22 being a joke (going under the skin around the skull) etc.... If I could have only one gun it would be a .22 for the versatility of the ammo, ease of carry, commonality, and lethality.

Now if I was face to face with an angry bear....maybe I would be wishing for my 870 and some buck shot....but I'll take a .22 anyday. I'm trying right now to find a 10/22 takedown :)
 
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