How far will a .22 LR kill?

marshall said:
It was a nut case woman that had the gun, I did not remember that the wound in RR was a ricochet, But I an sure that they knew he was wounded long before arriving at the hospital, But it has been long time.
I sold a little 22 cooey to a older native gentlemen one time, his old one was shot out, so up grading to a better old one , was his moose gun.
He told me you have to sneak up on them and shoot them behind the ear, which I found worked 100% on cows. Never shot a moose.
He also had no use for the young guys , run a round in new trucks and shoot from 100 yrds away and can't hit #### ( his words) He would have been 90,if I remember , nice old fellow.
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John Hinckley Jr. was a woman, well that explains a lot:)
 
stripperclipper said:
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I read somewhere once, it was about the nastiest caliber to be shot with, unfortunately I can't remember the exact reasoning, other than a small wound channel, poor drainage and probability of infection.

Grizz
 
What do you say we stop with this discussion before some Liberal looks in on us . why give morons a heads up . just saying . I've known about 22s since I was a kid . you all take care and be careful .
 
Why? It's all hunting related not assassinations. Unless you are a liberal I guess then we're assasinating poor helpless animals. Lots of good information in this thread. I've worked in an abotoire. 22lr is used on beef and other critters. Didn't know it killed the cow thought it stunned it. When it rolled out on the floor we had less than a minute to get the chains on and getting it raised before the ballet started. Then it was bled. Pretty sure the heart was still going with the amount of blood. One reason I like bow hunting. The deer bleeds out nice
 
visser said:
I think it depends on the number of ft.lbs required to kill what you are killing how far out.

When I punch in the numbers for CCI Stingers in shooterscalculator.com, I see that at 500 yards the bullet only has 21 ft.lbs of energy remaining (and you'd have to adjust your sites for -477" if zeroed at 100y). So, would 21 ft.lbs kill what you are shooting at if you could hit it that far out?
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It takes about 15 ft/lbs to penetrate a rabbit skull with a .22 caliber air rifle. So, yes, 21 ft/lbs would still kill at 500 depending on what one is shooting at.
 
All I know is that they make the steel ring pretty good when you hit it at 200 yards. I wouldn't want that hitting me...

plenty of hunting in the UK with 12 Ft-lb air rifles (their legal energy limit) and 14grain (or thereabouts) .22 pellets. A 40grain slug at 200 yards is still over 50ft-lbs and with good placement would spoil the day of most things.
 
22 LR head shot, correctly placed at close range, is plenty to stun a 250lb pig in my experience. Be quick with the knife and its all over shortly. I won't be looking to knock anything over at 200 yards. But a 22 hollow point might make a 1/2 dime channel on impact which will create a bad day for most vascular systems.

Edit: Agree with cartwheel.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
I read somewhere once, it was about the nastiest caliber to be shot with, unfortunately I can't remember the exact reasoning, other than a small wound channel, poor drainage and probability of infection.

Grizz
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I heard that the greased bullet made infection likely, but that could be an old wives' tale, too.
 
The Israeli’s bought a bunch of 10/22’s during the Palestinian uprising in the late 80’s, to be used as less-lethal devices against rioters — the idea was to aim at their legs. They ended up causing more fatalities than expected, so they were pulled from the less-lethal role and reassigned as special-purpose (lethal) weapons. As far as I know they’re still being used by the IDF today.
 
boren said:
Why? It's all hunting related not assassinations. Unless you are a liberal I guess then we're assasinating poor helpless animals. Lots of good information in this thread. I've worked in an abotoire. 22lr is used on beef and other critters. Didn't know it killed the cow thought it stunned it. When it rolled out on the floor we had less than a minute to get the chains on and getting it raised before the ballet started. Then it was bled. Pretty sure the heart was still going with the amount of blood. One reason I like bow hunting. The deer bleeds out nice
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It is my understanding that yes the animal will still be dead after being “stunned “ with a 22. The stun is referring the the nervous system. It takes a short amount of time to begin “thrashing”. The idea is that the animal be bled while systems like the heart are still technically functioning. It makes for a much more efficient bleed and leaves no chance of a less than perfect shot causing any undo pain or harm to those around the animal. This is the result of the muscles no longer having the blood supply to expand/contract. (Feel free to correct if wrong)

You have the same suggested time frame when using a .308.

I do know of one ###### near where I grew up, he killed more than one “nuisance” moose in his home yard with his only rifle- a .22lr. Apparently shot from around 150 yards repeatedly. If memory serves me right, he got away with the first one, the CO let it slide and warned. The second one, he got some sort of a light or reduced charge for killing it. I had heard it wasn’t so much him killing a moose that was doing repeated damage, it was that he was using a .22 to do it after being told it was ridiculous of him the first time.
 
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obsessed1b said:
Would not have believed it either except I was around for the aftermath. Moose ran 6-7 steps then started faltering and dropped over. My guess was femeral artery was severed by the minuscule little bullet... not likely to happen again in 1000 tries but the right shot in the right place even the little 22lr can kill a moose as quickly as most magnums..
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I shoot .22LR most, and most of the bullets themselves are 40gr. The bullets I load in my 204 Ruger are 32gr. :)
 
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