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So I bought a M&P 15-22. I watch this forum and the S&W forum for info on my gun.
Anyway so yahoo posted (Can you save a hostage with a 15-22?)
Most people are either saying that the 22isnt powerful enough for a killshot or youd have to make an eye shot.
I think the thread is pointless. The only ones who know for sure are those who have been sadly in that situation.
I also bet that they used a pistol or highpower rifle.
Is this an American thing cause his topic only comes once or twice a year here.
 
I knew a guy who was shot point blank in the back of the head behind the ear with a .22. I knew him after he had been shot. The bullet entered the back of his head, hit the front of his skull causing the bullet to fragment and re-enter his brain in pieces. He suffered seizures periodically but otherwise ok.
 
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ive been to 4 calls over the last 20 years where people have died from 22 shot to the head that i can think of right off the top of my head (no pun intended)
to think that a projectile traveling 1200-1500fps at no matter how small wont go through your skull and kill you is silly.
i think the only factor to really consider with this question is distance.
and speaking of that there are a few videos on the tube of people showing 22 penetration at distances farther then you can accurately shoot a 22.

so from what ive seen personally and from what ive seen from tests online i choose to not stand in front of a 22.
 
and for fun ill quote this fun little story from up here in the wilds.
keep in mind this griz was over 1000lbs, so thats a good 4 times the size of a large man.

On a spring day back in 1953, 63-year-old Bella Twin and her friend Dave Auger were hunting grouse and picking berries near Lesser Slave Lake in the Swan Hills of northern Alberta, Canada. They were walking an oil-exploration survey line when they ran into a humongous grizzly bear following the same line toward them. The two feared that if they ran, the grizzly would notice them and give chase, so they hid in a brush pile and hoped the big bruin would pass without any trouble.

Unfortunately for the bear, it was intent on getting its share of berries and came very near Twin and Auger. Frightened by the close encounter, Twin raised the rifle she was carrying and fired. Her aim was dead on. The grizzly was struck in the head and fell dead.

Bella’s bear was no ordinary griz. Its skull scored 26 5/16, placing it at the top of the list of Boone and Crockett world’s records where it stayed for many years. The bear currently ranks number 30 among the all-time records and still stands as the longest-reigning provincial big-game record in Alberta.

In the half century since Twin killed her record grizzly, many differing accounts of the incident have been given. However, all of them agree on one thing: little Bella Twin killed that 1,000-pound-plus griz with the humblest of all rifles—a single-shot, bolt-action, .22-caliber rimfire. With just one long-rifle cartridge, this petite Cree Indian grandmother finished off one of the biggest grizzlies ever documented and earned remembrance as one of the world’s truly legendary hunters.
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Just because your favourite video game unit uses 5.56 and 7.62 weapons doesn't mean a lesser round is any less dangerous in the wrong (or right) hands. It is far less than an ideal military service round but that doesn't mean anything at short range. .22lr will drop anything in North America provided it is used correctly.
 
Sadly a 9mm uzi can do it too if you gove it to a 9yo and let it go full auto.
So sad for his family. However not surprizing since I just made this thread.
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It's possible to save a hostage with a fork. Doesn't mean everyone can do it, and if you're asking the internet for advice on hostage rescue, you and the hostage are ####ed.
 
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