Big Old Boy
Hunter
My wife has the LCR 22 mag that is the gun she likes to use and is much better than a hand full of rocks.
I suggested that to my friend, but he said that the 30 grain ammo produced more energy so that was what she was going to be carrying.stevemb said:Some good advice thru above posts so I'll just add..add the 50gr Federal 22mag HP to the ammo try list.
5of7 said:Some people think that they are gonna get 1800 FPS out of a 22 Mg. with a 2" barrel...it ain't so. 8)
http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/calibers.html
noahmercy said:And before anyone trots out the "lethality" of rimfires, a defensive gun need not be lethal, but it better STOP the threat. Unless a tiny bullet expands to make a bigger hole AND gets deep enough to reach vital organs, or it hits the central nervous system, it is very unlikely to keep a bad guy from hurting or killing you. 22s have a proven poor track record of being fight-stoppers, particularly when the bad guy is under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, or is mentally unstable...which pretty much covers 90% of the scumbags one might have to shoot.