tiger955
Single-Sixer
Anybody ever chronyed 22 LR ammo in a pistol and a rifle to see the velocity difference?
A few years ago I used to do a lot of coon hunting and trapping for furs and usually carried my old Marlin 25 with a 22 inch barrel. I always used Remington "golden bullets" and usually dropped any coon with one shot. One evening I went for a walk on the back 40 and took my roommates Mark II just for kicks. A big old coon ran out of the corn and up a tree and it took 7 shots to bring him down, and he hit the ground mad! Finally a shot between the eyes at point blank range stopped him.
When I skinned him I found several bullets just under the hide that never penetrated including one right behind the ear. I have hit many there with the rifle that dropped them dead. I never hunted with that pistol after that figuring the short barrel was causing a serious drop in power.
Shooting my new Mark III at 100 yds bullets don't seem to drop much, which leads me to wonder, is the power down that much in a pistol? or was that coon wearing furry body armor?
A few years ago I used to do a lot of coon hunting and trapping for furs and usually carried my old Marlin 25 with a 22 inch barrel. I always used Remington "golden bullets" and usually dropped any coon with one shot. One evening I went for a walk on the back 40 and took my roommates Mark II just for kicks. A big old coon ran out of the corn and up a tree and it took 7 shots to bring him down, and he hit the ground mad! Finally a shot between the eyes at point blank range stopped him.
When I skinned him I found several bullets just under the hide that never penetrated including one right behind the ear. I have hit many there with the rifle that dropped them dead. I never hunted with that pistol after that figuring the short barrel was causing a serious drop in power.
Shooting my new Mark III at 100 yds bullets don't seem to drop much, which leads me to wonder, is the power down that much in a pistol? or was that coon wearing furry body armor?