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Why anything less than 9mm for frontline defense?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawgman" data-source="post: 825570" data-attributes="member: 7676"><p>I like the saying "anything is better than finger nails". Be that as it may.....I always scratch my head when I see someone try to make a case for the .22LR as self defence round. I know a guy who accidentally got shot through the thigh with a .22 stinger out of a rifle at close range on a squirel hunt. It didn't look good but was far from life threatening. Oh sure had it, out of shear bad luck, hit his femoral (about the size of your pinkie finger) he'd have bled to death. Had he been hit in the exact same place with the other guys 12ga at that range it would have been down right gruesome. Far more likely to have bled to death or lost the leg. My point? Some cartridges are more leathal than others. Me? I'll stick with the largest/highest velocity combination round I can handle/shoot well AND carries a significant payload capacity. For me it's .40S&W, occationally the 9 (when I need small), .380 once in a great while when I absolutely must not "be made". Tried it for myself, a .380 FMJ will blow right through 2 2x4's at close range. Still, at every opportunity I go bigger/faster. Always keep the 12ga handy at home. Yeah, it's all beating a dead horse...got nothing else better to do and I don't mind the smell so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawgman, post: 825570, member: 7676"] I like the saying "anything is better than finger nails". Be that as it may.....I always scratch my head when I see someone try to make a case for the .22LR as self defence round. I know a guy who accidentally got shot through the thigh with a .22 stinger out of a rifle at close range on a squirel hunt. It didn't look good but was far from life threatening. Oh sure had it, out of shear bad luck, hit his femoral (about the size of your pinkie finger) he'd have bled to death. Had he been hit in the exact same place with the other guys 12ga at that range it would have been down right gruesome. Far more likely to have bled to death or lost the leg. My point? Some cartridges are more leathal than others. Me? I'll stick with the largest/highest velocity combination round I can handle/shoot well AND carries a significant payload capacity. For me it's .40S&W, occationally the 9 (when I need small), .380 once in a great while when I absolutely must not "be made". Tried it for myself, a .380 FMJ will blow right through 2 2x4's at close range. Still, at every opportunity I go bigger/faster. Always keep the 12ga handy at home. Yeah, it's all beating a dead horse...got nothing else better to do and I don't mind the smell so much. [/QUOTE]
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