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Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:32 am
by Gearheart
Most self defense stories I hear about on the news end with the bad guy running away after being shot(at).
To me, a .22 seems good enough to make most bad guys think twice, when they see it, but I wouldn't trust it to stop a determined attacker.
I find my Taurus PT 745 in a Desantis superfly pocket holster goes with all outfits.
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:24 pm
by thorkyl
22lr will do nothing more than iritate a bad guy.
Hit them and hit them hard.
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:06 pm
by lonewolf
Any gun might make someone think twice. Pain is pain. A natural phenomena that we experience when our existence is at stake. Our parents used it to a minor extent in teaching us as youngsters. These days it is highly curtailed and frowned upon.
While a .22 will cause pain, and even death in some cases, the exigent circumstances of its use (a SD situation) would appear to require more immediate stopping power, IMHO. I'll never disagree with someone's choice of caliber for a carry weapon. At least they're carrying, and something is better than nothing.
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:46 am
by jsimmons
If only they made a pistol chambered for .30-30...
:)
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:52 am
by NAVY CHIEF
thorkyl wrote:22lr will do nothing more than iritate a bad guy.
Hit them and hit them hard.
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:47 pm
by johnj5036
thorkyl wrote:22lr will do nothing more than iritate a bad guy.
Hit them and hit them hard.
I concur.
To be fair, my CHL instructors did concede that depending on your training and level of skill (this opinion will contradict itself) I do account for the fact that a person with a .22 who knows how to handle it efficiently still stands a very decent chance against your typical bad guy. The contradiction here is that a person who can handle a .22 with that level of efficiency should be encouraged rather strongly to carry at least the .380 and still retain really good efficiency.
But hey, no fight is ever fair for the reasons we carry concealed. I recommend a bigger caliber.
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:12 pm
by USA1
aim for the eyes

Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:14 pm
by lonewolf
The most fair fight is the one I am victorious in.....
One nice thing I remember about shooting a .22 in the old days was that it was easy to keep on target. That is one big plus for some folks, and I certainly can't blame them for that. My grandmother used to carry a little .25 in her purse years before concealed carry was legal. I'd bet a real silver dollar that she could empty the mag in a soda can from 25 feet without batting an eye. Effective is effective. Effect is relative.
Perhaps I'll pick up her old .25 from my uncle, clean it up, and do a little shooting with it. If its reliable, it may make a nice little backup for my Beretta 9mm...I'm feeling nostalgic now...
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:31 am
by wacc
No on conceal carry of .22
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:27 pm
by bdickens
Since when?
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:40 pm
by lonewolf
I think he's just saying he wouldn't carry one....not that its illegal.
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:42 pm
by bdickens
Mea Culpa. (That's Latin for my bad, yo.) I must have been thinking this was a different thread.
Re: Opinions on carrying .22LR
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:26 pm
by android
I carry a 22LR pistol, a Walther P22.
I carry it to the range. My 11 year old daughter shoots it at targets. I carry it home. I put it away in the safe where it belongs.
