[Debate] 45 Auto vs 22LR

[energizer]

Hello,

Which of the caliber be better for defense in a handgun? a 45 Auto or a 22LR?

45 Auto in a medium frame will deliver big bullet along with a big recoil hence less follow up shots. (Maybe less frequent too)

22LR will deliver smaller but more bullets (almost) instantaneously into the target

What do you think?

Food for thought for the long weekend

[evidens83]

thread FAIL oh ya and wrong forum too..

[energizer]

I thought that forum mentioned something in between?

[joelogic]

Is 22lr suppose to be a joke? I would never trust my life to a rimfire round not even considering the poor terminal ballistics.

Should be in handgun forum.

[telcolineman]

45 auto all the way, Hits like a truck. And it should be in the handgun section as previously described

[AirborneStranger]

That's like asking if you would rather hit someone like a little sissy girl 20 times or like Mike Tyson once.

[IsaacGlass]

Shoot one too many times and it wont be consider self defense.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/forumdisplay.php?f=66

[mif_slim]

This again?! Lol, it's funny because people forgot that a guy shot a chick in the buttocks with a .45 and it bounced off it at bass pro.

So much for "a 45 will knock em dead" debate.

[tacticalcity]

I have to assume this is a joke.

For a primary 9mm is the smallest you should go for a self defense handgun. .380 is the absolute smallest for a backup, and even then I wouldn't really trust it.

Unless you hit them in the eye, at the perfect angle all a .22lr is going to do is make them very, very angry.

I know a police officer with a scar on his forend to prove it. Robber shot him from 15 feet way square in his forend. Round changed direction the moment it hit bone, went up into his hairline and out the back of his scalp. He proceeded to charge, tackle, and cuff the bad guy. It was not until backup arrived and asked what that blood on his forehead was that he realized he had been shot.

So seriously, .22lr is for getting rid of your rat problem only...and by that I mean the 4 legged variety.

[energizer]

sorry I posted in rifles instead of handguns but the discussion would be funny
How can I move the thread?

[killshot44]

it's funny because people forgot that a guy shot a chick in the buttocks with a .45 and it bounced off

Baby got Back!
Honestly, that must have been one hell of an ***.

(and don't forget the thousands of Mafiaso and their enemies who died with a .22 in their skull!)

[tacticalcity]

Ah the mobster myth...those were point blank shots, with the barrel pressed against the ear canal, eye socket, nose socket, shoved in the mouth, and so forth. That's not "self defense". Entirely different usage, entirely different tactics. Hey, I'm Italian. We know this stuff.

[GearHead]

This again?! Lol, it's funny because people forgot that a guy shot a chick in the buttocks with a .45 and it bounced off it at bass pro.

So much for "a 45 will knock em dead" debate.

The gun was in a metal box, the 45 had hardly any velocity when it hit the chick. Don't spread the stupid any farther than it needs to go.

[Doheny]

Is this supposed to be one of those funny, mocking type threads? Sorta like the last one re:the tactical shower?

[tacticalcity]

Sadly I think he is serious.