22lr can be leathal at 450 yr

[geezer]

I need to get me one, and I will eventually. Have the Marlins 99 and 60....

 

[romans1212]

Go buy one right now. It comes with a ton of respect for yourself!

 

[Brad1300]

Would an FVSR scoped and suppressed help?

I have the TRRSR scoped and suppressed in 22 and 17. Does that count. I would like to be self respecting.

 

[hikingthehills]

I need to get me one, and I will eventually. Have the Marlins 99 and 60....

It's one of my favorite 22's to shoot, it still hit's the woods with me every year chasing squirrels.

 

[3clicks_Off]

The vast majority of the time, you die from a gun shot by bleeding to death. If you sever the brain stem or the spinal cord between the brain stem and the heart, you die from heart failure.

Every other scenario is bleeding to death.

SO, bleeding to death is what makes bullets lethal. A bigger bullet makes a bigger hole and does more damage to the tissue and has more opportunity to cause bleeding.

I would say that SHOCK is the leading cause, then bleeding out.
You can stop bleeding in most cases but most people cant handle the shock, feel it coming or know how to fight it off.

But I've been wrong 3 times today already, so....

 

[geezer]

But I've been wrong 3 times today already, so....

Well, you ARE 3 clicks off.....

 

[captdave77]

22LR is lethal but far from ideal self defense. I am not sold on the half inch pine board standard.

 

[Radar363]

How much energy does a 40 grain rimfire round have left at 400 yards? Under 50 lbs? How much damage is that going to do to anything of any size?

 

[captdave77]

Ballistics jell would have been a far more accurate test of lethality.

 

[3clicks_Off]

How much energy does a 40 grain rimfire round have left at 400 yards? Under 50 lbs? How much damage is that going to do to anything of any size?

47.1 ft lbs @ 400