For the average non military CQ Combat trained shooter, neither is good for home defense.
The .22Lr would feel like a bee sting in just about every part of your body (except the head.)
Using a long rifle in the home is unwieldy.
We use a double barreled shot gun for that. If it comes down to using it in the house for defense, I don’t give a shit about the walls.
Same here RT. 20 gauge double Ithica circa 1920 with 3 buck.
Look up the Reagan shooting.
IIRC, 5 shots fired, 4 grown men taken to ground, one almost permanently, one left a paraplegic. Not one thought it a be sting.
Not the best, but only hits count. A hit with a 22 short is better than a miss with a 44 mag.
I got a Cimmaron coach gun for my wife.
Not much to remember, just cock the hammers and pull the triggers.
00 Buck in an over/under.
Only way to go.
“For the average non military CQ Combat trained shooter, neither is good for home defense.”
Military CQB is not as good as what civilians and decent police departments get. Never has been. It is just that they have a very different task that they ARE good at. But they operate far removed from the legalities a cop or homeowner will have to know.
A few years ago there was a dead guy on my utility room floor with a single .22 LR hole through his sternum who would beg to differ about any “bee sting.”
Dude staggered only 7 paces before he faced-out and started coughing up lung tissue.