No. The advantage of 22 is ability to fire multiple shots with little recoil. Therefore you need lots of cartridges and the revolver doesn’t have them.
Better to have a .22 LR on you than a .45 at home...
my bedside weapon is a Ruger single six in 22 magnum. One day I might go to a 22 TCM.
Any gun better than no gun.
I believe .22 LRs kill more people than all other cartridges combined.
But not a good choice if you know you go to places that are normally unsafe.
I shoot a 1911 in .45 Auto more than I shoot any other handgun, but I see a lot of value in the .22 for concealed carry, even as a revolver. My loaded 1911 weighs 46 ounces, with no spare magazines. My loaded eight shot S&W .22 kit gun weighs about 12 ounces. That weight differential can make a huge difference in how often the firearm is carried.
Gun beats no gun.
Center fire only for me.
One thing I have wondered about is if I ever was in a position to have to unexpectedly shoot is how I would deal with the noise of my gun. I have fired a 22LCR without hearing protection and I think that the noise it makes would be a minimal issue compared to a larger caliber pistol.
A 22 is great for protecting a bank account from larger calibers. Larger calibers are great for protecting yourself.
The old Berreta Jetfire in 22LR or .25 centerfire holds 8.
This is the fire arm I purchased for my wife. She does not have the upper arm strength to chamber a shell in a semi automatic. The hammer being covered means there will not be a “dropping” accident. There are WMR .22 hollow points shells available. These were the reasons I purchased the pistol. In addition, she is very comfortable with it.
This article seems to plagerize from this one:
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2015/6/8/the-22-magnum-for-self-defense
I have a S&W 351 PD, which holds 7 rounds of .22 Mag and weighs under 11 ounces. Hornady Critical Defense FTX ammo delivers 1000 fps out of a 1.875” barrel and 11 inches penetration in gel. It uses low flash powder. It has no recoil to speak of.
Bill Jordan, in “No Second Place Winner” opined that a J-frame in .22 Mag would be a good backup gun.
HA..! If the bad guy lives, he finds a liberal judge and ends up owning everything you got....
Always use a BIG gun and stomp the remains..!
Anyone, I found a box of 22lr “Stingers” at a yard sale about 3 yrs ago. Can they be fired in a 22 handgun? Are they some kind of a super power round?
“However, it does not replicate skin, ribs, cartilage or fat and, in fact, very often the way a bullet performs in living tissue is quite different than how it performs in gelatin.”
It does replicate an eye though.
Didn’t I see somewhere that Israeli special ops guys are issued 22 MAG handguns?
(NB: Ballistic characteristics very different from 22 LR devices.)
ANY .22 magnum PISTOL is nothing but a gimmick.
.22 Magnum was developed to utilize all the extra barrel length in a rifle configuration as .22 Long Rifle burns all of its powder charge long before the bullet exits the muzzle.
As such, .22 Mag out of a pistol length barrel develops only slightly more velocity than .22 LR. Beyond that it just makes a lot more flash and noise.
If you’re going to carry a .22 for self defense, making it a magnum is NOT any real advantage.
A .22 mag would not be my first choice for personal defense but I sure wouldn’t want someone who knows what they are doing shooting at me with one.