Posted on 05/24/2021 11:30:29 AM PDT by PROCON
Lots of Army officers carried the .22 Short S&W revolver during the Civil War. It held 7 shots.
Most .25 autos hold about 7 shots.
Most of the time, having a gun is far more important, than what gun you have.
As others have noted, there are millions of .25 acp pistols still in existence, still working.
There are a fair number of .25 acp revolvers, over a hundred years old, made in Europe, before WWI.
The cartridge isn't going anywhere for a long time.
Depends on the state, but I do know that End of Trail is leaving NM permanently.
Yep. A friend of mine has three (count ‘em 3) Ruger .41 mags and loves the shyt out of it. He may personally account for a substantial proportion of the .41mag expended each year.
The initial covid scare did shut things down for awhile.
I knew a guy who was attempting to get every gun chambered in .41 mag. He did ok with the handguns, but finding a Marlin 94 was almost impossible.
I’m likely to time out - I’m in my 60s - before the 40 S&W is. I’ve got one gun for it. Glock 27. Maybe it shoots a little harder than my Ruger EC9. MAYBE. Not enough for me to notice. I like the Ruger but feel better carrying the Glock.
But I carry 357 in my S&W Model 60, so what do I know?
I appreciate your consideration. :-)
The only thing I have in any of these calibers is a glock model 22. I can get a barrel and spring for 9mm with that.
CC
Review the Bobby Kennedy assassination and Hinkley shooting Reagan. A cylinder full of .22 can change an entire dynamic in less than 2 seconds.
Also ask hog trappers when they use to dispatch them there in the traps.
The phonebook shooting wasn’t a .45. She used a .50 desert eagle.
FWIW, the only time I pulled a handgun in self-defense, it was a 22 LR revolver. Sorry, but it was what I had at the time. And there were more of them than bullets in the gun. But I had shot thousands of rounds thru it and whoever came first was taking a 22 LR up the snot locker. If I was going to die that day, I wouldn’t die alone.
Oddly enough, no one wanted to be #1. So I managed to carefully make my way to my car, pull my keys out with my left hand (awkward) and leave. Carried my keys in my left pocket ever since.
I don’t know how to be certain of winning a gun fight if there are a bunch of them and one of me. My goal is to be certain I take at least one along with me.
I like the 40 S&W. And 357. But I don’t feel helpless with a 22 LR. Beats pepper spray. Or cuss words!
Depends on the cartridge. 38spec can last through several reloads. 223 is less. Depends on the amount of pressure you subject the case to, case thickness, etc. A Lyman reloading manual is a very good thing to consult on this.
“if one is not a weak female or wimpy soy-fed male shooter.
The 357 sig is softer shooting than the 40 S&W. It’s actually a better cartridge than 40 for women and soyboys. Not that it isn’t a good cartridge, but the 40 is famous for giving women trouble, especially in compacts and subcompacts where limp-wristing will cause frequent stovepipes.”
I know. But it is considerably stouter than the 9mm rounds that agencies are replacing it and the .40 with, because the wimps can’t qualify with them as well as a 9mm.
A silenced .22LR was the preferred weapon of mob hitmen. May still be, for all I know. Until the last couple of decades of the 20th century that and .38 special were responsible for the majority of people killed by handguns.
CC
I’ve dropped a green, 4inch alder tree with a 9mm.
And it had plenty of power to spare as it blew a chunk out the other side at least 15ft.
A seasoned 4/4 fir post? No issues.
Other that what’s on the other side of it.
I’m too old to be outraged anymore...
However, have to admit to being inraged sometimes...
I guess this means that you wouldn't mind being shot in the foot with a .22LR?
In reality, once a gun comes out, no one stops to check the caliber. Everyone runs for cover because no one wants to get shot. Period.
That’s what I was thinking too. Decent round, and lots of chambers out there that want it.
I’ve read about the 22 as a hitman’s weapon.
I like 38 special a lot.
I have been shopping to find a 357 Ruger 6-1/2” Blackhawk. Found one use in a gun store they wanted $700 for one that was 15-20 years old. (it was clean)
List price (that means nothing now) is about $650 new.
Not looking for a concealed weapon, just a good on my property gun. I reload 38/357 and have bullet molds for them. Have lots of brass for 38 and enough for the 357.
They are easy to load, cheap to feed and reliable. Like everyone else, I don’t have enough large pistol primers. We will have to wait a while for that.
I have more than enough primers for my rifles. (I don’t own an AR or an AK.)
Love .38 pistols and 30-30 rifles. (very cheap to feed and can be very accurate for the range I need.)
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