A .22 hollow point at 100 yards is deadly if these guys were average shots. It’s not mentioned in the article, but given the names, I’d say these were sniper/terrorists. Sixteen years isn’t enough.
Those are pretty pathetic excuses for sniper/terrorists if they’re fielding bolt action .22s.
to #26. I agree. The only rifle I’ve ever shot was my .22 cal Remington but at 75-100 feet (all the clear field of fire I had), I could easily put a couple rounds through your eyes without any problem. 22LR has some good velocity to them and 22LR Hollow Points are even more deadly.
My son was a sharpshooter in Iraq with the M249 light machine gun (250 rd clip cartridge box). Qualified at 1000 yards. There are several dead Iraqi terrorists who found out that it’s both the weapon and the operator who will kill you.
Never underestimate someone’s ability to take you out. Al Qaeda’s first known kill in the US was with a knife (Rabbi Meir Kahane in NYC, early 1990’s.) Silenced .22’s were the favorite murder weapon of the Mafia (and a damned good gun if there ever was one).
It is what one is planning to do with a weapon that is important. The weapon is secondary.