There is a vid on Youtube of a guy who, out of curiousity, wrapped a frozen turkey in three layers of denim and shot it at 30 yards to see what a 22LR fired out of a Ruger 10/22 would do.
It went through three layers of denim, through the whole turkey and exited through the three layers on the back. He kept moving it further away with the same results every time all the way out to 250 yards.
At 300 yards the bullet was stopped by the exit side layers of denim.
A 22LR rifle is not just better than nothing, it's a A LOT better than nothing, if you have nothing bigger around.
My first choice ? No, but it's a damn good plan b.
My first choice ? No, but it's a damn good plan b.
In my den, I have a 38 S & W with 158g hollow points and also a 22 bolt action with bird shot (not for defense, but I'd use it if I had to).