I have a 10/22 stainless with a suppressor and a Leupold FXII handgun scope (long focal point) mounted in a guide forward position and with a TAPCO tactical stock. GREAT gun.
That said, the 25 and 50 round (a double 25) Ruger magazine are a little wieldy. I also have a Marlin 60 tube-fed magazine that functions just as well but isn’t threaded for a suppressor. To tell you the truth, both have their uses and both stack up equally in most accounts, IMO
Subsonic but deadly rounds. And, it can be suppressed to almost silent. With the noise of an uprising, people just seem to fall down until the medics get to them.
I can see where that might be a significant stumbling block for your average rock-throwing "protester"...
I wonder if I can get one of those barrels for mine.
hard to keep your motivation to throw rocks with a 40-grain round in your shin
Same can be said for a 1/4 inch hex nut fired from a wrist rocket. A little harder to aim though.
Personally a 22 cal to the shin will keep them from throwing rocks for a few weeks but I think a 223/5.56 at 28K-30K fps to the chin, oops I meant shin will keep them out of the fight for a long time if not for ever. Oh how political correctness has taken over warfare. Oh, I forgot, that depends on whose side you are on doesn't it.
We used them to shoot out street lights and mirrors in hostage/barricaded situations.
Perfect weapon for destroying groundhogs and other vermin ...
.30 to the head will keep them out of action even longer.
I have a Magnum Research .22 Mag 10/22 style rifle with a Leupold 3X9 and it is one of the best rimfire rifles I have ever shot.
My two oldest boys wore there 10/22’s completely out when they were practicing for competition but it must have taken 20-30K rounds.
The suppressed barrels on the Israeli rifles are very very quiet. I am not familiar with that Italian brand but I have heard several others and they all worked great.
You could really put an eye out with one of those!
Need to be careful you might hurt someone. A .22 goes into the skull and just rattles around in there making mush.
I can see how having 40 grains of led in your leg might make you less enthusiastic about throwing rocks or molotovs.
Now I know where all the .22 LR has been going! (They still have everyday at Cabalas though!!!)
If you shoot at someone, shoot to kill them.
This won’t appease anyone and will only make for experienced insurrectionists.
Didn’t you say you lost yours in a boating accident?
Who care about the excessive damage, as long as it kills the terrorist rat-b@$t@rd?
A good choice. The expensive part of the weapon is the ammo.
Suppressed, the loudest noise would be the action clacking a new round into the chamber.
Wouldn’t it be wise for the IDF to aim for more important parts of young jihadis? One would think of the effect on morale for young Achmed’s friends to be seeing him suddenly unable to sire more terrorists.
I believe Rex Applegate prescribed a .22LR to the center of mass of the biggest loudmouth in a riot for crowd control.
The 22-caliber rimfire rifle. This weapon, properly sighted and equipped with a noise suppressor, may be used with surgical delicacy to neutralize mob leaders with risk to other members of the group, without noise and scant danger of death to the subject.
"To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth", Jeff Cooper, (1988)
Col. Cooper had one of his short articles on using a suppressed .22 Magnum to disperse violent crowds just like what is being done now. That was at least 20-25 years ago. Someone was paying attention.
IMHO? I thought it was proven science.