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.45 Long colt and .22 Long Rifle
a few comparison photos
.45 Long colt and .22 Long Rifle
I've searched and searched, but am unable to find the story of the gentleman that used an eight shot .22 revolver as a "travel gun".
An elderly gentleman and his wife were on a trip and came across a vehicle that had slid into a ditch. Seeing a man standing by the side of the road, the elderly man pulled over to ask if the guy needed assistance. As his wife rolled down the window on her passenger side, the man opened the door, pulled a knife, and began stabbing her. The elderly gentleman reached into the map pocket of his driver's door, grasped his .22 caliber eight shot revolver, exited his vehicle....
.....and emptied the revolver into the assailant.
The assailant then ran around the rear of the vehicle and stabbed the man repeatedly before running away.
I believe both the assailant and the man's wife died and the gentleman was critically injured.
I believe it was found that the man hit the assailant with six of the eight rounds fired from his pistol.
SIX ROUNDS.
Does anyone honestly believe that the man would have walked around the rear of the vehicle and continued his bloody assault had the elderly man hit him with sixrounds of .45 ACP? Heck, since the man evidently preferred a revolver, what do you think about six rounds of .357 magnum?
Yes, the assailant died. But he did it after he finished his evil crime.
I want something a little more reliable at making them stop before they accomplish their goal.
I've searched and searched, but am unable to find the story of the gentleman that used an eight shot .22 revolver as a "travel gun".
An elderly gentleman and his wife were on a trip and came across a vehicle that had slid into a ditch. Seeing a man standing by the side of the road, the elderly man pulled over to ask if the guy needed assistance. As his wife rolled down the window on her passenger side, the man opened the door, pulled a knife, and began stabbing her. The elderly gentleman reached into the map pocket of his driver's door, grasped his .22 caliber eight shot revolver, exited his vehicle....
.....and emptied the revolver into the assailant.
The assailant then ran around the rear of the vehicle and stabbed the man repeatedly before running away.
I believe both the assailant and the man's wife died and the gentleman was critically injured.
I believe it was found that the man hit the assailant with six of the eight rounds fired from his pistol.
SIX ROUNDS.
Does anyone honestly believe that the man would have walked around the rear of the vehicle and continued his bloody assault had the elderly man hit him with sixrounds of .45 ACP? Heck, since the man evidently preferred a revolver, what do you think about six rounds of .357 magnum?
Yes, the assailant died. But he did it after he finished his evil crime.
I want something a little more reliable at making them stop before they accomplish their goal.
I own two .380s, a Ruger LCP and a Colt Mustang Pony. From what I've been reading in gun magazines, the .380 has become so popular that .380 ammunition has been improved and is now equal to older 9mm ammunition. Also, almost everyone is out of stock of .380 ammo right now. I know because I tried to order some.
I admit I sometimes carry a .380, when I go out wearing shorts, but normally a .380 is my second gun, usually on an ankle or in a pocket.
I don't know how many here have read of the "Strasbourg" tests, in the past. From what I recall, a large number of sheep (I think.) needed to be slaughtered so a group of people took the oportunity to test ammunition on killing the animals. They tested various calibers and different manufacturers of ammunitions. They shot the animals in the same area and timed how long it took for the animal to die. It sounds cruel but consider what goes on in slaughter houses around the country.
One thing that I got out of the studies was that a .380, using MagSafe ammunition, was more effective than a .45 hollow point, that wasn't MagSafe. This is an old test and I haven't heard of anyone repeating the study, but when I heard of it years ago - I switched to MagSafe ammunition for all of my handguns. I thought if that was true, imagine what a .45 or 10mm in magsafe could do.
You never hear of MagSafe being tested against other, newer, ammunition. So, I don't know where it stands now. It is a pre-fragmented load that is also supposed to disperse all of its energy in whatever it hits, so it is a "safer" ammunition. I also think (hope) that the name would go a long way in a court room than some other ammo names I have heard of.
So, I prefer to carry a .380 as a second gun, but a .380 is better than no gun and it is better than .22 and .25, so it isn't the worst choice you could make. Isn't it so confusing when trying to settle on a caliber, the manufacturer, the type ammunition to carry, whether a smaller caliber with more rounds is beter than a .45 with 7 rounds, etc, etc.!
Maybe that is why I have so many guns, different brands of ammunitons, several holsters per gun, etc. I have to admit that I still haven't settled on a primary gun that will always be the one I carry. If I wear shorts, then I carry a smaller gun, if jeans, then a bigger gun, if a coat, then a bigger gun, with several extra magazines and a back-up. Confusing, huh? At least for a highly analytical person like myself. I envy people who buy one gun, one holster, some ammo. and never question it or desire another gun. But, then it is fun to have an excuse to buy more guns!!
The best ammo of all time was the "Devastator." But then some nut had to use it on Regan and Brady. The ammo was banned and then the Brady laws resulted from that shooting. The ammo was hollow points with a rifle primer inserted into the cavity. I tested it in .45 and it was indeed devastating.