Alanl50 Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 the reason it has been selected in the past by many such organisations is its low chamber pressure and diminutive size in consealed / disguised weapons (pens and the like). I have some interesting stuff here on CIA work on such items. The Home guard had a special unit who were also issued .22 lr sniper rifles to assasinate officials of our own people in case they disclosed secrets to the invading forces about plans for a behind the lines gorrila war, mosad used the moderated .22 lr in semi auto pistols in thier revenge killings of the 70's. This is all pretty grissily stuff though but in truth has very little to do with the clean killing of foxes in the field and .22 lr. All was abandoned in favour of larger calibre subsonics by the above when consealment was not an issue at the end of the not so cold war and over conserns about lethal effectiveness. remember Regan was shot in the chest at very short range and survived I have a lot a lot interesting info on the same subject, facinating and amazing. Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Your right there Kent ! I took 3 fox earlier this year in 2 hours with my Benelli M2 semi auto with a nice load of 50gram 0shot size through a half choke ! Dropped on the spot but yes as you say a bit noisey ! Crickey thats some big shot! As most who have an LR have a 12 bore aswell i think it answers the question from another perspective 9 out of ten shooters would say they prefer the shottie at the ranges suggested as you cannot garantee to get a dopey one relaxing 50yds infront of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhw100 Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Thanks for all the replies gentlemen. We often use shotgun on a small farm and call them in real close (40yds absolute max) its great sport and gets the old heart thumping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordnance Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 the reason it has been selected in the past by many such organisations is its low chamber pressure and diminutive size in consealed / disguised weapons (pens and the like). I have some interesting stuff here on CIA work on such items. The Home guard had a special unit who were also issued .22 lr sniper rifles to assasinate officials of our own people in case they disclosed secrets to the invading forces about plans for a behind the lines gorrila war, mosad used the moderated .22 lr in semi auto pistols in thier revenge killings of the 70's. This is all pretty grissily stuff though but in truth has very little to do with the clean killing of foxes in the field and .22 lr. All was abandoned in favour of larger calibre subsonics by the above when consealment was not an issue at the end of the not so cold war and over conserns about lethal effectiveness. remember Regan was shot in the chest at very short range and survived Regan was hit with a .22 bullet fragment after it hit the door of his car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drut Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 "Regan was hit with a .22 bullet fragment after it hit the door of his car. " As above and from a pistol at that!Very underrated the 22lr:it is extremely deadly IF you can place it with surgical precision. "The sixth and final bullet ricocheted off the armored side of the limousine and hit the president in his left underarm, grazing a rib and lodging in his lung, stopping nearly an inch from his heart"(Wikipedia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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