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Originally Posted by fredj338
Yep a 22lr is very effective assignation round fired into the head at unsuspecting targets. You really think that under duress of an attack the generally unskilled/untrained victim is going to coolly place their shots into the bad guys head?? Then when the rim frie round fails to fire, quite common, they will coolly tap/rack & fire again??? Poor reliability alone is reason enough to never choose a rimfire for anything but squirrels & rabbits.
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Who said anything about head shots? They were all body shots. Tap, rack, fire again? It was a revolver. One officer lived long enough to return fire at the fleeing vehicle, HITTING THE KILLER IN THE BACK!
So logically we shouldn't carry .38 Specials either? Geez!
(Broke my own rule.)