|
|
 |
|
02-15-2020, 01:20 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SW MT
Posts: 6,729
Likes: 10,497
Liked 6,018 Times in 2,964 Posts
|
|
A person I used to know shot a dog with a 38 special. Three rounds he said hit the forehead and did not penetrate but kept on going. A fourth to the body stopped the animal. If a dog needs to be shot remember angles and what happens when shooting at dense bone. I was not made aware of the loads and it was in the early 80's. I just don't want something to suffer if it does need to be put down.
__________________
Front sight and squeeze
|
02-29-2020, 01:24 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 119
Likes: 5
Liked 34 Times in 21 Posts
|
|
A friend of mine is a LEO, he told me that wild dogs were a problem and officers would shoot them when encountered. He said that there 9mm pistols wouldn't stop them, the officers with a 45ACP could drop them with 1 shot.
|
03-02-2020, 03:01 PM
|
|
Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 257
Likes: 46
Liked 206 Times in 117 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by glider1
A friend of mine is a LEO, he told me that wild dogs were a problem and officers would shoot them when encountered. He said that there 9mm pistols wouldn't stop them, the officers with a 45ACP could drop them with 1 shot.
|
Unpossible. 9x19mm >= .45ACP, so says all the smart people and the FBI. I mean, what with all the new technology yaddayaddayadda….
|
|
The Following User Likes This Post:
|
|
03-02-2020, 04:43 PM
|
|
US Veteran
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MA
Posts: 7,345
Likes: 7,535
Liked 5,585 Times in 2,559 Posts
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug M.
I much prefer dogs to people and would hate to have to shoot one. On the other hand, no way on earth am I getting bitten for being some place I have a right to be. Likewise my wife and our dogs.
It is not implausible that a motivated dog (like a human assailant, only more so) could take several rounds of service ammo to be stopped. Example, the Jared Reston incident in Jacksonville. If you have ever seen or experienced a motivated dog going after a person or dog, it's an impressive sight.
When walking my dogs, I almost exclusively carry a revolver (usually a 296 w/ 44 Special Gold Dots) in my fanny pack. I want to be able to make a contact shot to a vital area in case of a melee and not put my dogs or another person at unnecessary risk. Revolvers are less likely to present a reliability problem when jammed into the flesh of an attacking person or animal.
|
Hard not to like a post with .44 Spl Gold Dots.
__________________
Formerly Model520Fan
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
|
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:08 PM.
Linear Mode
