Best Handgun Caliber to Shoot A Rampaging Chimp With

GatorFarmer · Feb 22, 2009

So after all this, am I the only one left mulling how useful it might be to have a guard chimp around?

Probably have to give him something simple to operate like a double barrel shotgun, but throw a helmet and body armor on the little guy and he might be quite useful. "Kill Mr. Bobo, kill!"

Anyway, more Chimp fun, here's one taking the zookeepers tranquilizer gun away on tape -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/23/chimp-steals-g...om-zoo_n_114589.html

robertrwalsh · Feb 22, 2009

AS said by a couple of other people, chimps are much more muscular than humans and have no intellectual understanding of "guns are dangerous." They can inflict fatal wounds with their teeth while they hold on to you with both hands and both feet. They are VERY DANGEROUS ANIMALS. And they are fast. Ideally you want to shoot them with something nasty from someplace where they can't get to you while they are bleeding out. A brain shot would do it but they have hard heads. 10mm would be nice, a .357 with a hard, heavy bullet should do the job also, as would a .41 or .44 with a decent hunting load.

Horseless Trooper · Feb 22, 2009

A handgun or shotgun may not be adequate as you may need to engage at longer ranges.

Deltaboy · Mar 2, 2009

Rifled Slugs 12 gauge as needed

Hand gun any thing 357 up.

special44 · Mar 12, 2009

I believe a .44 Special with a 250 gr Keith slug at moderate velocity would sicken a chimp in a hurry. No "wondernine" please,you should never send a boy to the mill.

Duke426 · Mar 14, 2009

Originally posted by flop-shank:
As silly and fun as this thread is, That's exactly the reason to carry as much gun as you shoot well whenever you can.

I'll bank on my .44 mag. 165 gr. JHP handload for chimps, or whatever other form of jackassery I run into.

Good point, Flop-shank. I never thought about having to engage anything but another person. But these days you never know what you'll run into - exotic animals included. Maybe time for me to step up from a j-frame 38 to at least a k-frame 357.

flop-shank · Mar 14, 2009

Carry both if you're willing. I like the big gun IWB at 3:00 and #2 in my left hand front pocket. One gun allows a weak hand draw and from a hand that can be placed nonchalantly in the pocket. The fastest reload is often another loaded gun.

I figure I'm more likely to have to shoot an agressive dog than a human, and big dogs are very tough, pain tolerant animals.

m18-1954 · Mar 14, 2009

I think Federal 230 grain Hydra-shok in 45 ACP would do the trick. Has a 90% + 1 shot stopping rate, therfore after I double tapped it, it would be 180% + dead.

animalmother · Mar 14, 2009

The 45 ACP Hydra-Shok round would do the trick. In 5-inch barrel guns, the round has an even better one-shot-stop rating (something like 97-98%). Two of them would calm even the most enraged chimp down--forever.

David Sinko · Mar 15, 2009

Remember that the chimp ran away and died in its cage. In other words, it had plenty of time to rip off the shooter's face too, if it had wanted. The only sure bet at close range would be a head shot with a bullet that would hit the brain and not disintegrate before getting there. As usual, bullet placement is the key, followed by the construction of that bullet, with caliber being an important though lesser consideration.

Time spent running to grab a rifle or shotgun will be precious time wasted, so you will need to solve the problem with what you have on you, right now.

Dave Sinko

m1gunner · Mar 15, 2009

Anyone responding to a "wild animal at large" situation would be seriously undergunned if only armed with a handgun, IMHO.

Exiting the vehicle with a loaded 12ga and 00buck would be the minimum.

Around these parts several years ago, a neighbor was called to help "get a pig" out of the garden. Father and son (just back from sandbox) exited the pickup and saw a 1000 lb+ wild hog at about 20'. Father had the only gun (deer rifle), and was on crutches, and not moving well. Hog was on father's side of the truck. Luckily the hog didn't charge, and the rifle did its job.

Doubtful a handgun would have ended the situation as well.

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