Author Topic: 22 LR (Read 1023 times)

Ghostrider_23 · « **on:** February 20, 2006, 12:07:01 PM »

This is a very good question if we do our reach! Which of the following is the strongest and will produce the most deepest impact for the 22 LR. Remington Yellow Jacket, CCI (Green Tag), CCI (Velocitor), CCI (Stinger), or Eley(Club Xtra).

I am looking for a good self defense round for my North American NAA 22LR Revolver with a 1 1/8" barrel. Which is a nice little gun you can get it as a belt buckle holster or other ways to carry it.

So, what do you think does anyone have an input?

Keith L · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2006, 01:31:02 PM »

You are going to want to get the round that has the most energy at the muzzle. My guess is the Stinger.

None of them are going to give you much power for personal protection. To each their own, but my personal protection weapons are .357 magnum and .45ACP. I don't want them to keep on coming if I can help it.

Ghostrider_23 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2006, 02:53:52 AM »

:-D After much testing I think I have found a winner! CCI makes a rimfire bullet called the Velocitor (Speer Gold Dot HP) with 30% more energythan any other rimfire. Some of you may wonder why I wanted to know and the answer is North American Arms makes a tiny 5 shot revolver that can be fitted into a belt buckle. What does that mean well gentlemen, sometimes we don't always have the right temperature or cloths to carry our hand bazookas around but we all probaly wear a belt. If my tiny 5 shot 22 lr equal to a 22 mag. is with me I'm not so defenseless after all. I'd ratherhave a 22lr than a stick or rock. Just food for the thinking. If your interested check them out.

tcrace · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2006, 08:34:38 AM »

I owned an NAA mini revolver with both the long rifle and magnum cyliners. It was fun to play with but I think I could have hit my intended targets easier with a stick or a rock

257 roberts · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2006, 05:30:11 PM »

I worked a crime scene once where a guy shot another guy with the cci stinger out of a ruger 10/22 it was a mess( the guy that got shot was naked and was running away from the shooter)
I realize there is a difference in barrel length but the stingers do work.

Old Griz · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2006, 06:45:59 PM »

:cb2: I was surprised when looking at the stats on the packaging, but I thought that the Mini-Mag was faster than the Velocitor. Or was the Stinger faster than the Velocitor . . . ? One of them was. I think.

Keith L · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2006, 11:55:34 PM »

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I worked a crime scene once where a guy shot another guy with the cci stinger out of a ruger 10/22 it was a mess( the guy that got shot was naked and was running away from the shooter)
I realize there is a difference in barrel length but the stingers do work.

While there is no doubt that they can work, if they were reliably effective why then was there a need to develop larger and more powerful chamberings for military/police/personal defense weapons?

For .22 of any style including mags to work the shot placement has to be perfect. When training for combat style shooting the emphasis is on creating automatic reactions using gross motor skills. Precision is out of the picture. Many (most?) agencies are no longer using .9mm any more because they weren't effective without better placement than most folks were capable of pulling off in the heat of battle. They are many, many times more powerful than a .22 at self defense ranges.

If you must use a .22 get one that holds as many rounds as you can. Learn to empty the gun as fast as you can while hitting the target. And make it one that reloads quick.