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Art Eatman · March 6, 2012, 10:57 AM

I started in with a .22 in 1940. '06 in 1950. I've done in a fair number of critters through the decades.

"Knockdown" is not something I've ever really worried about. Empirically, a .22 is fine on little stuff. Centerfire for bigger stuff. Great big centerfire for dangerous game.

If you break the shoulders on a four-legged critter, it can't go anywhere at a rate of speed which would endanger the shooter.

Medico-scientists have stated that heart shots on the monkey-clan (which includes people) stops/kills faster than on, say, deer. It apparently is a physiology/adrenalin thing.

All of which is a circuitous way of getting back to shot placement.

You pop Bambi in the white spot and he's through for the day. .222 through '06, I've noticed.

March 6, 2012, 10:57 AM	#2
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I started in with a .22 in 1940. '06 in 1950. I've done in a fair number of critters through the decades. "Knockdown" is not something I've ever really worried about. Empirically, a .22 is fine on little stuff. Centerfire for bigger stuff. Great big centerfire for dangerous game. If you break the shoulders on a four-legged critter, it can't go anywhere at a rate of speed which would endanger the shooter. Medico-scientists have stated that heart shots on the monkey-clan (which includes people) stops/kills faster than on, say, deer. It apparently is a physiology/adrenalin thing. All of which is a circuitous way of getting back to shot placement. You pop Bambi in the white spot and he's through for the day. .222 through '06, I've noticed.