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duroc · December 24, 2007, 03:28 PM

NCHornet & D Armstrong
IMHO the Quik-Shok, or any .22, isn't a great self defense round. Cabbages or not. But what it has done is bring the .22 on par with all the ammo I am aware of under .380 cal. (which is marginal for SD but has great new ammo available too) The .22 LR has out preformed the .25 'forever' and now the hyper HP .22's are usually more potent than the .32. This is a result of ammo development of course. There just isn't much being done with the .32. The advantage these centerfires used to have was reliablity but with the new stuff out there the rimfire is on a par in that arena too.

I think anyone who carrys anything smaller than a .380 would do well to look real close at the 'new' .22s...particularly Stinger and Quik-Shok. Until I find a DA/SA .380 small enough for my needs I'll carry my TPH loaded alternately with Quik-Shok then a Stinger....the recoil of these two rounds is identical, so I've created no feeding problem...and shooting accurately in this combination, with double or triple 'taps' as I've been taught, is as good as it gets (IMHO) under .380.

Try a triple tap from a .380 DAO, any of them, Kel-tec, Seacamp, Rohrbaugh, NAA, and if you keep 2 out of three on the target at 7 yards, much less shoot accurately after your first shot, your better than I, and most shooters.
I wish someone would come out with a good DA/SA SMALL .380...did you hear that Bersa???
Bob

December 24, 2007, 03:28 PM	#90
duroc Junior Member Join Date: December 23, 2007 Posts: 14	NCHornet & D Armstrong IMHO the Quik-Shok, or any .22, isn't a great self defense round. Cabbages or not. But what it has done is bring the .22 on par with all the ammo I am aware of under .380 cal. (which is marginal for SD but has great new ammo available too) The .22 LR has out preformed the .25 'forever' and now the hyper HP .22's are usually more potent than the .32. This is a result of ammo development of course. There just isn't much being done with the .32. The advantage these centerfires used to have was reliablity but with the new stuff out there the rimfire is on a par in that arena too. I think anyone who carrys anything smaller than a .380 would do well to look real close at the 'new' .22s...particularly Stinger and Quik-Shok. Until I find a DA/SA .380 small enough for my needs I'll carry my TPH loaded alternately with Quik-Shok then a Stinger....the recoil of these two rounds is identical, so I've created no feeding problem...and shooting accurately in this combination, with double or triple 'taps' as I've been taught, is as good as it gets (IMHO) under .380. Try a triple tap from a .380 DAO, any of them, Kel-tec, Seacamp, Rohrbaugh, NAA, and if you keep 2 out of three on the target at 7 yards, much less shoot accurately after your first shot, your better than I, and most shooters. I wish someone would come out with a good DA/SA SMALL .380...did you hear that Bersa??? Bob