|
Forum Rules | Firearms Safety | Firearms Photos | Links | Library | Lost Password | Email Changes |
Register | FAQ | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
May 31, 2012, 05:50 PM | #26 |
Senior Member
Join Date: January 2, 2005
Location: Where the deer and the antelope roam.
Posts: 3,082
|
Ya, I hear all the time where someone is shot in the chest with a .22lr and goes home to sleep it off.
I have stated my experience, What experience do you have that leads you to doubt me?
__________________
Retired Law Enforcement U. S. Army Veteran Armorer My rifle and pistol are tools, I am the weapon. |
May 31, 2012, 09:27 PM | #27 |
Senior Member
Join Date: April 3, 2005
Location: Seattle
Posts: 827
|
Nobody has good aim under fire.
Large caliber, center mass, or failing all that, suppressive fire. If you're carrying a cap gun, beg.
__________________
"Huh?" --Jammer Six, 1998 |
June 1, 2012, 05:40 AM | #28 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 31, 2002
Location: Deep in the Heart of the Lone Star State (TX)
Posts: 2,169
|
A LEO I knew advised me to treat anything smaller than .380ACP like it was pepper spray....aim for the face, use until empty, and retreat at the soonest opportunity....
Still seems like good advice....
__________________
Proud member of Gun Culture 2.0...... |
June 1, 2012, 07:08 AM | #29 |
Senior Member
Join Date: April 30, 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,952
|
Shot placement for small caliber pistols
Shouldn't it be center of mass regardless of caliber?
|
June 1, 2012, 10:45 AM | #30 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 20, 2011
Posts: 654
|
After a 37 day manhunt, S. Eizember, average height and build, fugitive and killer, kidnapped a couple at gunpoint, Doctor S. Peebles and his wife. Dr. Peebles shot the fugitive 4 times, with a 22 cal revolver, 3 hits to the chest (center of mass). The bullets did not faze Eizember, who then forcefully disarmed the doctor, all the time staying alert and angry, then pistol whipped the doctor with a 380 pistol, and then pointed his pistol at the wife and pulled the trigger, the 380 jammed, so Eizember struck the wife in the head knocking her to the pavement, leaving the couple battered and bleeding, the fugitive fled the scene, driving the Peeble's vehicle.
Eizember, tho seriously wounded, leaking blood from three 22 cal holes in his chest, continued driving, stopped at a convenience store and robbed it for medical supplies, left, continued driving, and was later finally stopped by police in a routine traffic check in Corrigan, Texas. This is just one example of many small caliber handgun failures to stop a determined attacker. Mousegun tactics are different, takes a skilled (or lucky) fighter to use mouseguns successfully. “A LEO I knew advised me to treat anything smaller than .380ACP like it was pepper spray....aim for the face, use until empty…” [seeker two] Pretty much what I tell my wife, she prefers 25 ACP.
__________________
For 20 years the sea was my home, always recall the sun going down, and my trusty friend, a 1911 pistol, strapped to my side. |
June 1, 2012, 05:30 PM | #31 |
Member
Join Date: March 5, 2012
Location: Valley Forge, PA
Posts: 80
|
My problem with the "shoot for the groin" theory is that with today's dress style, it would be really hard to pick out where that is in relation to the low hanging loose denim and oversized shirts.
__________________
-Tom |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|