Sold my shotgun today

Regardless of all of that I still found it to be an interesting video.

 

check out this thorough study.

it shows the 22LR is pretty good as a home defense round.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7866

 

There's an old American saying "Don't bet your life on it".

Thanks for the link. It contained a lot of interesting data. The results cause lot of questions to come to mind, but let's not forget that the .22 isn't the best way to defend your life or your family's lives.

 

I wouldn't want to be shot by anything .

 

Me neither but if I had to pick I'd rather be shot by a .22 than anything of a larger caliber.

 

22LR to the heart means death.

 

True. Are you willing to bet your life and the life of your family that you can kill a home invader, probably armed with a 9mm, with a couple of .22 shots rather than invest in a 12 gauge shotgun for home defense?

 

my building is very safe, as is my neighborhood.

my door lock is very strong.

 

Yeah , I'd take a 12 gauge bean bag

 

Why not both? Pull bullets out of about 10 .22 cartridges and load them in a shell.

 

Even better!

 

deer, rabbit, quail, pheasant, squirrel...............all yummy

 

Agreed! Add feral hog to that list too. Lots of them around here. Anything under about 20 inches high at the shoulder is still tender, especially sows and piglets. Boars tend to only be good for grinding into chili meat.

I cooked a piglet shoulder a couple of nights ago (about 4lbs bone-in) using this newly found recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/garlic-and-mustard-pork-roast-recipe/index.html

Sides were a baked potato and a tossed salad with mango and avacado tossed in along with the lettuce, onion and tomato.

It turned out really great and I plan on using that recipe again.

 

no feral hogs up here.....just to far danged north..................

 

22 LR costs 6 cents a round.

 

I like guns, but not hunting. Hell, I have to take ants outside rather than killing them

 

They're up north. Big problem in Michigan. Indiana has rules on them. Might be too many farms and asphalt to present much of a problem.

Farmers and ranchers hate them because they are very destructive.

http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/6485.htm

 

I live in southern Indiana where the coyote are the most objectionable indigenous species. If there are feral pigs around here, they sure hide real good because everyone down here hunts everything, when in season.
Turkeys have become quite a problem down here. 5 serious accidents on I-50 from turkeys hitting windshields between Brownstown and Seymour just last fall.

 

Sounds like vehicles and the yayhoos that drive them are the problem, not the Turkeys.

 

pure idiocy ................

 

Is I-50 zoned for 70mph? Turkeys aren't the smartest birds nor the most agile flyers. West of where I live deer are a problem on roads, especially at night. Coyotes are too, but since they are smaller and at bumper height it's not as serious an issue but it's not unusual to see one dead on the side of the road.

 

naw, it's a tanker...only 55. Most of those windshield incidents occur at dawn or dusk during mating season. They hang around in yards right up next to the highway then move at dusk, usually across the road. and they don't have to get up very high to take out a front glass

 

Dawn and dusk is feeding time and, agreed, they don't have to be very high to bust a windshield. Turkey is one bird I haven't hunted but I imagine they'd be very tasty next to some mashed potatoes and gravy.

 

farmer down the road hunts 'em. He says they taste better if they are frozen after cleaning. He swears by them, too.

 

Interesting tidbit. I wonder if the freezing tenderizes them.