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re: Would you be comfortable with a Ruger 10/22 in a home defense situation?
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:24 pm to RED DAWN REDUX
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:24 pm to RED DAWN REDUX
quote:Says on the box it's dangerous out to a mile
22LR will kill you graveyard dead close in and will penetrate into human tissue at long distance (at least 400 yards).
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Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:31 pm to mudshuvl05
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Says on the box it's dangerous out to a mile
Probably true; because to travel a mile, a 22LR would need to be fired from a AC-130 in the sky!
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:34 pm to 308
I've said it before, I'll say it again. Any time I have a .22 pointed at something, it's going to die.
Doesn'tatter how big it is. Doesn't matter if it's flying.
We used to have an armadillo problem. A cheap UTG red dot mounted on an m&p15-22 and I haven't seen one in two years. I have extirpated armadillos from my area.
Doesn'tatter how big it is. Doesn't matter if it's flying.
We used to have an armadillo problem. A cheap UTG red dot mounted on an m&p15-22 and I haven't seen one in two years. I have extirpated armadillos from my area.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:35 pm to RED DAWN REDUX
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Probably true; because to travel a mile, a 22LR would need to be fired from a AC-130 in the sky!
That's my first memory of shooting my little 22 with my dad: reading the box and realizing my gun is dangerous out to a mile.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:40 pm to RED DAWN REDUX
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You’re basing this on pure personal bias and not on ballistic evidence.
22LR will kill you graveyard dead close in and will penetrate into human tissue at long distance (at least 400 yards).
The ballistics of .22 at 400 don't agree. At 400, it's almost airsoft for most loads starting at 1050 fps
Now, inside of 70 yards, I can kill anything in louisiana.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:57 pm to X123F45
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The ballistics of .22 at 400 don't agree. At 400, it's almost airsoft for most loads starting at 1050 fps
Okay…where are you getting your info? I’ll stick with facts over feelings.
Muhhh Science…22LR
More 22LR at distance
Ballistics testing over opinions.
This post was edited on 12/17/25 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 12/17/25 at 11:19 pm to mudshuvl05
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Says on the box it's dangerous out to a mile
No doubt it’s dangerous and no doubt a normal person in their right mind would want to be shot by one. My concern with a 22 is how long will it take for the person who is not in their right mind to die!! I am always amazed at the news stories of some hood rat that drove himself to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
A deep dive into how bullets kill shows that you either hit CNS or cause enough blood loss. I have used a 22 for follow up shots on wounded deer and shot pigs with them and the blood loss is minimal and they didn’t stop moving till one went in the ear hole.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:33 pm to 308
No
Posted on 12/18/25 at 1:47 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
No chance I would use a rimfire weapon for self defense. They are unreliable. Your life is on the line, use something else.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 2:57 pm to tenderfoot tigah
Posted on 12/18/25 at 3:37 pm to 308
Most definitely. The boogie man doesn’t care what you’re shootin in his direction, flight is on his mind if able. The 10/22 is my #1 choice in a “SHTF, I’ve gotta go” situation so it would also be used in any defensive or offensive situations too.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 6:07 pm to 308
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Ruger 10/22 in a home defense situation
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limit the smartass replies
Okay, I guess I got nothin'
Posted on 12/18/25 at 8:12 pm to 308
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Would you be comfortable with a Ruger 10/22
That’s a reasonable degree of home protection/defense, but I think I’d choose an MP5 with subsonic heavy 9mmx19 parabellum and a suppressor, or an AR-15 in 300 AAC blackout also with subsonics and suppressor.
Posted on 12/18/25 at 8:23 pm to Squirrelmeister
I would take a 22LR over a 25 auto any day of the week
Posted on 12/18/25 at 8:35 pm to Barneyrb
Agreed. One benefit of the .22 is the low recoil and ability to stay on target, especially for those that don't shoot all the time. Federal punch out of a Ruger Mark III 5.5" barrel is bad to the bone. Sound alone sounds like a high powered round. I wouldn't want to get hit with it for sure. I personally like a combo of calibers, strategically staged for home defense.
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