by Rod_outbak » 30 May 2018, 6:16 am
[quote="bladeracer"][quote="Rod_outbak"]I'm confused; why is it dangerous to use full-powered .22LR rounds to put an animal down?
I must've shot thousands of livestock, ferals, cats, and other animals using full-power rounds in a .22LR, and I havent once seen an instance where it seemed overly dangerous because we were using full-powered loads!
A .22 round to the back of the head behind the ear will put nearly anything down.
Is there a concern the full-powered rounds are going to bounce all over the place?
I'm asking because I just havent ever seen that happen, and thats in shooting many thousands of animals by a .22 round to the back of the head, with the exiting bullet path going down into the ground..
Now, a .45acp round to the back of the head; THAT's getting a tad hairy for me. Much prefer to do that one from a few metres away.
Cheers,
Rod.[/quote]
Where did it say anything about full-power .22LR being dangerous?
It mentions full-power hunting loads being potentially dangerous at point-blank range.
I don't know that it's particularly dangerous, but it's certainly unpleasant, especially with some of the hotter cartridges.[/quote]
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Ahhhhh!
Light Bulb moment!
Profound apologies; I thought the mention of full-power loads was talking about ONLY using standard or subsonic .22LR rounds for humane destruction, and not full-power .22LR loads.
My bad.
I have a 45ACP handgun, with a .22LR conversion. If given the choice, I'd opt for the .22 mode if I'm simply putting something out of it's misery.
It's not that the .45 isnt up to the task, but it IS potentially a lot more dangerous than using a .22LR.
[If it's big, pissed-off, and still quite bitey, then the .45 from a few metres, is a lot more appealling..]
Apologies again; I mis-understood.
Cheers,
Rod.
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