I shoot my .22LR High Standard more than any other gun I own. With it, I can keep all of my shots in the 10 Ring all day long. I wish I could do the same with my CC guns.speedsix wrote:...I carried a High Standard .22 LR before I went into the Marines...confidently...put a brick through it every week and was very accurate with it...I've seen more men dead of a .22 short(from an RG10) than from a .357 Mag...being able to place the round where you want it is the key...however...a big old fat slow-moving bullet gives you something more effective in a "fringe area" hit...not to mention a caliber...
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- Sun May 20, 2012 9:57 am
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- Sun May 20, 2012 9:48 am
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Re: Carry what you like, it all works
I wondered the same thing. Most of the hits, at least in the movies are at close range, with a one shot kill to the back of the head. In this scenario, a .22LR [with a silencer] makes sense in that the noise is low and the bullet will probably fragment so it can't be traced to the gun. Of course a .22 auto would leave casings which could be linked to the gun.74novaman wrote:No, but I am curious where you got the info that they use .22s and .25s.Beiruty wrote:Have you ever wondered why .22 and 0.25 are the hitman caliber-of-choice?
Long ago I read a book by a former hit man who said he used .38 revolvers almost exclusively. They were common, didn't throw brass around to be picked up, and cheap enough to get rid of after a hit.
Outside of that autobiography that may well have been hokum, I've never seen a study discussing hitman and their preferred calibers.