Terrible comparison. This girl was struck from an unknown distance -at least far enough away that the person shooting was not seen,nor identified. This says NOTHING at all about the ballistics or effectiveness of any particular caliber-esp when comparing their use at defensive distances.Excaliber wrote:That just might work if the assailants you're planning on dealing with aren't as tough as this 7 year old girl who will be walking around with one of those ferocious man stoppers in her head for the next week until the docs get around to removing it:In my opinion your better off with a high capacity (7 or 8 shot) 22 LR revolver, loaded with CCI mini-mags that a 25...a 25 is not BG stopper...!
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She might not have noticed the shot at all when she was hit except for the ear ache it gave her.
Personally, I don't bet my life on that kind of ballistic performance.
If you choose to do so and end up using a .22 to try to resolve a real world encounter with a deadly assailant, please be sure to let us know how it works out .
JL