How far will a .22 LR Kill?
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Great video guys I just bought my wife a 22 Mp 15
Great video, gentlemen. If you ever decide to do a follow up, I'd enjoy seeing just how far a .22 LR can penetrate that board with optimum performance ammo.
Can you guys do one with a 223?
The 22 short out of a minx is at least putting out about forty-five foot pounds so the 59 foot-pound threshold is kind of bullshit
I was shot with a 22 pistol when i was 15. A kid I thought was my friend stole a gun and shot me when we got off the school bus. I found out later it was because he was jealous a certain female liked me instead of him. Anyway, that bullet went in one side of my neck (just under curve in my chin) ricochet off my neck bone and was protruding out of the other side of my neck. He was aiming the gun at an upward trajectory but as soon as the bullet entered my body it reversed course. I was blessed to have survived. Even the surgeons couldn't believe how this bullet weaved itself around my carotid artery and my spine, along with all the other deadly paths it could have taken. I walked out of the hospital the next morning. Needless to say, a 22 pistol is no joke!
Did you kick the kid’s ass?
kreteman777 what happened to your attempted murderer if you don't mind me asking? I'm guessing as a kid he got basically nothing
When someone uses "((()))" I immediately ignore what ever they have to say.
Alex What the fuck are you talking about Alec?
The Confederate deleted his comments it looks like
"A .22 will kill further than you can shoot it accurately." This is something we have always known and what makes .22lr problematic even for things like plinking cans. That round is dangerous and for a long way. I used to live in a rural community. I had a near neighbor that was on his tractor, plowing a field. He said he felt something like a bee sting, looked down and saw blood on his overalls pant leg. He went up town to the doctor who explained that he had been shot. There was no one around. He didn't see anyone. he just felt something slam into his leg.
Shoot not shot
Did he get a purple medal for it? Maybe shaped like a tractor rather than a heart?
@@Reblwitoutacause LMFAO
It makes me nuts when people shoot with bad back stop not caring who they hit down range.
Bullets travel. Negligent homicide is the charge.
@@jbrown1971 Thx 4 telling us all the difference and meaning of shoot and Shot...I will sleep better 💤 tonight... 😂 Oh and I guess the spelling lesson and grammar lesson... That's what we are all here 4...
Watching this in 2019. It's good to hear / see Barry again.
what happened to him?
@@The_PaleHorseman Very tragically he passed away far too soon.
wonder what hed say about the incoming boogaloo ):
Watching in 2020. I concur.
2020 now
When Dad trained me on the safe use of firearms 58 years ago, he never stoped stressing how dangerous a .22 round was. He would say that after the bullet leaves the barrel it could kill someone so far away that he was not even be seen with the naked eye. This proves it. Awesome video!
"a .22 will kill the crap out of you"
I know right
Maybe helpful with constipation?
+Jonathan Richness ha!
Breathe deeply, push.
I'm
"A 22 will kill the crap out of you"
The best line ever on the IV8888 channel!
took the words out of my mouth and anyone who thinks it cant kill you would have to be a TOTAL Dumb Ass!!
wayne gornall
Sad part is, there are A LOT of "total dumb ass's" on the internet and in the gun community, all you have to do is read all the comments on RUclips or any gun forum whenever a person poses the question, "can you use a 22 for personal defense". Way to many people down play the lethality of a 22, or they poo poo anyone who uses it as their EDC (there are many legitimate reasons why some would use a 22 for personal defense). The caliber debate/chest thumping that goes on is hilarious. Like these guys say, "getting shot is getting shot." My wife carries a SR22. no freaking way would I ever want to get shot with it. I wish I could get a quarter for every time I have heard or read somebody say, "shooting a person with a 22 will just piss them off." Freaking foolishness!!! There is no magic bullet, and I for one wouldn't want to get shot by ANY caliber. There are several studies that show most pistol calibers take an average of three shots to stop a threat, from a 22 up to a 45. Shot placement is king, not bullet size. ~Ken
Ellen Bultman fully agree .. a .22LR can go through a half inch Pine board,if it can do that it sure as heck can go through human Flesh because the last time i Checked we Aint made of Pine wood!! lol
wayne gornall
Exactly!!! Plus, if it will go through half inch Pine board, it sure as hell can penetrate a human skull. As a matter of fact, there are several videos here on RUclips showing a 22lr shot out of a pistol going through a ballistic skull very easily. ~Ken
lol - "If you get a hole in you that weren't born with, you're probably gonna die" was pretty good too..
I had an uncle who was a marine in WWII. Was on Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima and saw a lot of bad stuff, went through a lot of bad stuff. He told me once that a 22 is all you’ll ever need.
I learned to shoot with the .22LR when I was a teenager. It not only teaches you how to get accurate, but it's invaluable for pest control and small game hunting. If there was ever an emergency, the .22LR should be there to provide meat for the pot or to train your children to defend themselves against a threat.
are you kid who shot that one who commented above the comment section? 😅
@@kangihionkothat was me🌚
yessah🤟🏾💪🏾
It's a big mistake to think that a .22 is not a letal weapon..
+KARL DAVID Uk government only allows semi autos that are 22 lr
+KARL DAVID i hunt with a .177 .... never failed.... people underestimate weapons alot, till they get shot^^
I don't know much about the 22lr I been interested in purchasing a rifle well today I picked up a 9mm Springfield sub compact xd9 and I decided to pick up the savage model 64 since in Cali you have to wait 30 days to purchase another firearm I put it on layaway, but I'm excited to get acquainted with my 1st rifle and at only 159.99 it's a nice looking rifle with a small scope and looks nice! can't wait to receive it within 40days and take it to the range
+Kit Macbain I know you're talking about BB/Pelet but the .172 magnum is not to be trifled with.
KARL DAVID Were I used to stay, the CCI hollow point from my SR22 shot clean through a tree...for a so called non-lethal round lol. Why do I need a 40 or 50 again? The only thing the size of a bullet changes is the impact power and size of the hole that is going to be left in your target. A bullet, let alone a pellet fired from the right air rifle, will harm or kill depending on where it's fired.
Thank you for busting a few .22LR myths.
+Ruebon Cogburn Yeah, grew up on guns in the 80's; out in the country. Had just about every varmit there was. Dad had a Marlin .22 fed down the tube. He did kill coyotes with it; some he wounded because it was dark, but we found later on dead. Also tried a 410 shot gun on a bob cat, but switched to the .22 due to the distance. These guys are right. .22 can and will drop something with some weight to it. However, with a .22, you better be a damn good shot with an eagle eye.
Wow you animal! What did those soda cans do to you?!
Seriously. I just finished shooting a .22 WM round and broke a cinder block. .22's are awesome.
Randy Lunn I to am tired of Joe blow holes talking crap about the .22. Growing up learning how to shoot and respect guns as I did. I have greater respect for the .22. There was a group of us women talking about guns and which ones are on our bucket lists next. This blow hole of someone's husband butted in and said the .22 caliber is nothing but a worthless gun. Well this libtard got the third degree from me and was escorted out of our conversation real quick. I really wouldn't want this guy anywhere around me when the shtf, I just soon take care of myself!
Donna, read my comment above. That idiot's attitude is shared over at the FAL Files website by the majority. When they could not dissuade me, they started profaning the women of the group I was in. I know for a fact dedicated women of any age can keep bad guys heads down within 300 yards with 22s. It is relatively easy to point in their general direction and fire a controlled group.
I found out the hard way about how powerful a 22 is when I was a kid. I was under the impression that they were not much more than a high powered BB gun by the way people talked about them in comparison to other guns. I grabbed one of the 22 LR we had and took it outside when nobody was home. Dad had a brand new enclosed aluminum trailer that was a good 100 yards from where I was standing and I wanted to see if I could hear the round bounce off of it. I pulled the trigger then went to see if I could find where I hit it and there was a friggin hole about the size of a dime where it had been struck! The trailer was black and it also peeled the paint off around the hole, so it was very obvious. I about crapped my pants, then covered it with electrical tape hoping to God dad never noticed. I got away with it for about 2 Weekes and then all hell broke loose. Needless to say, I didn't test the power of anymore weapons around the house and I'm damn glad I didn't test it out on one of my buddies ass the way we'd do with bb guns sometimes when they were least expecting. Ah, the joys of growingup in the country. Lmao 🤣🤣🤣
Lucky it didn't ricochet and hit you
Dawg high powered bb’s literally drop animals 😭 I’ve killed hogs with air bb
@@karsongilbert9203 Enjoyed hunting each other with a variable pump crossman and safety googles as a kid
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@@safffff1000 damn right, we did the same lol 😆
I've had patients come into the ER dead on arrival from .22's. They do more than people give credit for
I really hope most of them were theifs robbers etc, not robbers and theif's victim's. I know its kinda unlikely but i really hope so.
@@dewaldsteyn1306 most criminals use .22 sadly.
A great reality check for everyone, especially doubters. I lost a classmate from the accidental discharge of a .22 LR when I was in elementary school. Keep up the good work guys!
ya i have a bad story on that one too i lost my uncle to murder from just one .22 LR to the head..
My classmate was killed by accident in the family car. I'm still friends with the boys brother. Murder is much worse. From watching tests on .22 LR rounds I am totally convinced of its lethality.
Sad to hear about that. But, the .22 lr: Very true. A lot of people see the .22 LR and see the size and automatically think "wimpy". Not the case, at all. There was a story about a home invasion gone bad for the thugs. The home owner of a large house heard the two morons break in, and from 30 feet away, the home owner put a .22lr round in the side of one of the invaders. The coroner later stated after autopsy, that "He was dead before he hit the floor".
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Michael Ishee Yup, that's my name.
Cemeteries are full of dead people who were killed with a .22 LR...
I myself was killed with one in the late 90s
@POOR PIRANO I know man. I was supposed to be going fishing later that day and instead I ended up in a goddamn morgue. I was so annoyed.
Dead people who were killed
@@cocospops9351 sorry for your loss 😂😂😂
@@cocospops9351 did you vote for biden after you died
“If you get a hole in you that you weren’t born with, you’re probably gonna die.” I love that line.
Wish he was still with us so he could share more of that wisdom.
I like the concept of the 1/2 inch board test. Easy to replicate.
People are so thin skinned these days, I bet you could plane the board down to 3/8ths. 😄
Hey, there is nothing wrong with a half inch.
that was soft pine, not all pine is equal
"A .22 will kill you farther than you can shoot it accurately." Very interesting.
Make sure of your backstop at any range.
Ol Barry, and his tone. lol. I miss that great man. His attitude, and demeanor always brought a smile to my face. You can just tell.... Guns were his life passion.
I, as a nurse for 27 years, have looked after many a gunshot victim. My first was a bloke who went with 3 mates to ‘have a chat’ with a guy who was harassing on of the mate’s girlfriend ( the guy was her long-time ex). As they pulled up and exited their vehicle, he ambushed them from the front window of his house with a WW2 Lee Enfield .22 trainer he had ‘obtained’ and Bubbafied ( sawn off stock and barrel etc).
My patient took a shot to his left cheek, about 3cm below the outer corner of the eye, which fragmented on hitting (and shattering) the cheekbone. One fragment ended up on the other side of his nose ( travelling under the skin, not through the nasal passages), one large fragment was down near his Adam’s apple, and had ‘chewed’ a pathway just missing everything vital, and lots of other specks throughout his head and neck. Surgery took about 6 hours to get as much of the powdered lead out as possible. Very lucky it didn’t go through the eye socket or temple, where the bone is much thinner.
What do nurses do for a day? Why not become doctor ?
I want to know. Nurse means serve to doctor where i am from
@@unknownfusion8191 well, we ‘serve’ or care for patients, and our primary responsibility is to ensure your doctor doesn’t kill you. We are NOT there to be a doctor’s handmaiden, but are skilled medical professionals in our own right.
@@unknownfusion8191 What does a nurse do for a day? Everything. And the see pretty much EVERYTHING. If you ever get chance.. THANK a nurse. They are the ones that take good care of you in a medical emergency. And no matter how BAD their day is going.. they have to keep on going at long hours.
Stay away from women, they seem to be just as dangerous as a gun.
I knew a lady (very old now, if she is still alive) who took down a grizzly with a .22. She opened the door of the homestead and there he was. She grabbed the first thing available and took the shot. As far as I know she shot him through the nasal cavity or the ocular cavity and took the beast down. Years later at the range I was teaching my wife to shoot my Buckmark. After a few magazines she looked over at the guys shooting the 9mm and asked if she could shoot a real gun. The point is; just because it makes a bigger bang doesn't mean the .22 is any less real. It'll do the job often enough.
@Elijah Earl ehhhhhh hold it right there.
I wouldnt go as far as Elijah,maybe a .223 or 5.56 which is basically the same size bullet as a .22 but packs a lot more power...223/5.56 can also be used much more effectively for hunting medium to large game as well as taking down humans...with that being said, .22lr are great and every gun owner should have atleast 1 22.they are great for target practice and hunting small game and can still be very effective in a SHTF shootout.22s can often be found for pretty cheap prices,you can get a pretty decent 22 for $100-$150 and ammo is much cheaper than other guns...it would be nice to be able to afford to go out and shoot 200-300 rounds down range with an AR15,AK47,308,30-06,etc,etc a couple times a week but thats really not an option for some of us..on the otherhand you can easily buy 300-400 rounds of 22lr for $20..Ive already decided my next pistol will be a KelTec PMR 30 22 magnum,of course 22 magnum costs a little more than 22lr still a good bit cheaper than 9mm,10mm,380,40s&w,45acp,etc..plus having 30 rounds in a pistol without having a big ugly extended magazine hanging out is a HUGE plus..not to mention it only weighs 1.2 lbs fully loaded
@@garrettferrell4257 virtually the same diameter not necessarily the same size. 22lr usually 40grain and 223 light for load is 55. Considering such light bullets kind of a big difference
@@MrChet407 lmao right?? Yeahh I'll definitely choose something else but I got a H&K 416D 22lr AR and it's a champ. Don't plan on getting rid of it any time soon.
I will never insult a .22 again god damn
Why did you ever insult it?
Probably the same reason a lot of people doubt the round, because its a glorified BB stuck on a tiny cartridge. Its a sleeper round like the 5.56/.223, it may be small but when it hits a target at 3000+ fps, the shit hits the fan!
+Kustom Hooligans I get this shit every other hour now that I bought a PMR30 the other day.
And this video wasn't even 22 mag, although from a handgun its about the same as LR from a rifle.
+Tyrineal It's like the big cars / small cars dilemma. Everybody has a right to be made. I love small cars and small weapons. I''m not very tall either, that's why, maybe...
+Tyrineal I tested my .22 on a cinder block several yards away. First shot it chipped, fifth shot it broke in half.
Great episode! So many people talk down the .22 and you have just educated a large number of people who might otherwise believe the naysayers. Good work, thank you.
I am happy to see someone conduct a video on the supposedly lowly .22. I was a CLEET certified police officer for about 6 years. The .22 Short, or LR is FAR more lethal than folks, who are not gun oriented or knowable realize. The little round, in many shootercircles, is called the "ricochet round" or the "bouncing bullet", because, while it can be an extremely accurate round in the target rifle or pistol firearm, it tends to go :"unstable"when it hits a human or animal target. The round, kills primarily hemorrhaging, rather than by hydrostatic shock. IF you are hit in the upper torso by this lethal little bullet,you will more than likely "bleed out" long before medical help can stop the bleed. This isalso an excellent video on .22 penetration. Regardless of the expansion of the hollow point round beyond 25 yards (from another video on here), the round will penetrate deepenough to cause the person some very serious, life threating concerns. NEVER under estimate the lethality of this bullet, EVER! Treat it with the same respect you would of ANY firearm round.
When I was a kid I did competitive target shooting with peep sights @ 25 yards. The Anschutz target rifle I owned was as accurate as I could get it, and won me 3 high-gun trophies 3years in a row. I purchased a Bushnell scope for it and could consistently put 5 shots in a 1" group at 100 yards, and spreading a little the further away I went. I never had any doubts about the fact that the gun could kill me or someone else, especially nowadays when you see youtubers shooting a feral pig with a pellet gun and killing it. Was an awesome rifle. 10 shots into a dime @ 25yds
When I got 'into' guns and ammo, I was always told that a .22 round was capable of killing at 1 mile (5280'). I have never forgotten that.
@@swamprat69er A .225 Winchester will kill at five miles and is notably the most powerful and accurate of all .22 rounds.
Great post mate.Greetings from Australia.
I’m currently using 40 grain copper coated hollow points (high velocity)
I’m getting good hydro static shock at 100 metres,but the round just passes through.
Great accuracy,but it needs a solid mass to bounce off to cause maximum effect.
Well said.
440 yards! LMAO. I have a 10-22 and am always arguing with dopes who say that gun would not penetrate their blue jean jacket.
Saku19 The argument usually ends at that spot.
+Ken Skid I own a 22lr and I would shit my pants if someone pointed a 22lr on me :)
+Ken Skid Well, Robert Kennedy was knocked off with a .22LR. That says something.
+Ken Skid Sounds like they don't understand that a small, dense object traveling through the air at high speed isn't in much of a hurry to slow down.
U.S. Olympic skier Spider Sabich was killed by his girlfriend, French actress Claudine Longet, with a single .22 shot to the belly.
As a young boy (6-7 yrs) I learned not to question the effectiveness of a 22LR. I own the Winchester Model 62 that my dad bought for my mother in 1949 and it still shoots quite well. My dad & my mom both have killed moose on our homestead outside of Anchorage, Alaska with this same rifle. My dad was in the Army, stationed at Ft. Richardson, just outside of Anchorage. He got home one evening to meet mom at the door, pointing out to the vegetable garden. She said, "that THING" was eating our dinner. It needs to go into the freezer! She had dropped it with one shot behind the ear and it landed in the lettuce patch. She had no patience with anyone or anything tromping through her garden... the neighbor's dog just wasn't likely to end up in the freezer. ;^)
Minx, great little pistol. Used to have one. Heard ppl say .22 will just piss off target. My friend shot an intruder w .22. He not only didn't get pissed off, he died.
Bet he was pretty pissed he died from a 22.
It’s 2022 and This video just showed up in my recommended and my God I miss Berry! rest in peace brother
"The one thing we can say about this are a couple of things" 😂
Great line.
My favorite part of the video ... "22 will kill the crap out of you."
Matt Man88 all guns will kill stupid! They are machines of death and the NRA benefits from death. Sick bastard!
Yes but I wonder who will die first. The one with a .308 exit wound with his guts out or the one with a .22 stuck in his ribs?
doesn't really matter, they both gonna die.
@ Gregg Smith...Bwaaaahaahahahaahaahaha. That is funny.
@@gregsmith2190 machines of freedom ...pussy
Everytime I go back to watch your older videos and see Barry, it always puts a smile on my face! He may be gone for now, though his wealth of knowledge lives on forever.
I was shot by a single .22LR from 3-4m distance to my stomach.
I still live after 6 months.
However I had 5 surgeries, and 1 more in 2 months.
This is why it must be stressed no matter what when you are beginning to teach a shooter that you don't get into that "It's just a .22" mentality. After teaching some hunter safety courses it's real easy to get into the mindset that the .22 is just a toy. It's far from it.
So true. My dad always told me a .22 will kill you or mess you up internally. I always had more respect for the .22 cause of how much we shot them
a child should learn to shoot with a single shot shotgun first,.....in Canada birdshot is not considered deadly past 300m and that reduces the chances of accidents for gun noobs.
Bayan1905 True that! When I use to work on a farm whenever we butchered cattle we used a 22lr to take down bulls and cows. Usually one only took 1-2 shots to drop the animal. Keep in mind the shot was taken at 20 feet.
Bayan1905 exactly. No matter what caliber, all firearms must be treated as lethal. Even BB guns.
ReCkLeSsErr0r well not so much BB guns. because I got shot with a BB gun over 100 times when I was a kid and it left a mark but no different than the ass whippings my father gave me lol, and I mean the old BB guns which had the metal pellets and not these fake plastic ones lol. However, you are right because if you hit a sensitive area, like you face or private area, then great harm could be inevitable, that's why I say not so much...
darn, I guess I can put my 1/2" pine ballistics vest back on the shelf :-(
+USNVA hey nice to see you , been quite a while !,
Yeah they said it , people do discount the .22 , thats for sure , thas why the .22 mag is really a nice present for anyone , but again the ,22 short and .22 LR are nothing to sneeze at , just better hit them really good especially if the , intruder is on pcp or some other garbage
RIP Barry thank you for continuing to educate through your videos!
About 35 years ago I got hit in the ankle from 6 feet away by a .22LR.
Felt like a hammer...shattered my ankle bone.
Took well over an hour to get me to the doc, who made a tiny cut in the side of my foot and removed the bullet.
Kids and guns can be iffy.
i dont care what anyone says if someone has a 22lr im gunna duck for cover
I dont care if someone is shooting at me with a 22 short from 500 yds,Im ducking for cover..hell,people get killed by pellet guns every year..one would be crazy to think a 22lr isnt extremely deadly
That way u buy 22 lr whalter but I have 40 Smith wesson anyway I guet the p22 is more accurate and low recoil and remember david kill goliath almost whit 22 caliber if you tink on jaaaaaaaa. So small caliber or big chust put that bullet on the right spot
you wont hear the 22 from 400 yards away very well or where it is coming from making it an optimal quiet gun not to mention if you are using sub sonics.
Yeah but out of curiosity would subsonic have the ability to reach out that far and be lethal?
@@Kony20202 Something like the Aguila Sniper Subsonic 60 grain ammunition would probably do better at longer ranges because heavier bullets retain energy at longer ranges better. This is why bullets that range from 80-90 grains are used for shooting 5.56 at around 1000 yards instead of the normal 55 or 62 grain bullets. .22 LR isn't a whole lot above the sound barrier even with loads with light bullets, and at 400 yards, no .22 LR would stay supersonic throughout its flight which can cause stability issues as the bullet transitions from supersonic to subsonic flight.
One of the best videos I’ve seen on RUclips .. well explained and shown in simple details.. Thank you guys 👍🏻👍🏻😊😊
I have many varieties of .22 firearms, I think it's 12. I love my .22s. That's what I learned to shoot first @ 5 years old. Loved the video guys, great job!
RIP Barry! Damn, every one man needs a man like Barry in their life.
he was cool but the way you said it makes you sound gay for him lol
austin cutty
Yeah, probably could have phrased that a little differently! haha
I used to teach gun safety in the Boy Scout camp I worked at as a teenager. The video well describes the power of a .22. What is left out, though, is that all people intending to have a .22 around should be made aware that, though it may not be accurate beyond what was shown here, it can still injure and kill at much greater distances. This is important when training to use one as the user should always be aware that an incautious shot can kill even when not aimed deliberately at someone a long way away. We used to figure at least a mile, but it could be more as I do not know if that was field tested. Some people think that if they shoot into the air that a bullet will somehow not be lethal, but there are many cases of deaths by bullets fired celebrating the 4th of July.
Rules we taught included, among others:
Treat every gun as if it were loaded.
Watch where you point a gun when carrying it.
Don't point it at anything or anyone you do not intend on shooting.
Fire only when you can see your target and what you will be hitting.
Fire only when you have cleared the background behind your target.
If you get a misfire, it can still go off at any time. Clear the round carefully.
When I was first being taught gun safety, an older gentleman was telling us about hunting elk. He saw one standing silently on a ridge and took aim. But something caught his attention. There was a strange shift in shadow behind that animal. Turns out that a man on a horse was on the next ridge beyond and perfectly lined up behind the elk. His horse would drop its head occasionally to crop some grass. When he did so, it blocked out some sunlight and that is what caught our hunter's attention. Had he fired, even if he had hit the elk, the bullet could have passed through and still hit the horse or rider.
As a young man I read an article about a minister in Africa who liked to hunt lions, and he used a .22 rifle!
I would love to know what happened to the bastard kid who shot you!
Still very valid. Great to hear Barry again. My wife and I were discussing the lethality of the 22 round, as several antique pocket pistols back in the day, like Derringers, were in 22 Short. Definitely a round not to be messed with.
I remember watching this the day it came out. Now 10 years later, I'm enjoying it again. I miss seeing Barry on RUclips.
itll kill the crap out of you
+Adam Alford /Dead is dead!
John Brown It was a quote from the video and I happen to disagree. If you shoot him full of holes with a .22 and he is still coming and dies in a hospital later then he can still hurt you. If he dies at your feet because you made a good shot with a better round then you are in better shape.
+Vae Victis Yeah it will but thats not really the point
that cracked me up
+Adam Alford you have to find what works for you! personally for the range I use 9mm due to ammo price and for home defense I use 380 due to fear of over penetration
Respect from Germany . And one xtra like for the German Army jakets👍🏻
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@@juandoe2727 1933!
Excellent video. A+. A concise and clear presentation which shows the lethal effect of a 22 bullet at close and a long range.
Thanks for coming round to my place tonight Rick.
It’s been a privilege having on the couch in my living room.
As an English language teacher, I know like you that in the real world, practising one hour a day 6 days a week is the way to go.
I’ve had my Epiphone SG Vintage Reissue on my knee, and hanging on your every world - as I do every single day of the week.
That you can give such a down to earth pep talk (exactly when I needed it) off the top of your head is testament to your class and why you’re a RUclips legend with half a million followers.
By the way, back to front video camera novel hook. 🤣
Amazing!! Great video...just goes to show how great a .22 is even being a "small bullet" Gettin shot is gettin shot...you are right!!;)
***** There was a guy who robbed a gas station here. He was shot 5 times with a .45scp at about 6-8ft. He ended up living. It really depends on whether it's your time to go and where you get shot.
Dick Johnson - if the rounds miss you are vital organs? Dropped out during second grade, eh?
Why do u all wanna shoot each other, the civil war ended a long time ago people
Doc Holiday wow, you get shot 5 times for robbery, what a scarey country you must live in
The big secret people don't remember is that a 22 will bounce around on the inside. That's why they were feared. A larger caliber might go through you, but 22 will more than likely stay in you and often bounce around causing more damage. My husband did a stint in an ER and the docs hated the 22 because it was hardly ever by the entrance wound.
+alaskankare
That is true. However with today's expanding and fragmenting rounds the .22 has lost some of its luster. Though I STILL like it a lot. It is severely underrated as a defensive round. Hits bone and ricochets rather than going thru.
Finding the internal rick-o-shay, deformed bullet is the hardest part. The extra damage it does instead of going thru and thru is shocking.
I've read many times that the mafia types always used a 22. One, it's quiet compared to a 44, 45 or other common round back then. Second, it kills people dead. Third, dirt cheap bullet and gun to usually. I saw this on a history show once. The bullet has enough energy to get inside the skull but once in, it just bounces around ripping up the brain until it stops. If that thing bounces around even once or twice, the brain is going to look pretty bad. Death is certain. I don't recall ever hearing about anyone surviving the little .22 round.
This may explain why I have a fat 50 ammo can of loose 22 ammo. Plus another can of boxed ammo. If any Govt types want to see them, they sunk with my boat. lol Guns too. :-)
Professional hitmen, point blank totally silent and totally deadly. And no mess, no fuss.
Bullets very seldom tumble. Tumbling requires a full 360 degree rotation nose to base to nose again. Once a bullet yaws 180 degrees it usually stays that orientation especially if the nose has mushroomed as the expanded part acts like a drag parachute. Watching bullet tracks in ballistic gel demonstrates that. If it were yawing broadside there would be more than one wide spot in the track as it turned sideways.
When I first got my Remington Nylon 66 and my Ruger 10/22 I was able to shot holes clean through two 14gauge steel plates as well as 1 1/2 30 gallon steel drums made of either 16 or 18 gauge , they were pretty tough stout steel barrels or drums. These shots I made were at about 20-25 yards using both CCI mini-mag CPHP 36 grain rounds and federal game shock 38 grain cphp and 40 grain CPRN all penetrated just as far through the steel targets I had set up. Even at 100 yard those rounds would still go through 2 of those steel drums aligned one after another.
This was the golden age of gun RUclips.
Thank you Guys. I never knew that a 22LR can be that lethal and at that range.
WOW I had no idea my little 10/22 would kill at 400 yards.
it'll kill at 800!, but the furthest youll shoot and hit a man sized target is 400
Ethan Dobbins a 22 will go a mile
Yeah. Because you'll hit a mobile target with a bullet that will, approximately, drop 1 inch for every yard, at that range. That's 33 feet, or if you prefer, three full building storeys and change.
MoonEyes2k Lmfao 1 inch per yard? what are you smoking? do you own a 22? sighted in at 30 yards, I get about 6 inch drop at 100 yards. unless you are talking about the shorts, which I have not shot. but a 22lr does not drop 1 inch per yard
Tyler Peters
Yes. It does. As one can easily find out by actually looking things up.
Thank you for this demo... I have long said (as ppl laughed at my prepping stocks) that I would rather have a cheap lightweight .22 LR instead of say a 9mm or larger... I argue that the ammo and weapons themselves are MUCH lighter allowing you to carry more for longer distances than the heaver stuff
I agree I'd much rather carry 2k rounds of 22 over 2k rounds of 45acp or 2k rounds of 30-30 lol that shit would be heavy, not even taking into account the 5 pound pistol and 9 pound rifle. My old style Marlin model 60 is I think 3-5 pounds and with the 22" barrel is extremely accurate too.
Definitely have as many good 22lrs as possible pistols and rifle, that's why I would because u can easily carry 1000 rounds , you just can't beat that for the tasks it's capable of
Exactly. Spot on.
That is why I just bought my first rifle (M&P 15-22) a long with 5,000 rounds 5 days ago. I was thinking to buy AR 15 or 9mm rifle. But the price of ammo and the weight turned me off.
Great video! I was taught at a very early age to respect all firearms and learned to shoot with a 22lr rifle, and I've always enjoyed shooting the round and when I taught my son about firearms i stressed the fact that a 22 will kill and will kill at far distances and that knowing what's behind your target is seriously exstreamly important , never underestimate any projectiles ever !
This is a very well researched, executed and common sense video. Great work all around here.
Love the video. Might I add that a 22lr would probably bounce around inside the rib cage or crainium and cause more damage, rather than a "clean pass through".
CIA method. Exploits ricochet inside skull. Blender effect.
RIP Barry, smart, pleasant, clear to the point, great teacher, large body of knowledge.
Back in 1948 when my dad was 13 years old he shot a 22lr at my granddads barn at about 400 yards well the barn was about a inch thick pine wood but the 22lr hit the barn went in the side of the barn and hit my granddads prized cow in the head and killed it dead so a 22lr is way underrated
Bullshit.
And right after that, the Aliens landed and healed the cow with their magical raygun. Right?
Junior Johnson no he shot the cow not the bull. You have comprehension issues defective brain.
Francis Allen boy, did he get a whopping . . .
Francis Allen sure
This is important from a safety perspective as well. You need to really think about what is BEHIND your target. At 450 yards is 26% of a mile, and the rounds can certainly travel a maximum of a mile or more.
So TRUE, WE ALL need to go over and over, recite, sing a song to, know by heart, think of them often, THE SAFETY RULES OF POSSESSING,HANDLING,SHOOTING, BEING AROUND, ANY AND ALL WEAPONS...
Yep knew that when I was 12 years old. That was 60 yrs ago. My grandfather is the one who I learned how to shoot and gun safety.
2021 and nice to see Barry, he is missed.
I love the 1022, I bought one 30+ years ago and gave it to my son 15 years ago and its back in my safe still running like the day I bought it.
I work in the medical field and I have seen one death from a 22LR to the lungs and one guy critically injured from a 22LR to the lungs. He also had got hit in the forearm and required many surgeries which resulted in limited use of his arm.
the .22 is definitely underrated. i got a Mossberg 715t .22 lr , which is semi automatic and lethal. hands down one of my top 4 favorite guns
Can you put a drum or another magazine on it?
Glad I watched this.
Glad you published this
Thanks!
Thank you for this vid. I've been trying to convince friends that a 0.22 pistol is an effective defensive weapon, especially if it's a high capacity and you are a decent shot. We had five men stab a 2x4 with a knife as hard as they could and they all agreed that they would have neutralized the target. All of the knife jabs made it into maybe 1/4" through the 2x4. We then took a small compact 0.22 and shot the same 2x4 at a 25foot distance. That "small" 0.22 went all the way through and created more damage than five men with a knife at point-blank range. Needless to say they have not ever underestimated the 0.22 round since then, especially if one is a decent shooter.
Very cool, I will try this myself since I am a big and strong man with a KA-BAR knife and a .22 rifle. I think I even have a 2x4 in the garage.
Fun times tomorrow!
Edit: I bet my knife can get 1/2" into the 2x4. We'll see if my actions live up to my imagination.
Can I just say that on the behalf of all people watching this video. Even the ones with thumbs down.... You guys are Fucking Fantastic. Keep doing what you do. Thank you for educating the general public.
It will kill the crap out of you, that's awesome! Great round, been using it for coyote, Bobcats, raccoon for years. It drops them in their tracks. I knew a guy in high school that was accidentally shot on the second floor of a house shot from the first floor and it killed him. 22LR is definitely lethal!
Even if 22LR looks small, it's not a toy, use your firearm safely, always!
Thank You - I have say this same for years. The sound of the Blast, the heat of the bullet penetrating ones body will convince anyone they need to run (if they can)
I'm new to guns, although I've always believed in .22 LR… Some more experience people are trying to convince me that .22 is just a toy and buy a .45 or at the very least a 9mm… and although I'm a big gun, but I really enjoy shooting a Ruger 10-22…
Higher calibers have better stopping power…. However it’s always about shot placement….
My accuracy with short barrel pistols are horrible and I’d be better off using my m&P 15-22 than I would a short barrel 9mm Ruger, that being said… I’d prefer to have a 9mm with a regular size barrel, but with my 15-22 I’m very comfortable shooting 2 shots in the chest and one in the head repeatedly and accurately.
No hun is a toy and every gun can be lethal, it’s all about shot placement.
maybe these "experienced" people are not as experienced as they think
Eric: “A 22 will kill the crap outta you.”
Barry: “If you get a hole you weren’t born with...”
I love it! Great commentary.
I was surprised with the 22 short . Really impressed .
I have a high degree of respect for a .22LR. I was shot by one when I was 14. Was most fortunate that the injury was no worse than it was. I was hit in foot. I did not "feel" the exact moment of impact. The impact literally picked me up and sat me square on the ground. I was totally confused because I did sit down, but yet I was square on the ground! It was that much latency between the moment of impact and feeling pain, but when the pain hit, it made up for lost time!!!!
Reagan was almost killed by a .22 that bounced off his limo and entered under his arm, stopping less than an inch from his heart. If you want to know what it will do, take notice of the guys with Reagan who got shot in various places by John Hinckley. Not one of them bounced up and kicked ass. They all laid there like they were dead or dying.
Rip Barry 😔
Nahhh he gon??
@@dimasacosta6551 yeah
Watching this again 8 years later , Barry is missed .
Great video guys, very informative! Thank you!
440 yards.... that's pretty impressive.
Just stumbled upon this, but it's a really great video. In the infantry, they teach that the effective range for a 5.56 round (i.e., what the M4 and some AR-15s fire) is 300 meters. A lot of people think the 22LR is inadequate for personal defense, but this video definitively proves that wrong, and proves that a AR platform is way too much rifle for home or personal defense. IMO, an AR is a lifestyle accessory. I'm more than content that my home is secure with my modified Kel Tec CP-33, and the Ruger 22 LCP pistol that I carry. I have a 9mm Sig, but I rarely use it; it's my backup for my 22!
Love my CP33 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Great video! Clear and to the point of what a 22lr can do. Thank you.
Never would have thought a 22LR would blow thru that pine at 400+ yards,, Love my Henry 22LR. Nice vid.
grtwhtbnr_ I didn't recognize you w/o your "spotter" in the .22LR vid.
Once again, I agree. I was surprised to see the distances though. Heartening.
I am a big city RN and have seen more than my share of bullet wounds. Just for giggles though, I once had a patient who played russian roulette w a 22 short and lost. He shot himself in the roof of the mouth and made it! The slug lodged behind his nose. No brain injury, not much blood loss. I keep the 12/22 on the theory that if looter(s) with ARs show up, plinking one and cutting the other in half will probably discourage them while I reload. Packs of roving coyotes? Handled. If the 101 airborne shows up I'm screwed, blued, and tattooed without a SAW, 10,000 rnds, 20 40mm grenades, 3 RPGs and a stinger missile. Keep up the good work .Mikey likes it.
Sounded like there was a pretty stiff breeze blowing that day. Wind that stiff would even scatter 5.56, but to a slightly lesser degree.
Good video, very informative. Thanks guys
Thank you for this info. I have been looking for this for a very, very, very, long time. Thanks again
Thanks for this video. I've always maintained that the best weapon for self defense is the one that you are able and willing to use effectively, but even more important is having it with you. My little Phoenix .22 might not be the scariest pistol on the market, but it is always ready to use. If someone is becoming a problem, they're not going to be further away than 20-30 feet anyway, and if they are out at several hundred yards, I use the Mosin Nagant sniper rifle.
What most people don't realize is most criminals will not fight with you if they know you are armed, whether you have a 458 elephant gun or a 22 once you start shooting, they are going to flee 99 times out of a 100 ! Nobody wants to be shot ! ! So yes a 22 will work for self defense !
The main issue is the stopping power isn't very good if you don't hit them right in a vital area it may not go well for you. Only dumbasses argue that it can't kill it's just it's not nearly as powerful as some other mainstream rounds like the 9x19mm or especially the 10mm auto.
thank you guys for making this video. I am defiantly a fan of the .22 LR people do not seem to really understand the 5.56 and 2.23 are basically the same as the .22 LR. anyway thank you guys for being advocates for the .22 LR...
2021 and Barry hasn't changed a bit. Good to see Him again .
Excellent video and info. This should be mandatory Watch for everyone.
Keep up the Great work 👍
Thanks for these ( the 9mm too) very informative...Reminds me of a conversation with my brother-in-law about how wimpy a 22 cal. is...I told him to let me shoot him a 100yrds with one but he declined lol. Great vids! keep up the good work
I know never to underestimate a .22 LR. I've dropped many fully grown adult male kangaroos with .22 LR.
+Clinton Rodier we're callin' them "kangoroos" now.....awesome!
Clinton Rodier wow congratulations buddy...😂😂😂😂😂😉
i used to hunt fox with a 22 long rifle in the 1980s i had no problem taking down a fox at 400 yards althogh i usually put my fox bait- slaughter remains 150 yards from the barn where i used to hide and wait
Why the hate for shooting roos? Legal with tags. They also breed like hell now they have consistent water and crops from agriculture. Do huge amounts of damage to crops. And they tasty! Would you have a problem if it was wild goats being shot?
It's just like people in the US complaining about hog hunters. They are a huge nuisance.
I love my .22 marlin bolt action that I got back in 1993. Still looks new too.
Great job, Gents! Didn't know about the 1)2 pineboard thing. Plus, don't forget the .22 is the only externally lubricated bullet, which helps.
This is why you always have to be aware of what is behind your intended target.
If you miss, even a .22 round can do damage a long, long way out....
"Say what you want about the 22, but it will kill the crap out of you!" 🤣🤣🤣
I love this guy.
Thank you for showing the effectiveness of a 22 from close up to 440 i honestly did not think a 22 could go that far 🙏🏻
I have a .22 singleshot that will fire .22 long, .22 short, subsonic, buckshot and anything else. I love it...
Purchased at a garage sale around 40 years ago by my dad.
Years ago I set up a one gallon milk jug of water at 320 yards, with two 2-ft panels of half inch plywood behind it. After some practice on a metal 5-gallon can, in the single luckiest shot of my life, I nailed the jug dead center. The rounds were Remington LR High Velocity 40-grain solid points. This shot put a pair of 2" long splits in the back of the jug, and the exit hole showed that the solid bullet had mushroomed to 3/8". It then penetrated both pieces of plywood and dug 4" into the dirt. The .22 LR does not get enough respect.
My name is Fred I have a 22 mag what's the killing distance
Wow. I'm glad you posted this