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Old 09-22-2012, 06:39 AM   #11
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One of my best friends in High School was attacked by his Stepfather with an axe, right after the Stepfather had killed and dismembered his mother. my friend went to his bedroom, where he had a .22 rifle.
It was a tube fed Mossberg, I believe. It held a lot of rounds, 16, 17 maybe?
The Stepfather eventually broke through the door and came at him with the axe.
He fired the best he could and eventually saved his life with that .22.
He was never the same, PTSD is a bitch.


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Old 09-22-2012, 09:17 AM   #12
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actually the smallest would be a 380 Auto. quite possibly a 22 could deflect off her kneecap leaving you to deal with the bear rather than her!


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Old 09-22-2012, 09:36 AM   #13
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Funnier than hell! Kinda a variation of the one where two guys are faced off by an angry bear and one says run, the other says, you cant outrun a bear, the response from the first is- "I dont have to be faster than a bear, I just gotta outrun you!

Answer to the question is no peashooter is useless if it works, you just cant use them all on the same threats. If my daughter could get an itty bitty gun to kill spiders, she would be a sniper and her home would be riddled with pin holes!
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9mm, biggest and smallest for my little hands. I just really like my 9mm round!
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9mm with Cor-Bon JHP's.
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The FN Pistol chambered in the 5.7X28 [.224] looks very impressive. The U.S. Secret Service now carries this weapon.
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I carry the Phoenix HP22 most of the time because there are no bears where I go.
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I have a P-3AT that I carry quite often. I used to carry a JA-22. The 22 is a lot more accurate than the 380 but they both will do what I need. Put enough holes in a bad guy to allow me to run like hell.
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actually the smallest would be a 380 Auto. quite possibly a 22 could deflect off her kneecap leaving you to deal with the bear rather than her!
Hahaha. True
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My .45 Detonics, it holds 7rds., 6 in the mag and 1 up the pipe.
It's at the bottom of the pic.
And as you can see it's small, less than the size of my hand
Man that's a nice Detonics. That's on my list of wants. My birthday is coming up FYI. Haha


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