Is 22 mag the dumbest round going? ?

[Hookeye]

Just got a .22 mag Contender for chucks and fox up close. Had a Smith 648 for years, sidearm for chucking (main rig a .243 rifle).
Took quite a few with a 9422M.
Nice lose range varmint round.

I did run my 648 for target..........IHMSA field pistol. Did just fine.

 

[blue2golf]

Ruger Single Six with the Mag cylinder is good for hiking the backwoods and State Parks, especially since open carry is permitted. Plow handle makes it easy to draw and present, while .22 mag hollow points will take down both rabid critters or rabid humans. It is my preferred woods gun.

 

[D-Ric902]

I understood that the idea of the 22 mag was to get 22 lr rifle velocity from a handgun.
Handgun with close to the fps of a ruger 10/22 for example

 

[cosermann]

22 mag fits a niche; just like lots of other cartridges do.

 

[Hookeye]

"niche" .............new code word for varmint noggin'

 

[Cat-Herder]

My wife got a possum this morning with a Marlin 25MN 22mag at about 30 yards. From the bedroom window, still in bed. Uh...she's a bad@$$.

 

[churchmouse]

I used a single shot bolt action .22 Mag to hunt about everything when I was in my teens. It never failed to stop what I was shooting at.

 

[Nightsniper]

For years the best .22mag round was Winchester 40gr,HP which done a great job on animals. Now days the new lighter rounds shoot flatter, tighter groups with more punch makes it even more versatile as a Hunting Rife. Hornady 45gr Critical Defense is a very devastating round in a Rifle for larger game.

 

[iChokePeople]

No. 40 S&W is the dumbest round going.

 

[Cat-Herder]

I took this one this morning with the Marlin 22 mag at about 35 yards. They sure love chickens....