I carry a 22 LR revolver with birdshot, usually one shot and it is all over.

I have used a 38 revolver with shot capsules but a couple of times they were close enough that the capsule did not have enough distance to shred and I ended up with a quarter size hole in the dirt. The 22 LR is has opened up better for me a closer distances.

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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

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