Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Who is carrying a 22 for the porpoise of self defense?

A 60-4 is the best of the 60’s IMO, I like the regular non magnum J, a little shorter frame IIRC.

I need a fiber optic front sight on my 617-6, no one I trust locally to install it.

I toted a NAA 22 mag for several years. I still do from time to time depending on what im wearing. I moved up to a smith 360 357 that rides in my front pocket every day. I forget its there most of the time. When I roam the woods the 357 is in the pocket and on my hip may be a buckmark or a SBH or a glock 20 or a governor. Just depends where im going and what I plan on doing. The buckmark is my latest acquisition and I don't know how I've gone so long without one. It's the 4" micro bull.

I had a Browning Buckmark in the middle 1980s (it had a gold trigger). Like so many guns I've sold, I regret selling it some time in the 1990s.

Today, you'd be mugged for your Diamondback...

Assassins use a .22 because they usually walk up behind someone and place the muzzle in the base of the skull. In that case, a hot primer with no bullet may even work. 😊

since i’m diurnal, not in a uniform, and away from mlk boulevards and brown bear neighborhoods, a 22lr is a most-often ccw. because it is easy, soft and cheap to practice with alot i can consistently hit with it, strong-, weak- and off-hand. there is no proximity fuse shrapnel or concussive shock wave from a missed centerfire caliber. ruger sr22, lcr 22lr and a naa bugout1 22lr are favorites. rapid fire (kinda with the naa) shots into center mass target at lawful defense distances should serve my humble needs.

As I said, I carry the 43c when I run and sometimes if I'm making a quick trip to town. I've seen what a 22 can and will do. For it's intended purpose, running or wearing clothes not suitable to carry a G19, I'd rather have the 43c than nothing and I'm not relying on just showing a gun to get me by, I can and will make good use of it if needed. I also have a few 642's and tried them but they weigh more than the 43c and it's just enough to keep pulling on my shorts.


But any other time I'm carrying a G19. A determined attacker is a thing but I'm a determined survivor...

It’s true that the weight of the stainless steel parts in an otherwise aluminum 642 can lead to an indecent exposure. However, a titanium cylinder Three-Forty-Something is not much heavier than the 43c. This one’s a 342, and gets carried often when away from home during the hot, humid Southern Summertime:



It carries in the same holsters as the 43c, including Galco’s Classic Lite lightweight shoulder rig, perfect when wearing just a thin Hawaiian shirt and swimming shorts.

Ya I had one of those too for a short time. Gotta count the ammo and it’s still heavier. Maybe it’s more a matter of comfort, not having to adjust anything running down the road. And to be clear, I’m not wearing a belt but gym shorts when I run. Carry the 43c in a modified kydex holster. I do use a HPG kit bag when I run over 10 miles. Then I still go as light as I can.

I'm not pushing it as the best for SD but I've been shooting a 1 7/8" lcr in .22 lr for a couple of years and started shooting a 3" lcrx in .22 lr earlier this year. The speed and accuracy of 8 rounds out of them makes me shake my head every time I shoot. I shoot +P 38's in a 1 7/8" lcr (slightly heavier .357 model) about as well but not nearly as quick.

8 rounds in the chest would be a mess. Even with speed strips reloads take a while though.....

My son has a pre-lock 342, he let’s me shoot it, if I’m good. Great little snub

My wife & I practice with a Ruger LCR 22 but we carry LCR 38. I'm sure I'll have enough 38 rounds for the rest of my life.

Pretty close to the subject, and I think a good read:

http://straightforwardinacrookedworld.blogspot.com/2012/10/dark-arts-for-good-guys-22-lr-pistol.html

I often carry either my NAA in 22 mag or a Beretta Bobcat when taking a walk.

Yessir, it certainly is.

9mm +P is as small as i will go. The P365 fills the bill

This thread makes me think that I "need" a Ruger LCP-22.

Make it an LCP II. You can thank me later.

Reads like the intro to a book.

Fiction sells...

Pack your little .22 for world travel, if you don't pack anything else?

I've wanted one since I heard they were going to be made. Then I heard about the problematic safety.