Indeed George - thx a lot for posting that. What a gem, and as one might say - quite some provinence!!!
Sweet :smilez: Says something too about 22 mag!
Sweet :smilez: Says something too about 22 mag!
My Father's Peashooter
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Hello. Kudos to your father for his excellent dealing with those who needed it.
My Hi-Standard .22 magnum was carried a few years as a "last ditch" backup while I was in uniform. It was unobtrusive and not the easiest thing in the world to get accurate hits with, but it was there..
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I carried the .22 magnum, but never the .25 Beretta. (I bought it new from a fellow needing money for about $50...if memory serves. I think I've shot it once or maybe twice in the last fifteen or twenty years.) The .22 magnum never was needed against human predators, but I did slay a dangerous Texas Saber Tooth Opposum with it one night while on patrol at the edge of the city limits. It did produce a memorable fireball....
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Here it is with a 40-gr. Winchester JHP that I fired into water.
Looking around in my notes, here are some average velocities for the .22 magnum:
Winchester 40-gr. JHP: 1139 ft/sec
PMC 40-gr. JHP: 1162 ft/sec
Best.
My Hi-Standard .22 magnum was carried a few years as a "last ditch" backup while I was in uniform. It was unobtrusive and not the easiest thing in the world to get accurate hits with, but it was there..
I carried the .22 magnum, but never the .25 Beretta. (I bought it new from a fellow needing money for about $50...if memory serves. I think I've shot it once or maybe twice in the last fifteen or twenty years.) The .22 magnum never was needed against human predators, but I did slay a dangerous Texas Saber Tooth Opposum with it one night while on patrol at the edge of the city limits. It did produce a memorable fireball....
Here it is with a 40-gr. Winchester JHP that I fired into water.
Looking around in my notes, here are some average velocities for the .22 magnum:
Winchester 40-gr. JHP: 1139 ft/sec
PMC 40-gr. JHP: 1162 ft/sec
Best.
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