Hows that .22 working out for you...

[SMiller]

Retired Green Beret shoots intruder, gets court martial

BREVARD, NC Jan. 19, – Retired Army Green Beret Smokey Taylor got his court martial this weekend and came away feeling good about it. Taylor, at age 80 the oldest member of Chapter XXXIII of the Special Forces Association, was on trial by his peers under the charge of “failing to use a weapon of sufficient caliber” in the shooting of an intruder at his home in Knoxville, TN, in December.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962059/posts

 

[SMiller]

Try some hallow points in something that is a full size caliber...

 

[Bert]

thats a good read

 

[Rocket57]

That .22 'right between the eyes' probably stopped the perp better than a 9mm or even .45 to the body that didn't hit an artery or major organ. Shot placement trumps caliber?

 

[Spike_351]

That .22 'right between the eyes' probably stopped the perp better than a 9mm or even .45 to the body that didn't hit an artery or major organ. Shot placement trumps caliber?

shot placement always trumphs caliber, defending yourself doesn't matter if you can't hit your target. A shot to the head of 22 is more dangerous than a 9 or 45 through the foot.

 

[HoughMade]

Fun story!

Did we miss the part about the bullet bouncing off and not penetrating beyond the skin? Shot placement, sure, but no penetration=much less of a chance of stopping the threat.

Seriously, I've seen some tests of CCI Stingers and Velocitors and what penetrates very well, to 12" and expands from a rifle barrel will not expand from a pistol barrel and will either overpenetrate or not penetrate at all, unpredictably.

Examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbVY4gT5P20



I personally needed 2 shots to kill a possum shot in the "kill zone" using Stingers from an M&P 22 pistol at very short range.

 

[LANShark42]

I think his logic was brilliant. As it was, the perp got caught and he didn't have to clean blood, skull and brains from his wall. The perfect compromise!

 

[KG1]

80 year old Green Berets are still badazz. Carry on Smokey.

 

[Redtbird]

Quote: "...the perp had soiled his pants as he crawled out of the house." End Quote

Loved this part of the story. Dude got the s*** scared out of him. It may be a long time before he tries to rob someone else.

 

[PapaScout]

Great story and Smokey can do whatever he darn well pleases at this point

 

[TopDog]

Now where is that dang INGO thread go where people were saying that the .22 was sufficient for self defense?

 

[JasonB]

I think his logic was brilliant. As it was, the perp got caught and he didn't have to clean blood, skull and brains from his wall. The perfect compromise!

I agree less cleaning to do... Brain matter on front porch would suck...

Some must not have read as it was actually applauded for accuracy... Got the idiots attention... Had at least 5 more waiting in his little revolver...

Retired 79yr old... If he's comfortable with .22lr with his service record I salute him, and only have to ask why his neighbors weren't at their doors with larger calibers ensuring the worthless blob of human flesh attempting to break in didn't make it to the curb after the first shot.

We should only hope and pray more older gentlemen have the same or better results if similar situations happen.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

He's pushing 80, he's fine to carry whatever he wants. His hands may not be up to the task of carrying a larger caliber.

I'd like to point out this line from the article, though:

If he’d used a .45 or something like that the round would have gone right through the perp, the wall, the neighbor’s wall and possibly injured some innocent child asleep in its bed.

Them's some hot .45s...

 

[chezuki]

Now where is that dang INGO thread go where people were saying that the .22 was sufficient for self defense?

Lol. Good God, which one??


My hats off to Smokey.

 

[MCgrease08]

"This isn't Vietnam Smokey. There are rules."

 

[Jomibe]

"This isn't Vietnam Smokey. There are rules."

That line just never gets old does it?

 

[wtfd661]

Now where is that dang INGO thread go where people were saying that the .22 was sufficient for self defense?

Here is a different thread for you

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...struck_14_times_with_45_and_keeps_coming.html

 

[TopDog]

I know there are tons of confirmed stories of felons being shot multiple times, some hits fatal and they still keep coming. Drugs or Dinosaur brains, either way that would be some scary crap.

But I know the .22 is super destructive. I saw Rizzoli & Isles tonight and it opened with a deadly head shot from 70 yards. Using the Henry US survival (sniper) rifle (it was the sniper version because it had a scope on it). Once assembled of course.

 

[jdwhitak]

Is this a real story because it sounds like something out of The Onion?

 

[actaeon277]

He's pushing 80, he's fine to carry whatever he wants. His hands may not be up to the task of carrying a larger caliber.
.....

This^^^^

Is this a real story because it sounds like something out of The Onion?

I think the shooting was real. And the trial was his friends humor.