I will never forget the first firearms lesson my father taught me when I was only 6 years old. He put his Ruger 10\22 up about an inch from a 8 inch in circumference tree and fired. He then showed me the small hole on the front of the tree and then told me to check out the back. The back of the tree had a golf ball size hole in it and I was stunned. He then said to me "now imagine what that could do to a person.... This is not a toy" that was 36 years ago and I have never forgotten that lesson.... I remember it every time I pick up any firearm......
@@Douglas21450 everyone should have one like mine that took the time to train me right.! The other thing he did was to fill the gun he was training me with full of blanks to make sure I was abiding by all the rules! I had no idea of course that I was shooting blanks for two years until I was eight...... lol.....was wondering why I couldn't hit anything......
Don't forget about my Hi capacity assault boots with the laser step indicator. AOC made me take them off when I went to her house for a prostitutionalized liaison.
"Fun" fact: In France, If you're an expert in any martial art (anything over black belt or certified MMA/Krav-maga fighter) your hands and feet are legally considered weapons under the same legal category as knives, batons and even black powder guns, meaning if you use your techniques against someone who doesn't know how to fight you can be charged for using lethal force against a non-lethal threat (unless they're much, much bigger than you in which case their assault is considered a lethal threat)
@@jefferylittleton1005 maybe BB is not good example but the logic is quite clear - there is difference between "22 lr is dangerous and can kill a person" and "22 lr is good for that purpose". I mean, "just enough" doesn`t equal "optimum" - with a same shooting skill there should be a good reason to choose less effective cartrige that only brings more variables in fight and reduces your chances? There are a lot of people being killed or heavily injured with a straight razor but why anyone prefer it to a knife or a dagger if he had an options. Hope I could described the point.
@@beholster1610 I know what you're saying, but the best gun is the one you have and the one you're comfortable with. A .22 revolver that someone has is infinitely better than the 9mm they don't. They're also good for people with wrist problems or other handicaps.
The fact is that he is always serious and professional… so whenever he does a joke he’s funny as heck 😂😂 coz he looks serious even when he does the joke lmao.
For real. Lol. I don't know why people write off a .22 for any general reason. Maybe they can't comprehend that there's no comparable transition to mentally match the injury of a firearm versus any lesser projectiles.
Well, you are thinking of a weakling. Actual robbers, rugged up by the streets, bulky, and possibly on drugs can overpower you as you hit every bullet in your small caliber gun. Just check this out: th-cam.com/video/UKZ55m2KBaY/w-d-xo.html
@@A_Box Yes. All criminals and robbers are 6'4 260lbs coked out bodybuilders with bulletproof implants under their skin. Shooting them would do nothing
@@paracosmicabsurdity6235 did you even watch the video I linked? The dude literally took one bullet straight to the face. Not only he did not die, he dragged himself to a hospital where he was arrested.
With the feet, as well. One kick Lefty, one kick Righty. Note also, in some other PH vid, (possibly a .32 test?? I forgot), he punches the meat target ... Lefty!
It is possible to train yourself to shoot with your non-dominant hand, truly ambidextrous or not. Many people do it because their dominant eye is on their non-dominant side. Most people just don't see enough reason or get enough training time to do it(people such as myself,) at least to the point of being proficient. I've thought that it might be a valuable skill to learn though, especially if I ever had the misfortune to lose the use or at least a fair bit of the dexterity of my dominant hand.
Man, I've accidently walked into other people's apartments while drunk, and it's scary to think that I could have been blasted for doing so, only to get called a drunk rapist after I died.
I’m a new ER doc, just the other day a young guy came in with several holes in chest, DOA, from some kind of .22 gun. I was really surprised to see the damage they can do, to the point where I don't make fun of people who carry .22 anymore.
Dad had unloaded on a huge dude trying to charge after him after he had left a club. Dumped all 10 rounds from his Ruger into that guys stomach, and practically shredded his insides.
It always amazes me how Paul can be outright hilarious with a serious face! Kicking those bottles made my day. I was laughing so hard I was crying! You never know what to expect with this guy!
Kicking the bottles followed by shooting them with the soda spraying all around had both my daughter and me rolling with laughter! Thanks Paul. Made our evening.
The 22 has several things that make it a viable choice for home defense.First it does not over penetrate walls . It has minimal noise and muzzle flash indoors. It is extremely controllable. It is a burst fire weapon that delivers multiple rounds on targets rapidly. It is easier to make head shots with if necessary. Cheap to feed , encourages practice
I met a forensic scientist who worked at a major university and he showed me part of their collection. That included several remains of people killed by .22lr. The potential lethality is unquestionable. There were a couple of hits that were deflected by bone but there will still plenty of hits with devastating damage. I would not choose it over other calibers for self defense but it is clearly potentially effective for stopping threats under certain conditions.
Minor fun fact: The mafia used to execute people with a 22 caliber pistol because it would have the power to enter the skull, but not exit it, so it'd just ping pong around and scramble the persons brains
I found out about the forensic properties of the .22 LR hollow point when I got called to jury duty back in 1981. Turns out they will ricochet around inside the chest cavity severing arteries and collapsing lungs.
For sure n hit alot of organs before they stop I was shot with one while fishing from a long way away seen them hitting the water in front of us then herd the power never found out who did it I still carry the bullet doctor said there couldn't find it I did
@@TimeGallon 4. Lighter to carry ammo if you need to take it, say, on a camping trip in your backpack. 5. Very little recoil so easy to reacquire target after shots. 6. Can bring down most any size game*, including humans god forbid, with proper shot placement. 7. All of the above reasons play into the fact that if your wife hates guns and loud obnoxious noises, but she may actually warm to using this particular round that isn't so punishing in recoil and sound, and it's the only viable option there.** *If you're practiced up and know where to place the shot of course **I say this all with the caveat that it would not be my first choice for self-defense. It'll do in a pinch. Sometimes we may indeed find ourselves in a pinch. I wouldn't feel completely helpless with a 10/22 and several magazines full of ammo at the ready. Even a single shot bolt gun and a pocket full of ammo would be worth something.
Robert Nugent imagine having a suppressed .22 pistol as a home defense option. My logic is that firing a .22 (considering, as you mentioned, the minimal recoil, weight and psychological stutter that higher calibers usually tax on the shooter) automatically makes you a much better marksman. If someone breaks into my house and I have to put several rounds into him to neutralize the threat, it’s still not likely that he’ll “drop” regardless of the caliper. We see this time after time in police or surveillance videos. Some perp is shot several times, center mass and still manages to either flee or pursue the shooter. As awful as it sounds, If you can crack someone in the face with the aided accuracy of a .22 the threat is MUCH less likely to continue a violent pursuit against you. That’s my logic. But this is also coming from someone who isn’t as good as he’d like to be with a 9mm or .40 or any respectable round lol
Hitmen have used silenced .22 pistols for assassinations, as have special forces worldwide, due to the ability to suppress the noise. So the answer is, yes they are effective, especially up close in your home
@@arcblooper2699 You're exactly right. .22 LR can be an effective killer, but a lousy stopper. Self defense is about stopping,...... killing or wounding is a side effect.
@@kellywalker8407 the person might not be blown through the next wall like some bullshit in a movie but if you empty a .22 into somebody you'll enter any subsequent fisty-cuffs with advantage
The IDF uses the .22 against violent rioters. Of all the footage I've seen, not a single one of the rioters continued rioting after catching a .22 to the shin. They also use the 10/22 to take out guard dogs, sentries, lights and to bust windows. The Russians developed a .22 urban sniper rifle in the war with the Chechnyans to match the civilian .22 snipers the Chechnyans were using to great effect against the Russian army. American soldiers in Vietnam were deployed with .22 rifles when they were sent into tunnels. Plenty of insurgent forces around the world have used the .22 to deadly effect going all the way back to the French and Chinese resistances of WW2 up until today in 2021 in the middle east. A bullet is a bullet. Shot placement is shot placement. A tool made for killing will kill so long as the person using the tool is adequately trained and has the desire to kill.
At age 13 I fired my first .22LR at a 55 gallon steel drum from 50 yards: It penetrated one side and put a dent in the other - I knew then this was a real weapon and not a mere toy.
If your strictly talking "home defense", a .22 round in the center of the forehead at 15 to 20 feet will usually discourage the VAST majority of home invaders.
A buddy of mine was shot in the leg with a .22lr and 15 years later still walks with a pronounced limp. I don't know about their killing potential, but I know I don't want to be shot by one!
Got my lesson about the power of the .22 when I was a kid and a custom butcher came out to the ranch to dress a steer. One brain shot through that thick skull and all four legs collapsed. It was on the ground dead about as fast as free fall could put it there.
Had a ,22 mag hollow point go through my calf muscle, luckily it just missed the bone. Took quite a while to heal and straighten out completly. Got some good expansion though.....the entrance hole was .22 sized and the exit was about nickel size!
Yes, fine now. However had bad medical care and it healed in a cramped up position. Took me about 8 weeks to straighten it out so I could walk normally. And that was 10X more painful than the actual shooting!
Anybody who grew up shooting a .22 as a kid, shooting old junk cars, boards, bottles, rabbits and such knows it's not a weapon to be disparaged. Shoot a 2x6 or even a 4x4 board with it, check out the entrance and exit holes, and then choose where in your body would you want that hole. I love a good .22 rifle. Cheap to feed, accurate, relatively quiet, and hundreds of rounds fit in a jacket pocket. Next to a good shotgun, it's as good as it gets.
I think a. 22 rifle is good to go. You're wife and kids can easily shoot it and it's cheap enough to get a lot of practice. Follow up shots are very quick and easy to control. Just make sure you stay on the good side of the wife and kids. 25 rounds of cci stingers in a 10/22 is no joke
@@dougdarby3564i wish i could but commiefornia says no… if only they got how much a positive is for the general populace than what hollywood and democrats have made them out to be
Except in a home defense situation (depending on your state) if you put 10 rounds into the guy, the Law might well decide to prosecute you for homicide.
@will smith Unless you're defending against a SWAT team or Ned Kelly's gang, intruders are probably not going to be very heavily armoured. A .22 will do the job just fine. Also, the psychological threshold for pulling the trigger is going to be lower for .22s than for higher calibers. Lower maximum damage potential, sure, but that also goes for accidental discharges or friendly fire - the former of which is going to be a much more likely scenario for most than a home defence situation. Besides, lower caliber=less damage to your own house.
When I moved out I finally bought my first gun, a $90 RS22, and I immediately felt the safest I've ever felt in my own house. So much more effective than the katana sword I kept in my room before lol
He is an expert on many matters in this area, and his opinions carry great weight, but the one thing Paul Harrell cannot do without someone else's help is demonstrate the ability of the _average_ hunter or shooter to hit a target.
My best friend in high school shot me in the face on accident with a ruger single 6 from about 10 feet away. You are correct in thinking it would not be a pleasant experience.
all the above comments make me so glad I don't live in such a gun nut paranoid country. mind you for the record unless the other guy has a more powerful gun you are pretty powerful with a .22 .... you have a gun, a club and if you also have a knife you are indestructible
I just have to say thank you for this. The fact that you're willing to talk about people who may have sound sensitivity and not be condescending about it is huge to me honestly. I've been shot at before and have PTSD from the experience, and while that PTSD doesn't manifest itself in a way that keeps me from using a higher power firearm, I can easily see how others might be left finding higher powered firearms to be very uncomfortable to shoot. So thank you for genuinely caring about folks and not making them feel like shit for things they can't help. You're good people, sir.
@Log Splitta Thank you for your service and the sacrifice you have made for our country, furthermore, thank you for the sacrifice you make every day as lasting implications for you bravery.
@Addict Tactile sensitivity. An amount of force that may feel fine to most will be close to if not over the limit for autistics. I've personally found that 7.62x39 is on the edge of unbearable and even 5.56 is more than ideal.
Lmfao 😂😂😂 Paul. You're so hilarious. "Let's engage the soda bottles with nothing first." "Let's shoot at the soda bottles with .44 magnum and miss." Love it.
Paul , there was a case in Mexico where an escaped convict engaged federal police with a 22Lr and killed 5 officers. This happenen in the late 70s. Never under estimate a 22Lr in the hands of a good skilled person.
I can easily see how that could happen, as I commented elsewhere if you can hit a running rabbit at 100 yards with a 22, that means you could also hit a human head easily, this would be lethal and emphasizes shot placement over caliber as many cannot shoot a larger caliber with recoil accurately.
@@drnapalm7605 except a "protection" vest doesn't protect your brain from being pierced by a piece of lead going 1000 feet per second. (The guy killed those officers with head shots. Not body shots...
-"The soda you sell is tap water with CO² and some food colorant. It's not bad for health, but doesn't taste much, and worse in every way compared to the main brands. How then do you explain your success ?" -"It's the cheapest and my company is based in the same county as Paul Harrell."
The first gun i bought for home defense was a Mossberg 701 that I bought on sale for $89.99. It was all that I could afford at the time and it sure made me feel better knowing that I had firearm in the house.
A while back I picked up one of those S&W M&P 15-22 rifles and my god, it's just a blast to shoot. It weighs almost nothing but is crazy reliable and far more accurate than I expected. plus it looks good as a deterrent. I would have no qualms using it even as a primary for home defense.
The Ruger 10/22 I shot more than all my other firearms combined, and that included other .22s. A while back, the M&P 15-22 was $349.99, and S&W had a rebate on the M&P line. Normally it excluded the M&P9 and 15-22, but there was no fine print, so I figured why not try. 4 to 6 weeks later I had a hundred dollar rebate card! Now with the prices of ammo, I have been shooting nothing but .22lr, except when the Army is provided the ammo. (Army Reserve)
I have the one from HK but bro they have no stopping power. Sure you land lethal hits but buddy is still coming at you as oppose to a 9 mil or .45 and he’s falling down from the force
@@boosted.boyo. Not going down the "stopping force" rabbit hole. I have a semi Auto Shotgun for home defense but like I said, I would be perfectly comfortable using just the 15-22.
The best part of "You be the judge" is it puts the responsibility on the viewer to think and make a decision based on the evidence.. it's quite brilliant.
I think the speed at which a semi auto .22 rifle can pump tiny lead bullets into a perp with no recoil and even under stress more than makes up for any of its short comings. I could put 10 rounds in a quarter at 10 yards faster than I could put 3 shots on a paper plate with my 9mm at the same distance. The lack of recoil and the muzzle never leaving your POA is just a huge advantage. They might not be large bullets, but they add up quickly in quantity in a very short time.
I’ve owned a 10/22 for 20 years-never fired it until last month. I was astonished at how accurate I was with it. I have 9mm, 380 and 38 Special handguns. I shoot some of them well but not as well as the 10/22. So, I came back to this video to see what Mr Harrell had to say about them. Glad I did.
I was shot at about 7 feet with a .22 LR in the left side of my chest, it went through my lung and shredded it and embedded in my shoulder blade. It's still there to this day, never underestimate a .22LR.
Paul, thank you for this video. Though by the time I saw it, it's been 5 and a half years since you did it. Let me add a very personal notation to this. Without going into great detail; my oldest brother was killed by a .22 round. He had an A.D./N.D. and I list that as such because it WAS an accident, but he did commit the ultimate act of negligence. He received a firearm and took it to be UNloaded based on his friend's statement that it was. AND my brother failed to check it first. As he rotated the weapon around looking at it, his finger slid down onto the trigger, and, (yes fatal error #2) it discharged. The round struck him under his left eye and well, the effect was devastating in more ways than one. Granted the distance from muzzle to p.o.i. was about 20 inches, the damage was nevertheless total. I can not thank you enough for putting this up, and I agree with your assessment 100% and were it possible to make that 1000% I would do so. You are spot on all the way with it.
Paul I absolutely love your channel and I love your honesty and how down to earth you are !!!! NEVER EVER LOSE THAT YOU ARE A TRUE REAL HUMAN AND AN ABSOLUTE ASSET TO HUMANITY!!!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR AWESOME VIDEOS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT NATION!!!!!!!
Dad and I ran hounds for years. I found that 40 grain solid 22lr ammo was far more deadly on raccoons. Yet for squirrel, the expansion of a hollow point kills them far better. For self defense I'd definitely opt for the superior penetration of solids.
@@TheDman216 the 40 grain solids tend to be better quality. The key is having a gun like the Henry lever action that will reliably feed all 22 LR cartridges.
RoadTripVidz I only see high praise for this guy...but I know what you're saying...he doesn't get enough views worthy of his content, which is consistently excellent.
I knew a guy who shot and killed his own stepdad. Stepdad was on drugs and attempting to burn his house down with his mother inside and dude blew his chest out. No jail time, house didn’t burn down, mother didn’t die. Problem solved.
"Or you're a better shot than I am," says the guy who just shot a two inch group off-hand with iron sights at a hundred yards with a ruger 10-22. Who says this guy doesn't do comedy?
Wow, this just came up in my feed. This video was my introduction to Paul several years ago. He sure has taught me a lot over the years. I pray he is getting the care he needs. Thanks Paul.
This was a fun video to make. I'm glad you've gotten some use from the material. I'm getting hospice care. It's going well. Thank you. Your prayers mean a lot. to me.
I'm an ex-marine, and I'd trust my life to a 22LR revolver as a self-defense weapon any day. These revolvers have a recoil that's barely noticable plus many have an 8-shot capacity. In a stressful situation, your aim and opportunity to shoot follow-up rounds at a threat increase as a result. This will give you confidence and can save your life.
mike crook- I saw an episode of Lt. Kenda Homicide Hunter that recounted the case of an Army noncom who was deployed overseas. He was concerned about the safety of his wife and newborn son so he got her a .22 cal revolver. Sure enough, one night there was a home invasion. This guy started advancing on her up the stairway. She held her son with her left arm and her gun in her right hand and told him to get out. If I recall this correctly, he laughed at her and she fired one shot to his chest. He died on the way down the stairs. {The post mortem showed she had placed a round right through his heart.} She was distraught at having had to kill someone and still very shaken. In Kenda's dry style he said he told her she "did good" and to to back to sleep.
@@SierraBravo347 Yep. And more about the deadly nature of the .22; remember, one .22 round almost killed President Reagan. And that was AFTER it ricocheted off of the door jam of his limo before it entered his chest and collapsed his lung.
In my EMT training, they told us that one of the worst things you can get shot with is a .22 because 1) It doesn't exit 2) It ricochets off organs causing more damage.
Back when I was in high school, our family doctor thought I should go to med school. We were eating dinner at their house one night when he got an emergency room call; gunshot victim. A lady had been shot in the stomach with a .22 but they could not find the bullet on an x-ray. He took me with him to the ER and, at the tender age of 16, I watched him make an incision from the bullet entry wound all the way to her right shoulder. I damn near passed out as her flesh opened up like a zipper. Sure enough, he found the bullet up by her right shoulder. It had hit organs/ribs and kept on going. She survived the surgery and I have never forgotten that anatomy lesson 52 years later. A bullet is a bullet is a bullet.
So true. For good and bad, however. Sometimes that leaves a perp alive to come back and sue you for causing him permanent damage over the course of defending yourself. Multiple rounds is key to avoid that nightmare.
Sorry, they do not ricochet. Please consider that most of the muzzle energy is expended during any penetration. Thus, there is nothing left to propel the round from point to point randomly. Thanks. Semper Fi! I'm a US Marine vet myself.
One big reason for a .22 for home defense, and the reason I'm switching, is if you live in a trailer park/apartment/crowded suburban neighborhood where overpenetration/misses can be a major problem.
@@kam_iko usually a good weapon light will keep you from not seeing... though you would lose your hearing. Ain't no one got time for earpro when a guy's banging in your door
Ya using 12 gauge even if you live in the woods on a farm your gonna have to remodel the last thing I wanna do after mopping up a puddle of blood is hang drywall.
@@hermitvoncrab7174 If you hit him with the 12 ga it might not over penetrate & hit the dry wall anyway, depends on shot size etc. I've seen some penetration tests with 00 Buck in gelatin & I don't believe it over penetrated, you might want to check, there's also low recoil L.E. 00 Buck which will probably penetrate even less.
20 guage for trailer park. #8-7. Plenty of up close hitting power, but mostly just messy. Unless a face shot its survivable. Be ready with a follow up round. That call be a bigger load or a deer slug.
Just to demonstrate what a .22LR semi auto brings to the table....multiple targets at 36 yards standing off hand: th-cam.com/video/vAnj28IVVaE/w-d-xo.html With a premium round like CCI Velocitor, which meets FBI penetration criteria and expands to almost .40 caliber....the little twenty two is not to be underestimated.
And most definitely yielding of mortal wounds. Maybe there's a logic that seems to think " it's designed for small game so it wont kill anything large...?" It's on record a woman out west killed a large grizz with one round of .22 LR from a bolt-action(probably a single-shot to boot). We can stand there and stab someone several times with a field or bullet tipped arrow and kill them too, but a .22 caliber anything would be vastly more efficient.
In Britain in early world war 2 when we were expecting to be invaded, SOE ( special operations executive ) operatives were issued silenced 22LR rifles for covertly despatching the enemy.
Not trying to take anything away from their effectiveness, but sometimes military and police choices are dictated by budgetary concerns more so than what is actually the best weapon.
Lots of arguments about what a .22 did on the Netflix show Making a Murderer. Part of the argument was how little penetration a .22 has and how it's not really effective against humans
When using a 22 rifle for home defense. Ammo choice plays a big part. CCI mini mag are pretty darn good from 10-22 for defense in tests I’ve done. I’ll be trying federal punch 22LR in some home defense tests soon from my Marlin model 39 carbine. But I’d love for Paul to shoot some meat targets with punch 22LR from rifles. His evaluation of it would be awesome. Thanks again for all of the amazing content this channel provides.
CCI Mini Mags (or stingers) in my 10/22 all the time. Not much difference between the hollowpoints and RN so whatever is in stock! I chronographed Stingers out of my 10/22 at 1550 fps! Mni Mags we around 1350 in a 10/22.
Mr. Harrell, thank you for this video. I just bought a Rossi RS22 this week because it’s all I can afford right now. AR’s have gone up so much in price just in the last week alone. I’m grateful I was able to afford the Rossi to defend my home.
A year later, how is that Rossi doing...? we own a Rio Bravo, but I've been thinking about getting some kind of .22 autoloader rifle...I'll grant the 10/22 and the Marlin might be nicer, but is the Rossi reliable...? easy to shoot...? finicky about ammo...?
One huge advantage of a 22 for home defense, is that not only are they great suppressed, but if you can't have a suppressor for whatever reason, the 22LR fired indoors is going to do a lot less hearing damage and produce a lot less blinding flash than one of those guys with a short barrel 223 or shotgun.
The two school massacres perpetrated in Finland (Jokela, 9 deaths and Kauhajoki, 11 deaths) were with 22LR. handguns. Yes, it's lethal and cannot be underestimated
Those stingers are pretty impressive in my opinion. One time I was shooting some old golf balls with my 22, and the golf ball was catching most of the bullets. When I switched to stingers, they started to really tear up the golf balls and destroy them within a few shots.
I stumbled across your channel and glory be! A channel disseminating the information I want to hear and learn done in a very down to earth style that does not insult my intelligence. I am very pleased to find this after all the mouth breathers, gun range ninjas, "ex-special forces" nincompoops and dingbats I have waded through on youtube. Mr. Harrell your channel is very refreshing and I seem to always come away with some nugget of info that I heretofore did not possess. Many thanks.
A few points that I've mentioned in other videos that where not addressed in this video. A 22 when fired in ones hallway will not produce flash. So your "night vision" will be retained. Also its a pretty quiet round. So you wont be blowing your own ears out, and finally. Theres no recoil. So you can stay on target, and fire faster. I dont know about the rest of the youtube warriors out there, but if you put one hole in me. I'm done.
Those are good points. In the interest of brevity I often omit things I consider to be axiomatic like that .22's have almost no recoil and aren't nearly as loud as most other guns.
I knew two guys that where shot with a .22 rifle on separate occasions. One is dead and the other guy hit the ground but stopped him ( he lived). The guy that lived is my cousin, and he said after being hit in the chest with a .22, he was stopped cold with the one shot.
Blues Brother, as a former army medic (now medically retired), I have treated several soldiers shot in the thorax (garrison, no armor, one shot in the back, two shot in the chest). All survived and reported immediate incapacitation. One was hit > 300 yards from a negligent discharge and was still stopped. bullet type didn't make a difference. hollow points expanded and solids tumbled.
So I’ve decided to try my hand at putting together some videos. The only thing being is that my “meat target” is coyotes! I just put together my first, which kind of sucks! Lol. My plan is to attempt to put together a bunch more showing the efficacy or even the downfalls of the .22 when used on coyotes. I’m hoping folks can take this info and use it for themselves to decide if a .22lr would be adequate for self defence. My first video is with CCI Mini Mags(36gr HP). I attempted to get one with Federal Punch today(saw 8 yotes but all out of range). th-cam.com/video/skWqPN3nt68/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gLrxEN42ZjwDB2OV
Thank you for all of the educational and entertaining content! You are an exceptional teacher, Paul! I very much appreciate your sense of humor, too. Your laugh at 2:37 reminded me of Troy McClure. "Hi, I'm Paul Harrell! You might remember me from such TH-cam videos as 'Something, or Nothing?' and 'Home Defense with Shatneresque Pauses,' brought to you by Pop-Tarts." Keep up the great work!
I did laugh out loud. I kind of suspected he would do that, but it was still funny to watch it. However I thought he'd declare that a win over the .22 hits, energy transfer and all. lol
I never get tired of watching you shoot the meat target as it is very educational. I'm surprised more gun videos on YT don't use your standardized version. Thanks Paul.
I just bought my wife a Ruger 10/22 and she asked me if the tiny bullets would do anything, so I had her watch this video. Thanks for being here for every question I can come up with. 😎
"Let's engage with nothing." is still one of my favorite jokes.
That had me spitting up my drink 😂
One of mine is him wearing PJs,in a fully made bed in the rain. He's great.
@@ThanenJ What video is that one?
Damn funny. Lol
The best scene on TH-cam regarding .22s. I clipped the scene with my iPhone and put it on Facebook.
I will never forget the first firearms lesson my father taught me when I was only 6 years old. He put his Ruger 10\22 up about an inch from a 8 inch in circumference tree and fired. He then showed me the small hole on the front of the tree and then told me to check out the back. The back of the tree had a golf ball size hole in it and I was stunned. He then said to me "now imagine what that could do to a person.... This is not a toy" that was 36 years ago and I have never forgotten that lesson.... I remember it every time I pick up any firearm......
Sounds like a good dad
@@Christian-jn1lz the best
Great dad!! I had one too.
@@Douglas21450 Me too!
@@Douglas21450 everyone should have one like mine that took the time to train me right.! The other thing he did was to fill the gun he was training me with full of blanks to make sure I was abiding by all the rules! I had no idea of course that I was shooting blanks for two years until I was eight...... lol.....was wondering why I couldn't hit anything......
“When you start poking holes in people...They usually leave you alone” - Jeff Quinn, reviewing LCP II 22
RIP 🙏
Miss that dude.
Someone else said if disengagement is your goal a few holes from a .22 will probably do it.
I was a Marine in Vietnam in the 60s and 70s and we had a saying: "We've done so much for so long with so little we can do anything with nothing."
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Mother Teresa's quote.
@@lgbtqisahategroup9781 "Rah rah rah rah. Rah rah."
- Lady Gaga
And now you have been shown just how incorrect that statement was.
@@garnerdix2829 vague
The best thing about a .22 rifle is that you can buy 100 rounds for a bent nickle and a Blockbuster coupon.
That's exactly what I love about my pellet gun.
I've been given more 22 then I'll ever use.
Or $7.99 to $11 most places
@@arintheseatsesh6242 I remember being able to get them for about a penny.
Stock up on .22LR...even if you don't have a .22 caliber gun. I hear they will become good currency for trading during the zombie apocalypse... :D
Him kicking over those soda bottles just proves how badly we need common sense foot control.
Ban size-15 assault feet now
WATCH OUT! The Democrats are going to license your feet!
@@rollinmckim4719 We also need a ban on laces more than 16 inches long. Can't have boots too tightly bound.
Don't forget about my Hi capacity assault boots with the laser step indicator. AOC made me take them off when I went to her house for a prostitutionalized liaison.
"Fun" fact: In France, If you're an expert in any martial art (anything over black belt or certified MMA/Krav-maga fighter) your hands and feet are legally considered weapons under the same legal category as knives, batons and even black powder guns, meaning if you use your techniques against someone who doesn't know how to fight you can be charged for using lethal force against a non-lethal threat (unless they're much, much bigger than you in which case their assault is considered a lethal threat)
I've been asking people for years. Still waiting on someone to agree to taking a .22LR round at 20 feet
Exactly lol... cheap ammo and effective, esp w decent shot placement. A shot to the head is deadly
That doesn't mean anything though. I wouldn't agree to take a BB at 20 feet. That doesn't mean a BB gun is an effective home defense weapon.
@@AaAa-sr4um shooting each other with bbs is a frequently played game that people play hundreds of dollars to play.
@@jefferylittleton1005 maybe BB is not good example but the logic is quite clear - there is difference between "22 lr is dangerous and can kill a person" and "22 lr is good for that purpose". I mean, "just enough" doesn`t equal "optimum" - with a same shooting skill there should be a good reason to choose less effective cartrige that only brings more variables in fight and reduces your chances? There are a lot of people being killed or heavily injured with a straight razor but why anyone prefer it to a knife or a dagger if he had an options. Hope I could described the point.
@@beholster1610 I know what you're saying, but the best gun is the one you have and the one you're comfortable with. A .22 revolver that someone has is infinitely better than the 9mm they don't. They're also good for people with wrist problems or other handicaps.
I love Paul's sense of humor. He doesn't let it out to play all that often, but it never disappoints.
Me too. This video was hilarious and also very true.
The fact is that he is always serious and professional… so whenever he does a joke he’s funny as heck 😂😂 coz he looks serious even when he does the joke lmao.
As a EMT for the past fifteen years I have seen several people shot with a .22 and they were just as DOA as one that was shot with a .45.
For real. Lol.
I don't know why people write off a .22 for any general reason. Maybe they can't comprehend that there's no comparable transition to mentally match the injury of a firearm versus any lesser projectiles.
Most people survive being shot by handguns, including .22; your sample size is skewed.
But most deaths are caused by 22s
A hole in a vital area is a hole in a vital area.
J. Damn have you ever even been in an altercation with guns?
".22 won't stop anything"
~Someone who hasn't been shot at ever
"Holler when it starts to hurt!"
I generally prefer not to be shot at - with anything.
Well, you are thinking of a weakling. Actual robbers, rugged up by the streets, bulky, and possibly on drugs can overpower you as you hit every bullet in your small caliber gun. Just check this out:
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@@A_Box Yes. All criminals and robbers are 6'4 260lbs coked out bodybuilders with bulletproof implants under their skin. Shooting them would do nothing
@@paracosmicabsurdity6235 did you even watch the video I linked? The dude literally took one bullet straight to the face. Not only he did not die, he dragged himself to a hospital where he was arrested.
I never noticed that Paul was ambidextrous and equally as accurate on both sides. Best gun reviewer on TH-cam.
Agreed. No BS reviews.
With the feet, as well. One kick Lefty, one kick Righty.
Note also, in some other PH vid, (possibly a .32 test?? I forgot), he punches the meat target ... Lefty!
Nutnfancy is pretty good too
It is possible to train yourself to shoot with your non-dominant hand, truly ambidextrous or not. Many people do it because their dominant eye is on their non-dominant side. Most people just don't see enough reason or get enough training time to do it(people such as myself,) at least to the point of being proficient. I've thought that it might be a valuable skill to learn though, especially if I ever had the misfortune to lose the use or at least a fair bit of the dexterity of my dominant hand.
Hickock is probably on par, I'm more of a fan of Paul on a day to day basis of videos alone haha
I know a lady who shot a drunk man who entered her home with a 22. She shot him once in the heart and he died instantly.
I'm pretty sure a hole in the heart would kill anyone regardless of caliber.
@@johndawson6057 I'm pretty sure that was the point of their comment. More or less that well placed shots of any caliber can kill.
Shot to the heart
And He's to blame
She gave love
A bad day
@@ourtime-downhere6931 🎸🥁
Man, I've accidently walked into other people's apartments while drunk, and it's scary to think that I could have been blasted for doing so, only to get called a drunk rapist after I died.
I’m a new ER doc, just the other day a young guy came in with several holes in chest, DOA, from some kind of .22 gun. I was really surprised to see the damage they can do, to the point where I don't make fun of people who carry .22 anymore.
Dad had unloaded on a huge dude trying to charge after him after he had left a club.
Dumped all 10 rounds from his Ruger into that guys stomach, and practically shredded his insides.
@@raptordan166 big deal, I could do that with my penis.
@@fan9775 Yeah but why would you want to shred your boyfriend's asshole like that?
@@yankee2666 cause I'm a top
fan9775 lmao
It always amazes me how Paul can be outright hilarious with a serious face! Kicking those bottles made my day. I was laughing so hard I was crying! You never know what to expect with this guy!
Kicking the bottles followed by shooting them with the soda spraying all around had both my daughter and me rolling with laughter! Thanks Paul. Made our evening.
Happy McJoyjoy : Great point 😀
Marginally effective
Need closeup
And yes, he wears ear plugs with every shot he takes.
The 22 has several things that make it a viable choice for home defense.First it does not over penetrate walls . It has minimal noise and muzzle flash indoors. It is extremely controllable. It is a burst fire weapon that delivers multiple rounds on targets rapidly. It is easier to make head shots with if necessary. Cheap to feed , encourages practice
I met a forensic scientist who worked at a major university and he showed me part of their collection. That included several remains of people killed by .22lr. The potential lethality is unquestionable. There were a couple of hits that were deflected by bone but there will still plenty of hits with devastating damage. I would not choose it over other calibers for self defense but it is clearly potentially effective for stopping threats under certain conditions.
Minor fun fact: The mafia used to execute people with a 22 caliber pistol because it would have the power to enter the skull, but not exit it, so it'd just ping pong around and scramble the persons brains
@@GreenTeaTheTea Add to that the Mossad the OSS and the CIA
I found out about the forensic properties of the .22 LR hollow point when I got called to jury duty back in 1981. Turns out they will ricochet around inside the chest cavity severing arteries and collapsing lungs.
For sure n hit alot of organs before they stop I was shot with one while fishing from a long way away seen them hitting the water in front of us then herd the power never found out who did it I still carry the bullet doctor said there couldn't find it I did
@@GreenTeaTheTeathat's a disproven myth
reasons to have a .22 for home defence instead of a shotgun: less spackling
LMFAO
2. Cheaper
3. less hearing damage
@@TimeGallon
4. Lighter to carry ammo if you need to take it, say, on a camping trip in your backpack.
5. Very little recoil so easy to reacquire target after shots.
6. Can bring down most any size game*, including humans god forbid, with proper shot placement.
7. All of the above reasons play into the fact that if your wife hates guns and loud obnoxious noises, but she may actually warm to using this particular round that isn't so punishing in recoil and sound, and it's the only viable option there.**
*If you're practiced up and know where to place the shot of course
**I say this all with the caveat that it would not be my first choice for self-defense. It'll do in a pinch. Sometimes we may indeed find ourselves in a pinch. I wouldn't feel completely helpless with a 10/22 and several magazines full of ammo at the ready. Even a single shot bolt gun and a pocket full of ammo would be worth something.
Robert Nugent imagine having a suppressed .22 pistol as a home defense option.
My logic is that firing a .22 (considering, as you mentioned, the minimal recoil, weight and psychological stutter that higher calibers usually tax on the shooter) automatically makes you a much better marksman.
If someone breaks into my house and I have to put several rounds into him to neutralize the threat, it’s still not likely that he’ll “drop” regardless of the caliper.
We see this time after time in police or surveillance videos. Some perp is shot several times, center mass and still manages to either flee or pursue the shooter.
As awful as it sounds, If you can crack someone in the face with the aided accuracy of a .22 the threat is MUCH less likely to continue a violent pursuit against you.
That’s my logic. But this is also coming from someone who isn’t as good as he’d like to be with a 9mm or .40 or any respectable round lol
Spackling's ok. It's when you've got to mud it that it sucks.
Hitmen have used silenced .22 pistols for assassinations, as have special forces worldwide, due to the ability to suppress the noise. So the answer is, yes they are effective, especially up close in your home
Well, so is a garrot. And that's just a cord.
Skills are skills.
I mean tapping someone unaware in the back of the head is different from self defense
@@arcblooper2699 You're exactly right. .22 LR can be an effective killer, but a lousy stopper.
Self defense is about stopping,...... killing or wounding is a side effect.
@@kellywalker8407 the person might not be blown through the next wall like some bullshit in a movie but if you empty a .22 into somebody you'll enter any subsequent fisty-cuffs with advantage
The IDF uses the .22 against violent rioters. Of all the footage I've seen, not a single one of the rioters continued rioting after catching a .22 to the shin.
They also use the 10/22 to take out guard dogs, sentries, lights and to bust windows.
The Russians developed a .22 urban sniper rifle in the war with the Chechnyans to match the civilian .22 snipers the Chechnyans were using to great effect against the Russian army.
American soldiers in Vietnam were deployed with .22 rifles when they were sent into tunnels.
Plenty of insurgent forces around the world have used the .22 to deadly effect going all the way back to the French and Chinese resistances of WW2 up until today in 2021 in the middle east.
A bullet is a bullet. Shot placement is shot placement.
A tool made for killing will kill so long as the person using the tool is adequately trained and has the desire to kill.
Paul is fighting obesity one 2 litter soda at a time 💯
Kick the soda#!!
Buying them actually supports them to produce even more
At age 13 I fired my first .22LR at a 55 gallon steel drum from 50 yards: It penetrated one side and put a dent in the other - I knew then this was a real weapon and not a mere toy.
Yes sir bob
If your strictly talking "home defense", a .22 round in the center of the forehead at 15 to 20 feet will usually discourage the VAST majority of home invaders.
We have seen it will fuck your lungs up so why go for the head
@@janm7163 Because a head shot will likely be pretty instantaneous in shutting down an attacker.
@@dieselmutt8865 go for the target that's easier to hit under stress (bigger) and not only the burglar can take your stuff, a lawyer can do so too.
I wanna who why you said most, how is anyone alive or at least not incapacitated after that?
I always practice the double tap one head on chest and repeat.
All I know is, that when I worked in a district attorney's office, we sure had a lot of homicides committed with .22's.
The only man on earth that causes Shasta’s to tremble in the grocery store.
*kicks the 2 liters*
"Marginally effective."
As soon as you kicked those sodas I knew I needed a .22LR
I don't understand why every one hates soda so much. Sure it rots your teeth, but its fizzy and delightful IMO.
@@BoopSnoot It's the only American way to fight obesity
@@BoopSnoot Because processed drinks and food is cancer in a plastic wrapper
I laughed so hard at this lol thank you for this comment
@@nastyrex4302 This is the most 'merica thing I've ever heard. Amazing.
A buddy of mine was shot in the leg with a .22lr and 15 years later still walks with a pronounced limp. I don't know about their killing potential, but I know I don't want to be shot by one!
Survivalkraft ask Bobby Kennedy if the .22 will kill you.
Got my lesson about the power of the .22 when I was a kid and a custom butcher came out to the ranch to dress a steer. One brain shot through that thick skull and all four legs collapsed. It was on the ground dead about as fast as free fall could put it there.
Had a ,22 mag hollow point go through my calf muscle, luckily it just missed the bone. Took quite a while to heal and straighten out completly. Got some good expansion though.....the entrance hole was .22 sized and the exit was about nickel size!
rex woodcutter ouch, did it fully heal? Still having any issues?
Yes, fine now. However had bad medical care and it healed in a cramped up position. Took me about 8 weeks to straighten it out so I could walk normally. And that was 10X more painful than the actual shooting!
Anybody who grew up shooting a .22 as a kid, shooting old junk cars, boards, bottles, rabbits and such knows it's not a weapon to be disparaged. Shoot a 2x6 or even a 4x4 board with it, check out the entrance and exit holes, and then choose where in your body would you want that hole. I love a good .22 rifle. Cheap to feed, accurate, relatively quiet, and hundreds of rounds fit in a jacket pocket. Next to a good shotgun, it's as good as it gets.
I think a. 22 rifle is good to go. You're wife and kids can easily shoot it and it's cheap enough to get a lot of practice. Follow up shots are very quick and easy to control. Just make sure you stay on the good side of the wife and kids. 25 rounds of cci stingers in a 10/22 is no joke
Head shots are easy peasy
and you don't go deaf after the first round is fired even indoors, and I can carry 100 rounds in my front pocket. I love my Ruger 10/22
Anyone really loving rimfires? Take it to the next level and get a suppressor
A single .22 might not drop someone instantly but mag dump lol
@@dougdarby3564i wish i could but commiefornia says no… if only they got how much a positive is for the general populace than what hollywood and democrats have made them out to be
I kinda wished when he engaged the soda bottles with nothing, he would just stare at the bottles for a few seconds then move on.
They'd probably break anyways
That's what I was hoping for
Even better: do a ‘thug mean mug’ and UFC victory dance
I was hoping he would use finger guns
One velocitor to the heart from a rifle at 50 yards is lights out.
No one ever gets shot just once with a .22. You get the whole magazine full.
No point in being stingy!
Ammo is so cheap you'd be mad not to dump a whole mag
Except in a home defense situation (depending on your state) if you put 10 rounds into the guy, the Law might well decide to prosecute you for homicide.
Tinman 18 shouldn’t be in your house if he didn’t want to get shot. Shoot until the threat is neutralized
@will smith Unless you're defending against a SWAT team or Ned Kelly's gang, intruders are probably not going to be very heavily armoured. A .22 will do the job just fine. Also, the psychological threshold for pulling the trigger is going to be lower for .22s than for higher calibers. Lower maximum damage potential, sure, but that also goes for accidental discharges or friendly fire - the former of which is going to be a much more likely scenario for most than a home defence situation.
Besides, lower caliber=less damage to your own house.
"A 22 is enough gun if you can hit what you're aiming at." from a Raymond Chandler short story.
When I moved out I finally bought my first gun, a $90 RS22, and I immediately felt the safest I've ever felt in my own house. So much more effective than the katana sword I kept in my room before lol
Thank you I'm looking into this
The rs 22 is fantastic in my opinion. Small and maneuverable, easy to control
If it was a genuine katana, that could be very effective indeed!
@@scottcharney1091Nothing sucks
Katana is good
.22lr is better
9mm is ideal
7.62x39 is a bit overkill
.50BMG is just funny
Offhand, 2” group, 100 yards, open sights. Do you know how hard that really is! Paul can really shoot!
NO! I don't-because I don't even try Lol.
At my age, my front sight looks like a moth is on my barrel.
Optics for me.
Yup, that was good shooting.
That is fantastic shooting, wish I could do that with open sights!
He is an expert on many matters in this area, and his opinions carry great weight, but the one thing Paul Harrell cannot do without someone else's help is demonstrate the ability of the _average_ hunter or shooter to hit a target.
I can't even qualify on the range on the prone supported position.
"What if anything have we learned about a .22 rifle?" Bottom line, I wouldn't want to be shot with one.
But I bet you'd rather be shot by that than a 12g buckshot..
@@fredrikcarlen3212 I dunno, how far away are you with the 12G buck?
My best friend in high school shot me in the face on accident with a ruger single 6 from about 10 feet away. You are correct in thinking it would not be a pleasant experience.
@@baaamakingbaaaa he must be a fucking idiot
all the above comments make me so glad I don't live in such a gun nut paranoid country.
mind you for the record unless the other guy has a more powerful gun you are pretty powerful with a .22 .... you have a gun, a club and if you also have a knife you are indestructible
I about died when he “engaged the jugs with nothing” lmao. Mr. Harrell, you are a national treasure.
CCI Stingers: turns a plinker into a lethal scout rifle.
I just have to say thank you for this. The fact that you're willing to talk about people who may have sound sensitivity and not be condescending about it is huge to me honestly. I've been shot at before and have PTSD from the experience, and while that PTSD doesn't manifest itself in a way that keeps me from using a higher power firearm, I can easily see how others might be left finding higher powered firearms to be very uncomfortable to shoot.
So thank you for genuinely caring about folks and not making them feel like shit for things they can't help. You're good people, sir.
Agreed
People on the autism spectrum who are likely to be more sensitive to both recoil and sound may also benefit
@Log Splitta Thank you for your service and the sacrifice you have made for our country, furthermore, thank you for the sacrifice you make every day as lasting implications for you bravery.
@Log Splitta I’m so sorry you went through that. God bless
@Addict Tactile sensitivity. An amount of force that may feel fine to most will be close to if not over the limit for autistics.
I've personally found that 7.62x39 is on the edge of unbearable and even 5.56 is more than ideal.
When he went to engage with nothing, I was expecting him to stare at the bottles until they just exploded.
As a goat slowly walks by.
Lol his stare probably could cause them to explode
I find Paul’s videos to be some of the most re-watchable on all of YT
Lmfao 😂😂😂 Paul. You're so hilarious. "Let's engage the soda bottles with nothing first." "Let's shoot at the soda bottles with .44 magnum and miss." Love it.
Paul , there was a case in Mexico where an escaped convict engaged federal police with a 22Lr and killed 5 officers. This happenen in the late 70s. Never under estimate a 22Lr in the hands of a good skilled person.
Or in this case a bad skilled person
I can easily see how that could happen, as I commented elsewhere if you can hit a running rabbit at 100 yards with a 22, that means you could also hit a human head easily, this would be lethal and emphasizes shot placement over caliber as many cannot shoot a larger caliber with recoil accurately.
Thats also Mexico, they most likely did not have protection vests
@@drnapalm7605 US cops also didn't wear vests in the late 70s...
@@drnapalm7605 except a "protection" vest doesn't protect your brain from being pierced by a piece of lead going 1000 feet per second. (The guy killed those officers with head shots. Not body shots...
A good mix of humor, sarcasm, and serious, real world assessment.
Thank you!!!
People just don't realize how vicious those little bastards actually are!
-"The soda you sell is tap water with CO² and some food colorant. It's not bad for health, but doesn't taste much, and worse in every way compared to the main brands. How then do you explain your success ?"
-"It's the cheapest and my company is based in the same county as Paul Harrell."
To the nay Sayers. My good friend a Mo State Trooper said it well. He never saw anyone shot with a .22 rimmer that wasn't screaming for a Doctor...
Taking a hit from a .22 will darn sure ruin your day.
So in other words he never saw anyone actually killed with one..?
I am prior law enforcement and I worked a murder once where the victim had been killed with a .22. The round entered one armpit and exited the other.
Richard Blankenship Did the round pass between ribs in that case? I'm not sure if it could punch through bone that well.
@@neargaming2057 considering that they just shattered ribs in the video...
"First the jugs on the right with nothing..." that is the hardest I've laughed in a while Paul, good on ya!
You need to get out more
Legend has it those two soda jugs are still orbiting the earth.
The first gun i bought for home defense was a Mossberg 701 that I bought on sale for $89.99. It was all that I could afford at the time and it sure made me feel better knowing that I had firearm in the house.
I have one too. Great gun
A while back I picked up one of those S&W M&P 15-22 rifles and my god, it's just a blast to shoot. It weighs almost nothing but is crazy reliable and far more accurate than I expected. plus it looks good as a deterrent. I would have no qualms using it even as a primary for home defense.
That's a great gun. Probably the one I shoot the most
M&p 15-22 is a great rifle I've put thousands of rounds with no problem
The Ruger 10/22 I shot more than all my other firearms combined, and that included other .22s.
A while back, the M&P 15-22 was $349.99, and S&W had a rebate on the M&P line.
Normally it excluded the M&P9 and 15-22, but there was no fine print, so I figured why not try. 4 to 6 weeks later I had a hundred dollar rebate card!
Now with the prices of ammo, I have been shooting nothing but .22lr, except when the Army is provided the ammo. (Army Reserve)
I have the one from HK but bro they have no stopping power. Sure you land lethal hits but buddy is still coming at you as oppose to a 9 mil or .45 and he’s falling down from the force
@@boosted.boyo. Not going down the "stopping force" rabbit hole. I have a semi Auto Shotgun for home defense but like I said, I would be perfectly comfortable using just the 15-22.
The best part of "You be the judge" is it puts the responsibility on the viewer to think and make a decision based on the evidence.. it's quite brilliant.
I think the speed at which a semi auto .22 rifle can pump tiny lead bullets into a perp with no recoil and even under stress more than makes up for any of its short comings. I could put 10 rounds in a quarter at 10 yards faster than I could put 3 shots on a paper plate with my 9mm at the same distance. The lack of recoil and the muzzle never leaving your POA is just a huge advantage. They might not be large bullets, but they add up quickly in quantity in a very short time.
Add a binary trigger to that... my goodness.
That's the thought behind the American 180
You have summed up this topic perfectly and concisely
The best comment I've heard is: "It's funny how these folks that claim 22lr is so harmless strangely never volunteer to be shot with one..."
I’ve owned a 10/22 for 20 years-never fired it until last month. I was astonished at how accurate I was with it. I have 9mm, 380 and 38 Special handguns. I shoot some of them well but not as well as the 10/22. So, I came back to this video to see what Mr Harrell had to say about them. Glad I did.
I was shot at about 7 feet with a .22 LR in the left side of my chest, it went through my lung and shredded it and embedded in my shoulder blade. It's still there to this day, never underestimate a .22LR.
Brother,ive been shot the exact same still in there,when ur gasping for air,tell a 22 is nothing!!
Fell’s Point best comment ever.
@@fellspoint9364 now that's a story worth taking a 22 in the buttcheek for, lol
Did it cook your pork chop?
Fell’s Point Dolphin St is in West Baltimore..........
I discovered your channel a few weeks ago. I don't think I have started one of your videos that I didn't watch to the end. Excellent!
Same here
They are addicting!
...DITTO ! ! ! !
there are a lot of gun porn vids on the youtube, this is more like master piece theater, very very good to excellent
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Paul, thank you for this video. Though by the time I saw it, it's been 5 and a half years since you did it. Let me add a very personal notation to this. Without going into great detail; my oldest brother was killed by a .22 round. He had an A.D./N.D. and I list that as such because it WAS an accident, but he did commit the ultimate act of negligence. He received a firearm and took it to be UNloaded based on his friend's statement that it was. AND my brother failed to check it first. As he rotated the weapon around looking at it, his finger slid down onto the trigger, and, (yes fatal error #2) it discharged. The round struck him under his left eye and well, the effect was devastating in more ways than one. Granted the distance from muzzle to p.o.i. was about 20 inches, the damage was nevertheless total. I can not thank you enough for putting this up, and I agree with your assessment 100% and were it possible to make that 1000% I would do so. You are spot on all the way with it.
I can't imagine someone making this comment up, so that sucks to hear. Condolences to you and your family.
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Paul I absolutely love your channel and I love your honesty and how down to earth you are !!!! NEVER EVER LOSE THAT YOU ARE A TRUE REAL HUMAN AND AN ABSOLUTE ASSET TO HUMANITY!!!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR AWESOME VIDEOS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS GREAT NATION!!!!!!!
Dude you're the perfect amount of goofball nerd and serious scientist, i love it.
Not a goofball or nerd at all... he’s a badass!
The best badass is made up of those! Not everyone wants a pretty boy or a jock, with no brains.
I vote imbecile!
Flip465 how so
Fell’s Point how so
The "missed with a 44 magnum" what not just hilarious, it's also the only time we've _ever_ seen him miss😮
if you miss on purpose is it really a miss?
@@connorbrown2746 Those bottles think so 😊
I bet that was the only scene that took multiple takes.
CUT! "Paul, you were supposed to miss the bottles."
"Sorry, force of habit."
@@1978garfield 🤣
10:00?
Dad and I ran hounds for years. I found that 40 grain solid 22lr ammo was far more deadly on raccoons. Yet for squirrel, the expansion of a hollow point kills them far better. For self defense I'd definitely opt for the superior penetration of solids.
not using the cheap LR ammo is the key
@@TheDman216 the 40 grain solids tend to be better quality. The key is having a gun like the Henry lever action that will reliably feed all 22 LR cartridges.
I loved the meat test. Really shows that it should not be underestimated at all. Definitely was very informative. Thank you Paul.
Most underrated shooting youtube channel
RoadTripVidz I only see high praise for this guy...but I know what you're saying...he doesn't get enough views worthy of his content, which is consistently excellent.
Underviewed not underrated in my opinion. *BGM.41
RoadTripVidz look up garand thumb
Like that guy too!
"Sir, why are you always buying those red and yellow sodas?"
SicSemperEvelloMortemTyrannis TyrannyEnder That's what's gonna come out of whatever bad guy breaks into my home lol.
He was thirsty, obviously. Just like when I would buy eggs and shaving cream at 3am, "nothin to worry about here.."
Well, what else am I going to fill up these pumpkins with?
nobody else will. must be lots of ants around target area.
Luke Mendels he actually answers that in a video, because it's super dirt cheap crap tasting soda LOL, and shooting them is fun.
And here in Britain you get arrested for hurting an attacker/invader 😒 i can't even carry mace or a tazer in my country.
That just simply is not freedom. You should have the complete right to protect yourself and carry the means to do so.
@@runawaybuns Yeah i agree. Was actually thinking of moving to the states at some point for that reason
That is just outright stupid
@@spongederp160 It´s better to stay in a country where you don´t need a gun for defense. Stay in Europe.
I knew a guy who shot and killed his own stepdad. Stepdad was on drugs and attempting to burn his house down with his mother inside and dude blew his chest out. No jail time, house didn’t burn down, mother didn’t die. Problem solved.
When he kicked the soda I almost laughed out loud and woke up my wife! Thanks for that!😂
"Or you're a better shot than I am," says the guy who just shot a two inch group off-hand with iron sights at a hundred yards with a ruger 10-22. Who says this guy doesn't do comedy?
He's an unintentional master of deadpan delivery. Have you watched his _"reliability of 22LR ammo"_ yet?
I thought the same thing when he said that. I'll bet the list is very short.
Yes he is a remarkably accomplished shot, and his gun handling is impeccable. A good man to have on your side.....
@@jackkelledes4082 Massad, Jerry, and Rob Leatham MIGHT be on the list, but not many... :-)
ya the best shooting I saw him do was the .338 win mag at 300 yards . that was impressive kinda impromptu.
It's easy to defend yourself against a Grizzly with a .22.
Just kneecap your friend and run.
Brilliant!!!!!!!
The immediate action drill for sharks is very similar. You cut your swim buddies leg and swim away....
@nexus169 I agree, unless it's a "momma" Grizzly and you are between her and her cubs. Then kneecap your buddy and run......LOL
U realize a bear willchase u both down lol
@@kimjong-un5562 Depends on how hungry the bear is.
Those were some creative examples and demonstrations about the .22 - thanks so much sir!!
Wow, this just came up in my feed. This video was my introduction to Paul several years ago. He sure has taught me a lot over the years. I pray he is getting the care he needs. Thanks Paul.
This was a fun video to make.
I'm glad you've gotten some use from the material.
I'm getting hospice care. It's going well.
Thank you. Your prayers mean a lot. to me.
I'm an ex-marine, and I'd trust my life to a 22LR revolver as a self-defense weapon any day. These revolvers have a recoil that's barely noticable plus many have an 8-shot capacity. In a stressful situation, your aim and opportunity to shoot follow-up rounds at a threat increase as a result. This will give you confidence and can save your life.
High Standard made the best 22 revolvers ....a 9 shot double action
USMC 72-79 OOORAH
mike crook- I saw an episode of Lt. Kenda Homicide Hunter that recounted the case of an Army noncom who was deployed overseas. He was concerned about the safety of his wife and newborn son so he got her a .22 cal revolver. Sure enough, one night there was a home invasion. This guy started advancing on her up the stairway. She held her son with her left arm and her gun in her right hand and told him to get out. If I recall this correctly, he laughed at her and she fired one shot to his chest. He died on the way down the stairs. {The post mortem showed she had placed a round right through his heart.} She was distraught at having had to kill someone and still very shaken. In Kenda's dry style he said he told her she "did good" and to to back to sleep.
You can usually get .22 magnum cylinders for them as well, and I don't know about you, but I sure as shit Don't want 6 to 9 .22 mags drilled in me....
@@SierraBravo347 Yep. And more about the deadly nature of the .22; remember, one .22 round almost killed President Reagan. And that was AFTER it ricocheted off of the door jam of his limo before it entered his chest and collapsed his lung.
In my EMT training, they told us that one of the worst things you can get shot with is a .22 because 1) It doesn't exit 2) It ricochets off organs causing more damage.
Back when I was in high school, our family doctor thought I should go to med school. We were eating dinner at their house one night when he got an emergency room call; gunshot victim. A lady had been shot in the stomach with a .22 but they could not find the bullet on an x-ray. He took me with him to the ER and, at the tender age of 16, I watched him make an incision from the bullet entry wound all the way to her right shoulder. I damn near passed out as her flesh opened up like a zipper. Sure enough, he found the bullet up by her right shoulder. It had hit organs/ribs and kept on going. She survived the surgery and I have never forgotten that anatomy lesson 52 years later. A bullet is a bullet is a bullet.
@@Firedog-ny3cq damn, that was one hell of a lesson(also really interesting, thanks for sharing).
So true. For good and bad, however. Sometimes that leaves a perp alive to come back and sue you for causing him permanent damage over the course of defending yourself. Multiple rounds is key to avoid that nightmare.
Sorry, they do not ricochet. Please consider that most of the muzzle energy is expended during any penetration. Thus, there is nothing left to propel the round from point to point randomly. Thanks. Semper Fi! I'm a US Marine vet myself.
Great video. I learned and reinforced previous knowledge more with this video than with most of them . And, Paul Harrell is lots of fun as a bonus.
I got shot with a bb gun once and it hurts like hell, I can imagine getting hit with a .22. Ouch.
Thanks Paul! I am enlightened!
He shed light on that subject
That was damn good grouping for 100 yards off hand.
"100 yards" ... more like 50 yards... he must have been doubling his pace count
Lost Beetle Paul can stuff you full of lead at 100yd with his damn 92fs, with rifles he's a dead shot at any range. Scary!
FUNFACT: a small silhouette at 25m is the equivalent of man sized silhouette at 300m.
@Loonytoones85 wow you are a disgrace to the military in the way that you are acting.
cringe
Another entertaining and informative video Paul. Fantastic. You never fail to impress. Gotta agree with “go with the one you have!”
Meat target! Love it! Seriously, I believe a 22 rifle can be a very effective home defense option. Thanks, Paul, as always for a great review!
This guy is awesome! He needs to have a tv show. He reminds me of Mike Rowe and that's a huge compliment
Agreed.
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TH-cam is honestly better than a TV show.
You got a hard-on for Mike Rowe? Do you pull your pudding to Dirty Jobs?
I agree on the television show.😊
It's a dirty gun but someone's gotta shoot it!!! DUN DUN DUUUUUN
One big reason for a .22 for home defense, and the reason I'm switching, is if you live in a trailer park/apartment/crowded suburban neighborhood where overpenetration/misses can be a major problem.
Jeremiah Thompson
plus, if you shoot indoors, you can still see/hear something after the first shot was fired...
@@kam_iko usually a good weapon light will keep you from not seeing... though you would lose your hearing. Ain't no one got time for earpro when a guy's banging in your door
Ya using 12 gauge even if you live in the woods on a farm your gonna have to remodel the last thing I wanna do after mopping up a puddle of blood is hang drywall.
@@hermitvoncrab7174
If you hit him with the 12 ga it might not over penetrate & hit the dry wall anyway, depends on shot size etc.
I've seen some penetration tests with 00 Buck in gelatin & I don't believe it over penetrated, you might want to check, there's also low recoil L.E. 00 Buck which will probably penetrate even less.
20 guage for trailer park. #8-7. Plenty of up close hitting power, but mostly just messy. Unless a face shot its survivable. Be ready with a follow up round. That call be a bigger load or a deer slug.
Just to demonstrate what a .22LR semi auto brings to the table....multiple targets at 36 yards standing off hand:
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With a premium round like CCI Velocitor, which meets FBI penetration criteria and expands to almost .40 caliber....the little twenty two is not to be underestimated.
Excellent review as always Paul!!!
Thanks for being so thorough!!
I once heard a gun store clerk say “.22 will make a small hole but making enough small holes in some vital organs will give someone a bad day.”
And most definitely yielding of mortal wounds. Maybe there's a logic that seems to think " it's designed for small game so it wont kill anything large...?" It's on record a woman out west killed a large grizz with one round of .22 LR from a bolt-action(probably a single-shot to boot). We can stand there and stab someone several times with a field or bullet tipped arrow and kill them too, but a .22 caliber anything would be vastly more efficient.
In Britain in early world war 2 when we were expecting to be invaded, SOE ( special operations executive ) operatives were issued silenced 22LR rifles for covertly despatching the enemy.
Also, Israeli Special Operations use suppressed 1022's very effectively
Not trying to take anything away from their effectiveness, but sometimes military and police choices are dictated by budgetary concerns more so than what is actually the best weapon.
That's f****** cool.
This is in my opinion the best firearms channel right to the point topics with great information big thumbs up keep up the great work sir.
The thing I like most about my 10/22 in a defensive role is fast accurate follow up shots.
Yep One of the top assets of .22lr Allows rounds to be placed precisely
Lots of arguments about what a .22 did on the Netflix show Making a Murderer. Part of the argument was how little penetration a .22 has and how it's not really effective against humans
We learned the hard way that it's still pretty effective against children 😢
I'd be comfortable with a .22 mag & 6+ shots. Just me though.
What were the arguments?
Hey aren’t you the bug guy?
@@dominicesquivel3901 redbacked spider
1:17 Paul is the most intimidating man on Earth. A total powerhouse, using only a fraction of his strength to completely decimate his opponent.
When using a 22 rifle for home defense. Ammo choice plays a big part. CCI mini mag are pretty darn good from 10-22 for defense in tests I’ve done. I’ll be trying federal punch 22LR in some home defense tests soon from my Marlin model 39 carbine. But I’d love for Paul to shoot some meat targets with punch 22LR from rifles. His evaluation of it would be awesome. Thanks again for all of the amazing content this channel provides.
CCI Mini Mags (or stingers) in my 10/22 all the time. Not much difference between the hollowpoints and RN so whatever is in stock! I chronographed Stingers out of my 10/22 at 1550 fps! Mni Mags we around 1350 in a 10/22.
Mr. Harrell, thank you for this video. I just bought a Rossi RS22 this week because it’s all I can afford right now. AR’s have gone up so much in price just in the last week alone. I’m grateful I was able to afford the Rossi to defend my home.
A year later, how is that Rossi doing...? we own a Rio Bravo, but I've been thinking about getting some kind of .22 autoloader rifle...I'll grant the 10/22 and the Marlin might be nicer, but is the Rossi reliable...? easy to shoot...? finicky about ammo...?
Rossi is good
The best weapon to use in a fire fight...??? The one you HAVE WITH YOU!!!
That's what I was told anyway ;-)
One huge advantage of a 22 for home defense, is that not only are they great suppressed, but if you can't have a suppressor for whatever reason, the 22LR fired indoors is going to do a lot less hearing damage and produce a lot less blinding flash than one of those guys with a short barrel 223 or shotgun.
Max Pain Don’t underestimate the lethality of fresh fruit! What if someone charged at you with a handful of raspberries?!
@@BSFilms1997 can you reach me the art of self defense when attacked by someone wielding fresh fruit, or possibly poin-ted sticks?
This is true. Pistol caliber carbines have this advantage too. Especially the .45ACP versions as the .45 is subsonic to start with.
The two school massacres perpetrated in Finland (Jokela, 9 deaths and Kauhajoki, 11 deaths) were with 22LR. handguns. Yes, it's lethal and cannot be underestimated
Now that is some serious info.
This is one of the best videos on the subject. Strong work.
Those stingers are pretty impressive in my opinion. One time I was shooting some old golf balls with my 22, and the golf ball was catching most of the bullets. When I switched to stingers, they started to really tear up the golf balls and destroy them within a few shots.
I stumbled across your channel and glory be! A channel disseminating the information I want to hear and learn done in a very down to earth style that does not insult my intelligence. I am very pleased to find this after all the mouth breathers, gun range ninjas, "ex-special forces" nincompoops and dingbats I have waded through on youtube. Mr. Harrell your channel is very refreshing and I seem to always come away with some nugget of info that I heretofore did not possess. Many thanks.
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A few points that I've mentioned in other videos that where not addressed in this video. A 22 when fired in ones hallway will not produce flash. So your "night vision" will be retained. Also its a pretty quiet round. So you wont be blowing your own ears out, and finally. Theres no recoil. So you can stay on target, and fire faster. I dont know about the rest of the youtube warriors out there, but if you put one hole in me. I'm done.
Those are good points. In the interest of brevity I often omit things I consider to be axiomatic like that .22's have almost no recoil and aren't nearly as loud as most other guns.
The .22Lr is no joke, I was accidentally shot in the left bicep with a .22 many years ago and let me tell you, it hurts like hell.
Yeah, I can put 20+ bullets on target very quickly with my stock 10/22.
I knew two guys that where shot with a .22 rifle on separate occasions. One is dead and the other guy hit the ground but stopped him ( he lived). The guy that lived is my cousin, and he said after being hit in the chest with a .22, he was stopped cold with the one shot.
Blues Brother, as a former army medic (now medically retired), I have treated several soldiers shot in the thorax (garrison, no armor, one shot in the back, two shot in the chest). All survived and reported immediate incapacitation. One was hit > 300 yards from a negligent discharge and was still stopped. bullet type didn't make a difference. hollow points expanded and solids tumbled.
So I’ve decided to try my hand at putting together some videos. The only thing being is that my “meat target” is coyotes! I just put together my first, which kind of sucks! Lol. My plan is to attempt to put together a bunch more showing the efficacy or even the downfalls of the .22 when used on coyotes. I’m hoping folks can take this info and use it for themselves to decide if a .22lr would be adequate for self defence. My first video is with CCI Mini Mags(36gr HP). I attempted to get one with Federal Punch today(saw 8 yotes but all out of range).
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Thank you for all of the educational and entertaining content! You are an exceptional teacher, Paul! I very much appreciate your sense of humor, too. Your laugh at 2:37 reminded me of Troy McClure. "Hi, I'm Paul Harrell! You might remember me from such TH-cam videos as 'Something, or Nothing?' and 'Home Defense with Shatneresque Pauses,' brought to you by Pop-Tarts." Keep up the great work!
I’m not gonna lie, I was half expecting Paul to just yell at the two bottles instead of kicking them.
Braindoner101 same here, or throw a fake rock
Harsh language and the🖕
I thought he was gonna do finger guns.
Hahahaha he kicked those jugs!!! I was not expecting that I almost laughed out loud it's late and my kids are in bed lol Awesome video!
I did laugh out loud. I kind of suspected he would do that, but it was still funny to watch it. However I thought he'd declare that a win over the .22 hits, energy transfer and all. lol
Your right I thought he would too lol
lmbo
Steel toes add more foot lbs. of energy?
@Cliff H: only marginally, but they increase penetration and ability to defeat barriers. lol
I never get tired of watching you shoot the meat target as it is very educational. I'm surprised more gun videos on YT don't use your standardized version. Thanks Paul.
I just bought my wife a Ruger 10/22 and she asked me if the tiny bullets would do anything, so I had her watch this video. Thanks for being here for every question I can come up with. 😎