[steve19]

"primarily a semi-auto .22 rifle with a silencer. They are virtually completely silent and can pierce car doors and other light armor."

Complete and utter bullshit. They won't penetrate a car doors, nor will they penetrate light armor. Conventional wisdom is that they will struggle to stop an adrenaline filled grown man, the combined experience of 100,000s of hunters says they won't stop mid sized game.

And don't start with "but if you head shot" nonsense.

[axaxs]

Well... not to be contradictory, but don't be so quick to count the little round out. They can penetrate car doors depending on where they hit and the angle of the shot. The caliber debate is pretty silly, .22 have killed many, many humans and game of all size. Is it the most powerful? Of course not. But it's hard to decide what is, live bodies are weird that way. I can also say that anyone who calls a .22 with a silencer completely silent has never shot a .22 with a silencer.

[DanHulton]

Now I don't know jack about guns, but I'd heard that .22s can be way more deadly than heavier ammo, largely because of the bullets' tendencies to go spiraling around inside the body due to their low force/velocity/whatever.

Can you comment on this?

Or not, I mean, it's not like it's a practical matter or anything.

[effdee]

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=467321

Search for "My name is Jesse" and read on...

[edj]

They won't penetrate a car doors

Actually .22 LR can indeed penetrate a car door.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LS0ZRk1y0

[tlrobinson]

Did he actually mean .22 LR, or maybe .223?

[rdl]

.22lr can penetrate a door, too (out of a rifle); car doors are like paper. But .223 will zip through much more.