Cold Steel
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The Israelis use subsonic ammo to prevent the sharp crack of their bullets exceeding the sound barrier. They normally step up behind the target and shoot twice just below the ear. The .22lr is very much underrated as a defensive round and the Beretta 70S.22lr is an astoundingly reliable pistol. Sadly, it's no longer made. I had mine hard chromed and it's one of my favorite pistols.
I remember being incensed when my Beretta 21 .22lr kept jamming. Some gun writers concluded that tiny .22s just weren't reliable enough to use for self defense and that people should stick with .25acp if they're going to carry a mouse gun. But someone told me to switch to CCI Mini-Mags, Stingers, Yellow Jackets and Winchester ammo and it was good advice. Now the 21 works fine. I also have a Jennings J-22 that is extremely reliable.
Not only the Israelis, the mob also used .22lr pistols as a way of discreetly making hits. Most likely because of the movies and cable shows, they've gotten away from that. Because of the way .22s deform, it makes tracing them to a particular gun very difficult. But many mob hits are made with untraceable guns that are left at the scene. The person who killed Robert Blake's wife just dumped his gun, a 9mm, in a nearby dumpster.
The Beretta 70S was an all-steel .22lr that was lightweight, reliable and hammer-fired. With subsonic ammo was used at close ranges, the results were predictabley effective.
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I remember being incensed when my Beretta 21 .22lr kept jamming. Some gun writers concluded that tiny .22s just weren't reliable enough to use for self defense and that people should stick with .25acp if they're going to carry a mouse gun. But someone told me to switch to CCI Mini-Mags, Stingers, Yellow Jackets and Winchester ammo and it was good advice. Now the 21 works fine. I also have a Jennings J-22 that is extremely reliable.
Not only the Israelis, the mob also used .22lr pistols as a way of discreetly making hits. Most likely because of the movies and cable shows, they've gotten away from that. Because of the way .22s deform, it makes tracing them to a particular gun very difficult. But many mob hits are made with untraceable guns that are left at the scene. The person who killed Robert Blake's wife just dumped his gun, a 9mm, in a nearby dumpster.
The Beretta 70S was an all-steel .22lr that was lightweight, reliable and hammer-fired. With subsonic ammo was used at close ranges, the results were predictabley effective.
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