Bad Dogs Bad Neighbor

[Jstpssng]

I'm not an authority on human gunshot wounds but have dealt a fair number to animals and never noticed the ricochet effect. As horrific as it sounds, ricocheting off a bone would be much preferred to smashing the bone, mushrooming so that projectile is more damaging to soft tissue. Anyone that has fired many 22 rimfires is familiar with the distinct sound made by projectiles after ricocheting.
A 22 cal fired from centerfire 22-250 often explode on impact instead of ricocheting and even when it ricochets, the muzzle blast and sound from impact drown's the sound of projectile traveling. Manys a savvy gun owners have relied on their little 22 rimfire to frighten the bejeebers out of would be trespassers and burglars when they had far heavier artillery in the closet. The larger number of 22 rimfire wounds when compared to others is because more are fired at people than others and lack of respect results in more accidental shootings. Eventhough first responders and emergency rooms see more 22 rimfire wounds,I think they will say most other gunshots are far more serious.
More than many are interested in hearing and less romantic than lore but there you are.

I don't remember how we got down this rabbit hole. Chances are though, that everybody is right and everybody is wrong.
Bigger is useless until you hit your target.
I will say this; For a while I burned 20 rounds per night, 6 days a week through my Mark II. On Sunday I would practice with my GP100. I've killed a lot of milk jugs and paper plates with the various .357s I've owned over the years.
I've killed a lot of small game and the occasional coyote with my .22 handguns in various configurations. In my younger days I would stop buying meat on Oct 1 when grouse season started, and deign not to start again until January 1. (In years when I didn't tag a deer I was some happy to welcome the New Year... there's only so many ways to cook a grouse. )

I hope that it never happens but if I ever need to defend myself I will reach for the gun which I am most familiar with, although if time permits it will be backup for my 12 gauge.

There's an old adage; "Beware of the man who only owns one gun, because he knows how to use it."

 

[lman]

Speaking of rabbits and .22's, this reminds me of when I was a kid. My dad combined wheat with an open cab combine. He carried a .22 revolver and it was common to see rabbits while combining and they would stop long enough to get a shot. We then had fried wild rabbits that night for supper.
Dad died a few years ago and when we were going through some paperwork, I found the receipt for the H&R gun he used. He paid $28.95 in 1953.

 

[gasman1075]

Well we had the last court date last week and he pled to a lesser charge ( somebody called it ) had to pay restitution to us and also a 125 charge to NYS and we got a 2 year order of protection. So hopefully this chapter is over. ( I am leaving the cameras up however )

 

[MossRoad]

Hopefully he’ll wisen up and let it go. Keep those cameras working.

 

[jaxs]

If he has a brain he will take this as a lesson not to jack with people just because he thinks it makes him special. The protective order gives you a fast track by calling to report violation instead of going through the process again.

 

[Jstpssng]

Well we had the last court date last week and he pled to a lesser charge ( somebody called it ) had to pay restitution to us and also a 125 charge to NYS and we got a 2 year order of protection. So hopefully this chapter is over. ( I am leaving the cameras up however )

Thanks for the update, it's been a long time coming. Good luck.

 

[muskieken]

well just to share, i got bit by my neighbors (next door neighbor) dog, I've know the dog for six years, he was all-ways happy to see me , neighbor walk the dog on a lease 2 times a day, stops by my house and I pet the dog whenever I'm outside.(150 lb rottweiler) well I'm petting his chest/front of neck. he bit me in the hand, just one nip, but it punched through the thumb, the nail looks like i hit it with a hammer , nail is black right away. washed it right away/bleeding not too bad, happened at 7 pm, sleep about 2 hours,throbbing won't let me sleep. 8 am 'I'm at my doctor office. they tell me to come back at 2:15 pm Well they look at it , see that it's infected already
( washed it out right after the bite)
my point is i washed it out good right after the bite,but it was infected anyway even with the washing right away . it happened 5 days ago and theirs still some throbbing at times . was told the dog has a infected ear.and maybe i bushed his ear while petting his chest. just can't believe the dog bit me. he was always happy to see me. I don't believe he hates me because it was just one bite, I'm so happy to have my thumb, when it happened i thought it was it ripped off it hurt that bad . OK my-point is if the bite breaks the skin go to the doctor, i washed it good,let it bleed out , but it was still infected.
this seams like a good place to share my dog bite.

 

[Dftodd]

well just to share, i got bit by my neighbors (next door neighbor) dog, I've know the dog for six years, he was all-ways happy to see me , neighbor walk the dog on a lease 2 times a day, stops by my house and I pet the dog whenever I'm outside.(150 lb rottweiler) well I'm petting his chest/front of neck. he bit me in the hand, just one nip, but it punched through the thumb, the nail looks like i hit it with a hammer , nail is black right away. washed it right away/bleeding not too bad, happened at 7 pm, sleep about 2 hours,throbbing won't let me sleep. 8 am 'I'm at my doctor office. they tell me to come back at 2:15 pm Well they look at it , see that it's infected already
( washed it out right after the bite)
my point is i washed it out good right after the bite,but it was infected anyway even with the washing right away . it happened 5 days ago and theirs still some throbbing at times . was told the dog has a infected ear.and maybe i bushed his ear while petting his chest. just can't believe the dog bit me. he was always happy to see me. I don't believe he hates me because it was just one bite, I'm so happy to have my thumb, when it happened i thought it was it ripped off it hurt that bad . OK my-point is if the bite breaks the skin go to the doctor, i washed it good,let it bleed out , but it was still infected.
this seams like a good place to share my dog bite.

I got popped by my own dog after it was injured fairly seriously. Broke the skin on my hand and latched on pretty tight. (Older jack Russell terrier).

I scooped him up to take him to the vet when he popped me. I'll sure remember to grab the welding gloves if something like that ever happens again.

Anyway, hand was throbbing pretty good, and figured I better go see the doc since he punctured my hand pretty darn good.

I happen to be allergic to penicillin, doxycylclene, and anything with sulfa. So that posed a challenge for the nurse practioner since the first two were predominantly prescribed for dog bites

He ended up pulling out his phone and googling what I could take

Boy I started giving him **** over that one I said "Heck, if I knew that all you professionals do is Google the treatment...... I can do that, and saved myself some money"

 

[cqaigy2]

That's one of the things the big breeds have, if or when they go off, they can cause a lot of damage, as compared to a small yappy dog.

 

[Jstpssng]

was told the dog has a infected ear.and maybe i bushed his ear while petting his chest. just can't believe the dog bit me.

I can almost put this in the same category as an accident. Has he been to the vet to get it taken care of?

When my last lab was about 12 she had something wrong which they could never figure out; some type of mobile pain and if I touched here in the wrong spot she would start biting me to make me stop. The next time it would be in another place. She never broke the skin but it was so out of context that for a while I thought I would have to have her put down; and this was a dog who just turned her head when a kid started poking her in the eye. I never did find out what was wrong with here; but my vet finally put her on a steroid and she came out of it.