Tommygunn
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Thats one of the hazards of repeating second and third hand information. I did shoot one deer with a 22 rifle. The bullet ranged from the last rib on the right and went through the lungs and stopped on the far side of the deer. The bullet was undeformed and the bullet path was straight as an arrow. And yes a 22 (or any other bullet) can be deflected by bone or even just take a curved path. But bullets don't "bounce" around inside of heads or anything else.
I for one consider a 22 a damn deadly weapon. My uncle was a homicide cop and spoke about how effective a 22 is when shot in the right spot. Even a poorly placed shot can be a killer down the road as he said after you lay in the hospital for a while and then die of pneumonia.
Do a little research and you will find that sickness and disease killed more than half of the civil war soldiers. And cannon fire killed more than rifles and pistols did.
http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/uncover-history/behind-lens/disease/#:~:text=Of the 620,000 recorded military,was probably closer to 750,000.
I never intended to suggest a .22 could not be a deadly weapon.
And I'm quite aware that sepsis was a deadly consequence of getting shot in the Civil War. I used to have a book dealing with both the disease consequence and the infirmities resulting from that war. You would not believe the physical infirmities faced by those who actually survived being shot by a rifle then. I won't go into detail but the book had some truly grotesque photos. It was unfortunatly lost in a fire.