Killed a feral blue pit in my shop a while back.

by John K., Sunday, August 04, 2013, 11:40 (4134 days ago) @ stonewalrus

I had left the door open and it had laid up inside where it was cool. The growling from a out-of-sight corner alerted me to back up and I grabbed the nearest loaded gun, a Ruger 22/45. When it came around the bench in attack mode I shot it eight times in the head as fast as I could pull the trigger. First shot at six feet, last at three feet. DRT.

Now, a 22lr isn't going to work if you shoot *anything* around the edges. Nor is it a round to shoot once and survey your work - although, years ago near here a guy was robbed at gunpoint while withdrawing money from a walk-up ATM. Reached in his pocket to give the inner city yute more money, came out with a NAA Mini and shot the thug in the center of the forehead at contact range. In that instance, one shot sufficed.