UPNYA2
Mayor
Well, ACTUALLY, a .22 will kill, and quite efficiently, if sadly brutally, to be exact.But he did not know a .22 would not kill just injure. The nation should have given him a new weapon like a .44 and another try. This nation would be so much better if they had.
You see, if you had ever seen any large animal killed with a .22, and I have, you would know that. While it is true that unlike a larger caliber round, such as the dreaded .44 you mentioned, the .22 usually will not blast near the size entry and exit wounds which do so much damage to a body the .22 will often enter the body and then ricochet or splinter up inside the body when it strikes a bone or something decently hard, causing lots of internal damage and free bleeding.
I have seen a lot of deer killed in my life and more were probably taken with a .22 than any other caliber, just because of the availability of them, not because they are even a legal round to hunt with here.
They are cheap, common, usually on hand and effective.
Good or bad that is just the way it is, sportmodel, sorry.