9mm Outdoor Load ?

[Chuck Haggard]

It's not uncommon to put cows down with a .22lr round through the brain. If you can hit the brain box it shouldn't be that big a deal.

[Chuck Haggard]

http://www.progressivedairy.com/topi...anizing-cattle

[SeriousStudent]

http://www.progressivedairy.com/topi...anizing-cattle

That's a good article.

[GJM]

That's a good article.

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In most cases, the most humane and cost effective way to put down a dairy cow is with a firearm.

Handguns should be fired from a range of 2 to 3 feet of the intended target, and calibers ranging from .32 to .45 are recommended for putting down dairy cattle. The .22 caliber handgun is not recommended for mature cattle.

Solid bullets are recommended over hollow points because they are more likely to penetrate the skull. Hollow points are not recommended because they fragment on impact and are less likely to penetrate the skull, which is necessary to cause destruction of brain tissue sufficient to cause death.

Rifles may be required when it is necessary to euthanize an animal from a distance. General rifle selections for euthanizing dairy cattle include .22 magnum, .223, .243, .270 and .308.

[Lester Polfus]

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Solid bullets are recommended over hollow points because they are more likely to penetrate the skull. Hollow points are not recommended because they fragment on impact and are less likely to penetrate the skull, which is necessary to cause destruction of brain tissue sufficient to cause death.

I agree, and...

Some of the info in that article regarding JHP ammo may come from people who bought the cheapest box of holler points at The Walmart.

There's a big difference between cup and core and say, a Speer Gold Dot.

[JBP55]

A local butcher at a slaughtering house always used a .22 rifle to the head at close range on hogs, cattle, etc. They dropped like a rock.

[El Cid]

A local butcher at a slaughtering house always used a .22 rifle to the head at close range on hogs, cattle, etc. They dropped like a rock.

Through the skull? I'd figure putting one in the ear would be a better way to reach the brain.

[Wendell]

A local butcher at a slaughtering house always used a .22 rifle to the head at close range on hogs, cattle, etc. They dropped like a rock.

That was experience too. A contact shot with .22 long out of a Cooey. (I never saw a .22LR cartridge until much later, like '82 or '83.) Like a rock.

[GJM]

[JHC]

http://www.progressivedairy.com/topi...anizing-cattle

Wow! Right between the eyes could be a big mistake!