Originally Posted by
fastbartender
A friend of mine had a bull mastiff growing up that was a great dog. One day two lowlifes broke into his house while nobody but the dog was there. Unfortunately, they found the dog dead when they got home. However, the dog had latched onto one of the perpetrator's hands, and it was still inside the dead dogs mouth! They fingerprinted it and caught the guy, who then rolled over on his buddy. The whole point of this story, I forgot, is to say the dog suffered 3 heavy blows to the head from a crow bar and multiple knife wounds, and still wouldn't release the hand! So a .22 might not work on all of them. Sad story, but a damn good dog!
First, if that dog is in a house or contained safely, great, if loose and running amok, it is deadly dangerous and not just to cyclist.
Second, and not from the quote above, nobody is saying you ride along and shoot dogs as you go. You stop, dismount, place bike between you and dog and if need be and only if need be, then shoot to stop.
Third, a 22LR would put most dogs and most people down fast, a 22 Mag with the new home defense loads would knock a dog's rear off. I carry a .40S&W with hollow point or Glasser safety rounds or a 9 shot 22 mag hammerless revolver with Critical Defense rounds.
http://www.hornady.com/store/22-WMR-...tical-Defense/
Trust me, dogs, mountain lions, bad people, they are all going down fast. Grizzly bears, sorry, gotta go bigger, much bigger. I don't have any griz local or any particularly bad people, pit bulls and other dangerous dogs yes.