lizanator wrote:
Beauisabella wrote:
A .45 would work but hubs said you gotta be up close. And it could be messy. (.22 is .22 of one inch, .45 means it's .45 of an inch. A .45 is twice the bullet size)

.22 is smaller hole and cleaner. My hubs father killed 100's of cattle Brahma/Beefmasters type with a .22 long rifle for his meat market slaughterhouse. (also horses but obviously not for meat lol) Cattle have thicker skulls than horses. When I was a kid my dad also used a .22 LR for our Herefords and a few horses over the years.

Guess I'll use the .22...it was recommended a lot of places, I guess it would work. Just seems so small! We have a .22 long and the .45LC, bah...guess both would do it. I'll have the .45 handy just in case.
  

The .22 will be better.  You actually want the bullet to stay inside the skull.



HNH wrote:
I get that you feel bad. You should. But feeling butt hurt doesn't solve the problem.