preferred weapon for a hit?

hey guys was wondering which weapons are used most in hits. seems like a lot of silenced .22 pistols as well as .38 snub-nosed revolvers. also you see in movies a lot of piano wire,was wondering if this is based on fact or is just overly dramatic for the movies. you also see/have seen alot of bombs used in italy but more sparingly in the us. discuss.

"Throw away Glock" as Tupac would rap. Also 'The Sopranos' gave this to be true, though more often than not probably a Saturday-Nigh special .38 Snub

Don't know which is their weapon of preference in America, but in Italy their traditional weapon was initially the sawn-off shotgun and later the Kalashnikov machine gun.
What I don't understand is why the Italian and Italian-American mafia rarely uses sniper rifles, like for example the Russian mafia does. When they killed prosecutors and judges in the 80s and 90s in Italy, they preferred to blow them up with all the bodyguards using bombs instead of quietly do it with a single shot.

nick rizzuto jr was killed with a sniper rifle i believe.

revolvers are usually preferred in hits...they don't jam

nor do they expell those pesky casings which can be finger printed.

nick rizzuto jr was killed with a sniper rifle i believe. [/quote]

I think Scarfo had a guy killed by sniper while the dude was pumpin' gas. Lenny Strollo in Pittsburgh had a guy sniped.

I think Scarfo had a guy killed by sniper while the dude was pumpin' gas. Lenny Strollo in Pittsburgh had a guy sniped. [/quote]

You sure you're not think of the consigliere of his the Riccobenes sniped?

the old style garrote is very effective..

sawn off shotgun.. 38 snub for back up..you can't go wrong ..

yes... hasta la vista baby!

A well placed .38 will send any man straight to hell.
I think the good old .38 revolver was the main choice from 1950's through to the 1980's

definitely a .22, preferably silenced. A .22 will do the most damage at close rang because there will be no exit wound, the bullet will fragment and do the most damage to the brain. 2 behind the ear and you can't lose.

it was a show of their strenght they wanted terrorize the italians, the government, that's because they used this tactic it was a corleonesi's way, those times are ended now
they could kill the prosecutors some years before in rome with a rifle, they did it because riina ordered so

ask john veasey about that....

I think Scarfo had a guy killed by sniper while the dude was pumpin' gas. Lenny Strollo in Pittsburgh had a guy sniped. [/quote]

It was Rizzuto Sr who got sniped and Frank Monte , Scarfo's consiglieri was killed by Joe Pedulla and Vic Deluca of the Riccobene faction by what could be considered a snipe shot(s)

Depends on the circumstance. If the hit man can get very close to the victim, a .22 revolver is the best. It's not a self-defense weapon (not enough stopping power). But it's small, concealable, relatively quiet and doesn't eject spent rounds. If the shooter can get close enough to put several rounds in the victim's brain, it's perfect. You saw Joe Pesci do this to a woman in "Casino."

But, for general protection against other mobsters, and to threaten them, they need a bigger, higher caliber gun.

Crossbow..

Philly is the exception, those knuckle heads can't do anything right. lol

veasey was rather lucky no ... plus his heads like a fucking slab no wonder it didn't kill him ... if the asshole had a .38 it woulda been "bye bye john" for real .. still gotta give him credit though even after he got shot he got outta there

A nail gun. You can just nail people with it really easy.

Lethal Weapon 2?

No, nail weapon 3.

Aah .

The victim there was Joey Naples, one of the two made guys (the other being Lenine Strollo) who controlled Youngstown. I'm told (but I can't confirm) that his killing was actually ordered by Michael Genovese for refusing to kick up, not Strollo as is commonly believed, with the actual shooting said to have been done by Robert Poghen. The sniper picked off Naples while he was overseeing work on a new mansion out in the woods in Pennsylvania that he was having built with his ill-gotten gains.

Damn Ivan, you know your Pittsburgh shit. Thanks for the info.

In anyways a hunting rifle may be the best thing to do hits with; great distance between shooter and target, you can get a positive ID on the target if you're using a scope and the hit can be done in a wide array of options.

yeah u can test it out on unknowing citizens just like the iceman lol

I Lol'dMFAO

The Luccheses family's Jersey crew used golf clubs pretty well on Vincent Craparotta.

Yeah. That was Tommy Ricciardi right?

9 iron to the head

The name of Craparotta is more interesting

I always liked the icepick, because you have to get real personal with that one..

Him and a couple other guys, I think.

Not sure if there really is one . To me use what is on hand at the time. Hit men had there own items of choice ! The Iceman had some good personal choices.

Poison spray to the face.iceman says u can't even tell.I don't like bombs but they are intriguing. U gotta really dislike sum1

lol!a gun? .22 or.25.wont get any brains on your 'ballin' sweat suit!lol.

Personally i'd go with either a silenced 9mm or silenced 45. You just can't depend on a .22 to get the job done. I'm sure Frank Martines and Vincent "Al Pajamas" Pagano would agree with me on that.

nines and 45s jam. imagine that awkard moment when you pull out a gat and it doesnt work!lol! 'suprise'!

True, but you can't silence a revolver. If your not worried about the noise then i would think a .357 is a pretty good choice, better yet a 12 gauge. BA BOOM!!

But no way i'd ever use a .22, i know the CIA used to like using silenced 22's but imo .22's are only good for target shooting. Just too weak a round.

any one here hunt?

For a hit I don't think a .357 would be good, too loud and explosive,just ask Nicodemo

been deer and duck hunting, shot 2 ducks on 3 trips, not too good never shot a deer

yea jus ask fat Pete Chiodo

i first went hunting two years ago,i enjoy it! kindof relaxing waiting there to kill something!lol. but my favorite is beaver hunting if you get me.lol.

thats always fun haha

Couple times when i was a kid. I didn't mind killing Bambi but the rule is you killed it, you clean it and i just couldn't get into it. They slice the deer wide open and pull out all it's guts. Pretty nasty.

giancarlo,we did that. i went with my brother in law.last year i dragged my sons out of the house and made them help.its a good learning process. we hung it up by its legs up side down and the cutting is abit tire some but the organs slide right out.the problem is your hands getfucking freezing holding the stomach with one hand and and trying to cut the intestines lose with the other!lol.

Lots of us thought this to be true. However the truth has yet to be told. Like always: "Time will tell"!

12 gauge or a .38

Anyone can pull a trigger. Piano wire, makes it more personal!

who taught you that bro?lol.

Movies and books. You know where all the legit information comes from

Is Craporotta the name of that book you were telling me about

lol!of coarse,i should havve known!

shotgun to the face. or for handguns, a silenced .22 or a .38 other than that a rope

Being from Smith and Wesson town you should be our designated weapon expert

nerf gun

Those sting like a bastard

"Death by post it notes. Extremely painful.." Lol

Well, I just heard in a coffee shop that .22's are a favorite for doing hits lol

Craparotta

ice pick, quick and quiet and un-traceable

And if I wasn't going guns, I was thinking the exact same thing

Yeah, according to an FBI source the shooter in the Naples hit was actually Amil Dinsio. Everyone (including me) just sort of assumed it was Poghen because it fit his MO (slick professional hit).

How about that? "Time does tell all"!

Well either way the book is crap your saying?

No he's just going out of his way to be such a gentleman and correct somebody's spelling! Look at his previous posts, that's his thing. He trolls around mocking and correcting everyone! Makes him feel better about himself.

Enough said.