GoInnaWoods
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- Mar 19, 2017
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Hello,
I am looking to get my first handgun - gonna be a full size, then maybe a subcompact down the line once I feel ready for CCW (FWIW I have some experience with shotguns/bolt guns from when I was a teenager, but it's been a while, and I am be not means "any good"). I have been to the range a few times to test out different rentals, but I still haven't been able to decide what kind of action/model is best for me. I am considering getting .22 pistol to start (Ruger/Buckmark), but I am unsure if this is a good idea. On the one hand, it will be a couple hundred dollars less, and I can get a couple thousand rounds of .22lr on the cheap and practice shooting and handling. On the other, it's a .22, so I'm not really building any tolerance/transition skill and the gun will have a very different grip and controls then anything I end up with for self-defense - it is a cheaper route, but even $600-700 (gun+mags+ammo, etc) for no real gain seems like a waste? Any thoughts?
I am looking to get my first handgun - gonna be a full size, then maybe a subcompact down the line once I feel ready for CCW (FWIW I have some experience with shotguns/bolt guns from when I was a teenager, but it's been a while, and I am be not means "any good"). I have been to the range a few times to test out different rentals, but I still haven't been able to decide what kind of action/model is best for me. I am considering getting .22 pistol to start (Ruger/Buckmark), but I am unsure if this is a good idea. On the one hand, it will be a couple hundred dollars less, and I can get a couple thousand rounds of .22lr on the cheap and practice shooting and handling. On the other, it's a .22, so I'm not really building any tolerance/transition skill and the gun will have a very different grip and controls then anything I end up with for self-defense - it is a cheaper route, but even $600-700 (gun+mags+ammo, etc) for no real gain seems like a waste? Any thoughts?