My handguns are for fighting until I can my hands on something better or get away, whichever comes first. Any other use is incedental. I've done all the things on your list with them.
Voted Home Defense but it was hard between that and concealed carry for the most important service my gun provides. Would have voted "Protection" which would have included both equally but wasn't available.
I voted for Home Defense but it is really for all of it. That is why I have some for Home Defense, some for CCW, some to look good while shooting, etc.
I bought my first handgun for self defense & my guns are purchased w/ that as their 1st & most important mission. But over the years, the stress relief of going shooting & hanging out w/ the fellas has proven valuable too.
Plinking would be my answer out of the choices given. I don't do any formal target shooting, but I do most of my shooting at paper targets. I shoot IDPA or IPSC when I get the chance. I attend formal shooting schools when I get the chance. I also do some plain old plinking. I very seldom carry concealed although I have a CCW. I don't keep a loaded gun in the house very often, although I sometimes do.
I mainly own handguns because I like them. I like the look of them, I like the history of them, I like to shoot them. Recreational shooting is what I do 99% of the time with my handguns and the vast majority of them were purchased with recreational shooting in mind.
I voted for carry. For me, a handguns main role is for fighting. Hunting and plinking are jobs for a rifle. Sure you can plink with a hangun, but I wouldn't buy one with plinking in mind.
"I mainly own handguns because I like them. I like the look of them, I like the history of them, I like to shoot them. Recreational shooting is what I do 99% of the time with my handguns and the vast majority of them were purchased with recreational shooting in mind."
I'm a devoted plinker. A handgun is first and foremost fun with me. It can serve other uses (and does), but 99% of the time I pull the trigger on one it's to have fun. I know alot of people train for combat and practice all sorts of drills, but I'm not going to try and out draw someone and if you can hit shotgun hulls, pine cones, or dirt clods at various unkown ranges then hitting something as large as a BG should be no problem. Throw them combat targets aside one day and try bouncing a tin can around. There's truth in the old saying "Aim small....Shoot small".
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