Okay, everyone needs to see this video. Great shooting and with a 22. You can even hear the wind , i'd say at least 5 mph. 200 yards , very nice shooting Man.
Why would i own a Handgun?
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Sheesh, I need to talk myself OUT OF HAVING TO NEED ANOTHER ONE - or I'd be in the poor house for sure!
I have a 500 Magnum (4" barrel) which I handload for and I use that for deer and black bear hunting! I realize that any shot I take must be within about 60 yards in order to have a well-placed shot, so it makes me a better hunter!
I have a 500 Magnum (4" barrel) which I handload for and I use that for deer and black bear hunting! I realize that any shot I take must be within about 60 yards in order to have a well-placed shot, so it makes me a better hunter!
millertyme
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That's pretty naive of you to think this way.
Thorgrim
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I hope you'll forgive me if I doubt your sincerity, since your post appears to be aimed at baiting handgun fans. I'll answer anyway, hoping my reaction is wrong and your intention is sincere.
A handgun is just a different tool for a different job, and the skills to use it well are different also. With plenty of "quality rounds downrange" and an active search for training and learning technique, you may be amazed at what a good handgunner can hit; given that, the major concern is the amount of delivered force at the given range. It matters not if the bullet comes from a handgun or rifle, only whether it's on target and how much energy/force it delivers and if that is sufficient for the purpose.
I hope you'll try handgunning, as I think it will change your mind about a lot of things. It's more dependent, in my opinion, on user skill than is long range rifle shooting. Margins of error in trigger control, sight picture, and other technique is slim with a pistol, given a basically accurate handgun, and most of the success resides in the shooter.
Please, try it. Find out if you can shoot one well, and if it's comfortable and enjoyable to you before you make a decision on shooting one for sport or carrying for self-defense. Based on what you stated, I think you're in for a big awakening. A competent handgunner with an accurate gun can hurt you at 200 yards+, because instead of being concerned with "minute of angle", he's trying for "minute of torso" and he'll most likely do it. As to the fun angle, shooting an iron-sighted handgun at 250 yards is more fun than shooting a scoped rifle at 1,000.
+1 on TestPilot's response. That is what is going on in the real world. No, it may never happen to you, but this stuff probably happens to someone in the USA every day of the year. Across the USA there are 8,000 reported home invasions per day. Every two minutes a woman in the USA gets raped and the chances of a woman getting raped in her life time in 1 in 3. You don't need to be paranoid about it, but you shouldn't ignore the possibilities either.
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I would suggest getting a Glock 17 just so you can share mags with the sub 2000.
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