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Old August 13, 2014, 11:41 PM   #15
Lost Sheep
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Thanks for asking our advice.

Venom is on the right track with the .22 rimfire suggestion.

If you can swing the purchase, get a decently accurate 22 (You don't have to go S&W 41, but a Ruger MkII with target sights off the used market or Browning Buckmark or the like.

Accurate shooting with a handgun is almost entirely different from accurate shooting with a rifle. A long arm mounts to your shoulder, giving a much more stable platform where a handgun (even using both hands) has far more flex.

The short sight radius of a handgun makes it much more difficult to get a precise sight picture and every micro-inch of off-centeredness is multplied because of that short sight radius. 18 to 24 inches of sight radius of a rifle vs 6" sight radius of a handgun makes for 3 to 4 times larger groups even if everything else is exactly the same.

Practice with the fundamentals of handgun accuracy (which as I said before is very different from the fundamentals of rifle accuracy) is essential. And 22 rimfire is the third-cheapest way to get that. (Behind competition-grade airguns or -perhaps- the laser practice units).

Good luck. Don't be discouraged. Handgun accuracy is difficult to master, but feels so good when you do.

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