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Thanks for all the input guys. My buddy does get police trade-ins so I'm going to look into maybe getting a .22 and a 9mm. That way I could shoot the .22 a lot and work on learning the 9mm.
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There's a whole nuther way of looking at this also....
Money was super, super, super tight when I learned how to shoot.*
I learned on a Smith and Wesson model 19 .357 mag/.38 spl.
I shot a box of .38 spl. and picked up a Lee pound em in pound em out reloader for $11.00.
That initial box of 50 shells lasted me a couple of years via reloading them.
I
had to make each shot count. I couldn't afford to flub anything.
It was, literally, do it right or not do it at all.
I love my .22's - but - I also consider them a two edged sword.
Yes - they are cheap to shoot - but - there's always the temptation to dismiss a poor performance by thinking "It's
only a cheap .22. I can do better next time and only be out a few pennies."
A 9mm or .38 spl is more "real life". In real life, you nearly always only get once chance & you better make that one chance count.
Once you've gotten the basics down - then you can move up to a .22 to refine them.
*I'd technically been shooting for a number of years - if you can call it that.
It was mostly making a lot of noise and hitting a lot of air, and once in a while a target.