Quote:
Phoebe
Bad Habits
"If you learn to shoot with a 9mm or other bigger caliber weapon, you will develop bad habits. Everyone should learn with a .22."
Discuss, please. Agree? Disagree? What kind of bad habits would you be able to avoid with a .22? (flinching?)
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It seems that the consensus here is that shooting a .22 lr is no substitute for good coaching/instruction. I agree.
To me the greatest utility of the .22 lr is that it has low power and low recoil so that the new shooter is not concerned about recoil and can focus on what is being taught. Less distraction and more focus is a good thing in the early stages of instruction as it can more quickly build confidence. Secondly, rimfire ammo is considerably cheaper than 9mm ammo, and one can get in more shooting for the same dollar amount.
On the other hand, for someone to learn defensive pistol shooting that shooter must shoot the gun with which that shooter will use in defensive shooting at some point. Further, the amount of shooting required to become competent varies from person to person.
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