Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on December 29, 2013 at 19:35:35 from (97.114.81.11):
In Reply to: Re: OT .22 pistol posted by Mark-Mi on December 29, 2013 at 13:33:30:
When I was younger, I hit many ground squirrels with my S&W .38 "combat masterpiece" revolver. I also tried various semi-auto pistols of various calibers, but could never hit squirrels as well with the autoloaders as I could with that revolver. I never have owned a .22 handgun that was very accurate, but there may be some good ones out there.
But over the years, I have got kind of shaky, and shooting any handgun at anything but short distances doesn"t work very well anymore. Now if I want to kill a varmint I usually use a 12 gauge shotgun. The shotgun is almost always successful at the distances I shoot, and I don"t have to worry that much about a round ricocheting or carrying and maybe causing me trouble with neighbors. My area has got lots more populated over the last 25 years. It is not like it was when I was a kid and would shoot magpies from inside our house by opening my bedroom window.
I can still shoot a rifle pretty well, but seldom do, considering that there are houses and other people around.
Have you tried to buy .22 shells recently? I always kept a good supply of shells over the years, but last year I found that I was down to under 100 rounds left. I went to several stores, but was told that they didn"t have ANY .22 long rifle shells and didn"t expect any soon. I finally was able to buy a couple of boxes, but they were $5/box, and they would only sell me two! Lucky I don"t shoot much any more...when I was a kid, sometimes I would shoot that many in a day. Makes you wonder what the future of marksmanship will be.
If you are shooting at varmints for fun and marksmanship practice, a handgun might be an OK choice. I would suggest getting the best one you can find, as the cheapies are not all that accurate or consistant. On the other hand, if you are trying to get rid of varmints, a rifle is WAY more accurate than a handgun at all but fairly close distances. And a shotgun is very effective up to about 50 or 60 yards.
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