chaim
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For years I've gone without a .22 pistol. I sold my Ruger MkII about 15 years ago. I didn't love shooting .22lr, it was a pain to disassemble and reassemble for cleaning, and I didn't find it all that fun. I like some recoil as part of the fun. At the time, while much more expensive than .22lr, 9mm was also pretty cheap. Even as ammo prices went up, I just wasn't motivated to buy another, though I figured I'd eventually do so.
So, this past autumn I bought a Taurus Tx22 and loved it. I loved it so much I bought a S&W 317 a few months ago since I've thought about buying one for about a decade. I now find shooting .22lr pistols to be quite fun.
Today, I bought a third. I ordered a Glock 44 from a local gunshop (it will take a week for them to get it, and then I can do the paperwork to start the MD seven day waiting period). In addition to wanting another .22 in general, this will be a great trainer for my Glock 19 and Glock 22. I waited until I had been shooting over 20 years to finally buy my first Glock (also this past autumn). The grip angle is such that I shoot my other guns noticeably better than the Glocks (at 10 yards or less I'm fine, but at 15 yards I'm shooting groups like I do at 25 yards with my other handguns). Other than accuracy (which is admittedly still "combat accurate," it isn't all that bad), I really enjoy my Glocks. So, I figured getting the G44 (which has the same measurements as the G19) with much cheaper .22lr should allow me to get used to the grip angle a lot faster and transfer easily to my G19. Of course, that is also just a good excuse to spend the money on another .22 (I don't need to justify it to anyone but myself, but a good excuse to do so helps).
So, this past autumn I bought a Taurus Tx22 and loved it. I loved it so much I bought a S&W 317 a few months ago since I've thought about buying one for about a decade. I now find shooting .22lr pistols to be quite fun.
Today, I bought a third. I ordered a Glock 44 from a local gunshop (it will take a week for them to get it, and then I can do the paperwork to start the MD seven day waiting period). In addition to wanting another .22 in general, this will be a great trainer for my Glock 19 and Glock 22. I waited until I had been shooting over 20 years to finally buy my first Glock (also this past autumn). The grip angle is such that I shoot my other guns noticeably better than the Glocks (at 10 yards or less I'm fine, but at 15 yards I'm shooting groups like I do at 25 yards with my other handguns). Other than accuracy (which is admittedly still "combat accurate," it isn't all that bad), I really enjoy my Glocks. So, I figured getting the G44 (which has the same measurements as the G19) with much cheaper .22lr should allow me to get used to the grip angle a lot faster and transfer easily to my G19. Of course, that is also just a good excuse to spend the money on another .22 (I don't need to justify it to anyone but myself, but a good excuse to do so helps).
