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Handgun purchasing for newbies is backwards
Warbirds
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Hopefully Im wrong and just seeing things as I notice them, not as they are.
I am not dead set in my opinion here.
It seems like 9 out of 10 people I meet that only own one handgun own a concealed carry size pistol - for my broad generalizations we will say 3? barrel or shorter.
Then they go to the local indoor range and rattle off one box of Walmart ammo every few months, and manage to put most of the holes somewhere on the man size silhouette from 5 -7 yards.
Whats worse is many shooters go their entire life doing this, never cognizant that they are not actually proficient with a pistol.
It turns out there is actually a scientific term for this-
The Dunning-Kruger Effect.
[media]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_WVY-E[/media]
I of course have an opinion-
learn with a 22 pistol,
Then a full size handgun once a person can move and shoot -then they could consider a sub-compact/concealed carry type of gun & you might actually be capable of defending yourself with it it.
I am not dead set in my opinion here.
It seems like 9 out of 10 people I meet that only own one handgun own a concealed carry size pistol - for my broad generalizations we will say 3? barrel or shorter.
Then they go to the local indoor range and rattle off one box of Walmart ammo every few months, and manage to put most of the holes somewhere on the man size silhouette from 5 -7 yards.
Whats worse is many shooters go their entire life doing this, never cognizant that they are not actually proficient with a pistol.
It turns out there is actually a scientific term for this-
The Dunning-Kruger Effect.
[media]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_WVY-E[/media]
I of course have an opinion-
learn with a 22 pistol,
Then a full size handgun once a person can move and shoot -then they could consider a sub-compact/concealed carry type of gun & you might actually be capable of defending yourself with it it.
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Where in my opinion you train your brain to succeed, then try for speed. I start out every session slow fire one-handed, then I eventually switch to two hands which is a lot easier after firing one-handed.
An analogy, take a needle and thread, you can poke at the needle hole repeatedly hoping to get lucky or you can do it slowly and deliberately with fewer tries and more success.
The process is to perfect your aim with slow fire and then build speed while retaining accuracy. And to tell you the truth, it is like riding a bicycle, the basics stick with you if you learned correctly.
Most people don't train correctly IMO.
and/or they just aren't interested in doing it.
By the way, that?s a very informative video in Warbirds post.
Unfortunately I think we all have met at least one "used car salesman" gun dealer in our lives.