FreakGasolineFight
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I understand that your criteria are different than mine, FreakGasolineFight. I respect your position and think I understand your perspective. I just think you are overlooking or undervaluing the uses to which a good 22 can be put.
That may very well be true. I have never owned, nor have I had a terribly large amount of experience with .22 handguns. I did like the two I have shot, but I'm a poor man and I purchase guns with utility in mind. I find that, in my situation, the uses for a .22 are minimal.
Perhaps the best advice might be to purchase a gun with manageable recoil that fits your hand well and that you can afford to practice with as much as possible. I can certainly see why, in many cases, that pistol might be a .22.
I may have been spoiled by my first gun purchase as my .45 is a pussycat to shoot. Hardly any serious recoil at all.