Everyone Has A Plan Until They Are Punched In the Mouth. - Choices:

 - Mike Tyson said that ..  and boy have we been punched in the mouth in the last year.- We Kiwi shooters have been subject to a strong and accelerating series of attacks by politicians & police management specifically designed to harass our lawful sporting activities and to curtail our civil rights.

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Does the .22" r/f Long Rifle kill animals? - Of course it does AND it "stops" them - even elephant have fallen to the 'two-two'. If you want to argue against the "mouse-gun" FACTS you won't upset me .. that would just be amusing.

Is there Anything In This Image That You Would Welcome Into Your Body

 at 1,000 foot per sec?

- Does a more powerful cartridge cause more damage?  Obviously - ballistics & physics are fact based science.

.. More? .. A miss with a .22" r/f is exactly as useful as a miss with a .308" battle rifle.

Sure a peripheral hit with a major caliber will cause more injury than the same "wing shot" from a .22" L.R.

When U S residents think about "carry" for self-defense the issue gets much more complicated than the ballistics - because the obvious 'best manstopper' is a full size high caliber rifle or shotgun .. this is not convenient to carry when driving a car or when searching the supermarket for your favorite toilet paper.

And consider this - Right now the free people are all told that the "only proper gun" to have is a high capacity semi-auto pistol. - Well if you are in the military fighting-off hoards of screaming warriors intent on cleaving your head from your neck maybe .. but if you're just off shopping at a "WillyMart" toilet-tissue shelf  likely you can survive with a handy five or six shot revolver ..

NEVER forget that the RIGHT to self defense is a basic human right .. not withstanding the New Zealand Police claim that it is a privilege here. The 51 Muslims murdered by Australian BRENTON TARRANT had the RIGHT To Self Defense - but not the means ..

.. So you need a "Pistol" - but is that a revolver or a magazine-fed semi-auto - they are very different animals unless you're an ill informed journalist - And do you have to own the lightest-smallest 'sub-compact' or will a compact or even a full sized model suite your needs?

You might be able to learn how to hit with a small handgun .. but if your hands are in the normal size range you WILL have problems getting a secure grip and the trigger reach will be next to impossible to manage easily & accurately. The choice of larger back-straps from current Glocks is very useful for folk with larger hands.

On the other hand (!) - if you've got small but meaty paws you will find a standard sized grip doesn't suite either.

That Is A LOUSY Fit.

A small light-weight pistol is sometimes presented to the boss female to shoot BUT small light-weight guns have greater recoil and their short barrels have more muzzle blast than a longer model .. plus they are tougher to hit with.

And here's another thought .. many .22" rim-fire guns are harder to cock and fire than a center-fire because their hammer or striker spring has to make a stronger hit on the rimfire cartridge to pop it - while a larger centerfire gun can often be tuned to a VERY light trigger pull. 

- A small short barreled .22" rim-fire might prove to be difficult AND unpleasant to shoot well - whereas a larger centerfire gun in .32" or .38/.380" could be great.

- My young grand-daughter couldn't manage my sweet Ruger SP101 .22" revolver but loved a S&W semi-auto with it's light slide spring .. But I guess the Glock G44 two-two s/a might well have too strong recoil springs and trigger squeeze to please her.

These things are very individual and the only way to choose the right gun is to try everything you can find before deciding.

Some of my mates reckon that I'm recoil sensitive .. which is at least partly true as I hated shooting a .44" Magnum revolver that actually HURT my hand. .. and the muzzle blast made me flinch and slapped me in the ears. - Yes I am a flincher and have to train myself not to shut my eyes at every BANG.

- However I loved my full sized Glock 20 10 mm - and could comfortably shoot it in IPSC competition just as fast-slow-badly as my smaller G17 9x19 mm. - It seemed to fit my hands .. We are all different eh.

- Currently I'm very happy with both G19x and G44 - but likely I am shooting my 4 inch Ruger SP101 two-two revolvers nearly as much ..

Which Ruger Is the MAGNUM? 

- a .22" plus a 327 Fed Magnum.

We need to try stuff for feel & function before slagging it off or buying it.

- AND we need to take seriously considered legal action to defend our shooters RIGHTS. - A good start is to make sure that you are a freshly paid-up member of  SSANZ.

Marty K.