Trigger control is trigger control, sight picture is sight picture, and a minute of angle is a minute of angle no matter what caliber you are shooting. Yes, that is oversimplifying it, but it holds true (and holding true is the same from caliber to caliber too.)74novaman wrote:.22lr is a fantastic training round. Yes, recoil impulse is different than a carry caliber, but all the other fundamentals of shooting remain the same. If you have a .22 conversion kit for your handgun, even better. Same trigger, same grip, same magazine release...
Not to mention that before the great panic of 2013/2014, I could shoot 500 rounds of .22 or 50 rounds of other ammo for the same price. 500 repetitions is more useful for building skills than 50 is. Without .22 as a training tool, shooting can become expensive quick.
More years ago than I care to count these days I was very active in several target shooting disciplines and could often be found at the high power range in the morning and the .22 range in the afternoon or evening, and besides the difference in felt recoil, rifle used, and actual sights, almost everything else was the same.