Posted: 10/1/2010 10:58:27 PM EDT
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I am wanting to get more proficient with my handgun. I currently have a 4" XD in .40. I was hoping
to get a .22 conversion for it to make practice much cheaper. What with ammo being upwards of $16-19 a box. But in my research online the one company that was planning on releasing one sometime this year has since decided to put it on hold. So only god knows when one will be released. Can onyone recommend a .22lr I could substitute for practice? I already have a Walther P22 and love to shoot it, but it is no where near the size/feel of a full size gun. |
| If your main goal is to get better with your XD, I suggest you invest in a reloading setup instead - a Dillon Square Deal kit would be ideal, and would cost little more than the price of a dedicated .22 pistol. You should be able to get the cost of .40S&W ammo down below $7/50 easily. Yes, .22 ammo is cheaper still, but not that much cheaper. Get a .22 pistol anyway because they are a ton of fun, but for serious practice with your XD, run reloads. Dry fire is free too, and will help a lot. |
| Shooting any .22 will improve all of your pistol shooting. I wouldn't get too hung up on the differences between your walther and your XD. You can still practice all the same courses of fire with the Walther and then use a little .40 ammo to confirm that your XD shooting improved. Similar sight pictures and trigger pulls are nice, but not an absolute must for training value to occur. |
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Why not get a Ruger Mk III 22/45? Street price is less than $300
I shoot 1911s and an XD9 and having a gun with the same grip angle helps keep things consistent. I went with the 5.5" barrel - the 4" model is just too short. Also, with it being a metal frame, the weight more closely mimics a service pistol. |
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I actually prefer browning buckmarks over ruger's offerings... controls are 99% the same in a buckmark as they are on my 1911's... I always warm up with 50-100 rounds of .22lr before i begin shooting 'real' ammo... Fundamentals are all the same... recoil mitigation is just... practice ;) |
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Putting thousands of rounds through my Ruger MKIII has made me an exponentially better pistol shooter. You don't develop training scars with a 22, but instead develop solid fundamentals, as long as you learn from your misses. Misses will tell you more about what you're doing wrong or right than hits can. I can without a doubt say that my Ruger MKIII was my best firearm investment that I've made. And I might even go as far to say, it's my favorite gun. Just go to your local gun shop and play with the MKIII's and the Buckmarks. They're both good guns.
Just my two cents bro, Chris |
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Ditto. I picked up a mosquito and it's a decent sized pistol. With the slide release and decocker its a great pistol to teach someone on that is gonna carry a sig. In your case I am pretty sure there is a glock copy out there in .22 LR....I'll try and find the ad I saw last week and post it. That should feel fairly similar to your XD.
ETA: https://www.lipseys.com/itemdetail.aspx?itemno=ISM-22B&mfg=ISSC+Austria&family=M22+Series&model=M-22 Quoted:
I just picked up a Sig Mostquito for this exact purpose. I also felt the P22 was too small. The Sig is a bit bigger and feels like a 'real' fun. It set me back about $460. |
| I have a .22 kit for my Glock, but I find I shoot my .22 DA revolver more. The revolver teaches me to do a smooth, long DA pull, which my glock can't. Also, since the DA pull is so long, I have to hold my sights on target longer, which will reveal any wobble caused by grip or trigger. A 10-12 pound DA trigger makes the Glock feel like a finely tuned single action by comparison. Nothing beats a revolver for practicing fundamentals, IMO. |