What city are you in/what’s the closest city to you?
**Step 1:** find something that makes shooting enjoyable for you, and get proficient with ANY gun.
If you’re proficient with a weapon, the specific weapon will make very little difference in a real home-defense scenario. Your actual problem right now is not the lack of a HD gun, it’s the lack of something making you really want to spend time shooting. Between zero and getting proficient with ANYTHING, your opinion will evolve significantly.
Shooting disciplines break down into a few utterly different types – flat indoor/outdoor ranges, and clay shooting. Strongly recommend trying both, at ranges with rentals and instructors.
Also do not trust the opinions of the employees & instructors, develop your own opinion.
Another consideration is that when you’re actually practicing, ammo cost will outweigh weapon cost. A .22 pistol AND 5,000 rounds of .22 cost about the same as <3000 rounds of 9mm, or ~1500 rounds of 12ga. And .22’s are a blast to shoot.
Personally, I need movement & action, and I know multiple people tried the stereotypical shooting ranges with stalls and single targets and were like ‘meh’, then fell in love when they tried a different discipline. Clay shooting is easy to get into as a beginner. Action shooting like in r/competitionshooting is an absolute blast but generally requires some experience at the boring ranges before anyone will let you even try at their facility.CAgunsGreat_Taro_7907<div class=”md”><p>What city are you in/what's the closest city to you? </p>
<p><strong>Step 1:</strong> find something that makes shooting enjoyable for you, and get proficient with ANY gun.</p>
<p>If you're proficient with a weapon, the specific weapon will make very little difference in a real home-defense scenario. Your actual problem right now is not the lack of a HD gun, it's the lack of something making you really want to spend time shooting. Between zero and getting proficient with ANYTHING, your opinion will evolve significantly. </p>
<p>Shooting disciplines break down into a few utterly different types – flat indoor/outdoor ranges, and clay shooting. Strongly recommend trying both, at ranges with rentals and instructors.</p>
<p>Also do not trust the opinions of the employees & instructors, develop your own opinion.</p>
<p>Another consideration is that when you're actually practicing, ammo cost will outweigh weapon cost. A .22 pistol AND 5,000 rounds of .22 cost about the same as <3000 rounds of 9mm, or ~1500 rounds of 12ga. And .22's are a blast to shoot.</p>
<p>Personally, I need movement & action, and I know multiple people tried the stereotypical shooting ranges with stalls and single targets and were like 'meh', then fell in love when they tried a different discipline. Clay shooting is easy to get into as a beginner. Action shooting like in <a href=”/r/competitionshooting”>r/competitionshooting</a> is an absolute blast but generally requires some experience at the boring ranges before anyone will let you even try at their facility.</p>
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