sikacz wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:07 pm
YankeeTarheel wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:58 pm
sikacz wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:58 pm
YankeeTarheel wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 6:47 pm
How about not having an outdoor range anywhere around? All I have available are indoor ranges unless I want to travel for 90 or more minutes.
At that point I'd want a smaller caliber.
My revolver shoots .357 and also shoots .38, which I prefer to shoot.
.38 Special is perfect for indoor target shooting. I borrow my wife's. The .22LR is the most economical and practical for general practice indoors for me.
In NJ, each time you want to buy a handgun, you must apply at your local police dept for a permit (you can apply for multiple permits at once). This can take days or weeks to be approved, assuming you already have your FPID card. You have 90 days to make the purchase, then must wait 30 days before you can seek to have another permit approved. Gov. Murphy is pushing to raise the permit fee from $2 to $50, which will INCREASE purchases--because nobody's going to spend $50 and then let the permit lapse!
My point is you tend to be very, very careful and particular about hand gun purchases, and you need a safe storage mechanism for each. So I have no interest in purchasing a .22LR pistol when .38 is cheap enough, and my semis are 9mm, which is also relatively inexpensive.
Besides, lots of folks shoot much heavier stuff at the ranges I go to, including various .44 and .45 as well as .40 and 10mm. So I wear ear plugs and -30db ear muffs.
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