[rhino]

Thanks for the positive feedback on my ideas, E.

You make an excellent point about ammo costs. Fortunately, when I'm in a learning situation, I subscribe to the policy that every round you fire should be for a good reason and have some sort of educational or training merit. That's something I learned from Louis, and I think he's absolutely right about it. You can learn more from him firing a few hundred rounds than you can from a lot of others firing five times as many rounds.

Hah! I brought it around full circle!

I only shoot centerfire rounds in matches and classes now too. I try to do as much as I can with .22LR too, which makes a big difference. I wouldn't have a problem with someone using a .22 in one of my classes, especially if the lessons were geared toward marksmanship. When it progresses to more "applications," then I think a mix of .22 and what you will carry or potentially use would make sense.

I know Ken Campbell allows .22 pistols in his Intro to Defensive Pistol class. When I did it back in 2002 (I think), there were a few people with .22 pistols and they did just fine with them.

If everyone had a .22 conversion for their carry gun and defensive rifle, they'd be in business. Pistols conversions would let you use your regular holster.

In my case, I don't have either, but I did approximate an AR-ish .22 by using a Ruger 10/22 and a Tapco pistol grip stock.