Originally Posted by
psalms144.1
I'm still working with a new shooter who simply WILL NOT shoot anything other than a .22LR. She's hell on wheels with a G44 - you definitely DO NOT want to be downrange from her if she's got her back up and that pistol in her hand.
Switch her to a G19, she's good for one or MAYBE two rounds, then it's "nope" and she's done shooting for the day.
So, she can't control the recoil of the G19 because she's still scared of it. I'm not worried about that, because she does not carry outside the house, and she's scary fast/accurate with the G44. For HER, the rimfire seems to be "the answer," because anything centerfire would lead her to not having a gun available at all.
For LE training, I don't like the use of 22s, because they're simply not an option for duty use. Instructors get paid to be smart, identify problems early, and correct them. Not sure about other agencies, but I've never seen an agency who's academy had enough range time to teach everyone the fundamentals of marksmanship on a rimfire, then transition to centerfire and start dealing with grip, anticipation, and other issues that show up with "real guns."
Don't get me wrong, I love rimfire guns, have several, and will never part with them. But they're plinkers and skunk killers for me.