Is bigger really better? Or does it boil down to “how you use it?” When challenged by groovy son Austin about his decision to drive a Mini Cooper as his “spy car,” Nigel Powers blithely responded, “It’s not the size, mate. It’s how you use it.”
Was he right? Like psychic hotline results, the answer is whatever you want it to be. Skill usually trumps gear except when Lady Luck goes on a bender, but it’s easier to be successful when your handgun is bigger. Not a bigger caliber, but physically larger and more substantial. I admit it. I like big guns, and I cannot lie.
Why? The bottom line of effective handgun shooting is that you have to get sights on target precisely and then control the gun before, during, and after you fire it. Guess what? Larger handguns help with both fast and accurate sighting and control. Let’s explore.
Recoil by the numbers
It’s no secret that larger handguns have “less recoil” or at least feel like they do. But why is that? Let’s consider some simple math to explain precisely why.
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Depending on where you’re going, & what you’re wearing, as I CC, I guess the bottom line is I’d rather carry the most accurate, familiar gun I own. I can choose from a Beretta 21A, a very small, accurate semi-auto, that shoots .22lr’s, a S & W .38, or my Glock 27.
At fairly close range, any of these guns should at the minimum, effectively stop an assailant, but only if you hit them.
I practice with all three, but after putting a crimsom trace laser on my .38, I’m not as accurate with it as I used to be, since it’s not yet properly “dialed in”.
(I know I’m going to get a lot of rebuttal on this one)!