There is nothing wrong or sissy about practicing with .22lr. In fact, Sig Sauer makes a .22 in many of their popular models, and their .22 cal Mosquito is a great gun.
So I don't recommend getting too snooty about the "lowly" .22...in fact, from your obvious knowledge base, it would seem a good place for you to start.
117 posted on 03/25/2010 7:55:53 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse
("Peace" is that brief, glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading. (Anon))