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Agree with you on the fun of shooting a .22 but disagree that it is inadequate.

A .22 will not glance off a skull unless it hits at such an oblique angle that it would not have done any real damage anyway.

I do agree that other calibers are generally better for protection, but only by a small margin.

If I had to choose one handgun for all uses it would definitely be a .22. A Browning Hi-Power was my first quality pistol (I bought it at Kings hardware in DeFuniak Springs Fl. in 1969) and still would be hard to beat.

Still the king of gunfighting is the plain old M1911. If one wants it for protection and not competition, then just leave it alone. It doesn't need melted edges, trigger jobs, high profile sights etc.

If John Browning didn't put it on, then it probably isn't necessary for what he intended it.

Love the Hi-Power! My first .22 pistol was my Dad's Hi-Standard Model B, and I was jazzed to learn that they've come back into business.

Spent my 300 rounds on a Browning last weekend - one of those little breakdown .22 Autoloader rifles that John Moses designed in (I believe) 1908. Heaven! Yep, If Browning didn't put it on a gun...