{"id":12701,"date":"2020-11-21T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T18:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=12701"},"modified":"2020-11-21T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T18:51:17","slug":"guest-contributor-tomd-hand-gun-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/21\/guest-contributor-tomd-hand-gun-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor &#8211; TomD &#8211; Hand Gun Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got my first .22 when I was single digits old, was raised hunting, Marine Corps, and now life long competitive shooter with shotguns and rifles, so I know a little. I reload all my ammunition too.<\/p>\n<p>I never start someone off with a full power pistol, trying to learn the basics of shooting while dealing with very loud muzzle blasts and recoil is a bit much. I always try to teach the basics with a .22 pistol before going to full power weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The Browning below is one of my 22\u2019s but it\u2019s just 1 of a zillion perfectly good 22 pistols available. You learn to shoot, the ammo is cheap, not loud, just enough recoil to learn to expect it. If your first shot ever is from the 357 revolver below, you just may be intimidated enough to not really want to repeat the experience.<\/p>\n<p>[img]<a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2545\/4164619354_68d4980a75_c.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2545\/4164619354_68d4980a75_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a>[\/img]<\/p>\n<p>[img]<a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3045\/3038804859_a3b098575a_c.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3045\/3038804859_a3b098575a_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/a>[\/img]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got my first .22 when I was single digits old, was raised hunting, Marine Corps, and now life long competitive shooter with shotguns and rifles,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,2728,1730],"tags":[2729,2731,2730],"class_list":["post-12701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-contributors","category-guns","category-guest-contributor-tomd","tag-firearms","tag-handgun-training","tag-handguns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guest Contributor - TomD - Hand Gun Training - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/21\/guest-contributor-tomd-hand-gun-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guest Contributor - TomD - Hand Gun Training - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Got my first .22 when I was single digits old, was raised hunting, Marine Corps, and now life long competitive shooter with shotguns and rifles,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/21\/guest-contributor-tomd-hand-gun-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-21T18:51:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2545\/4164619354_68d4980a75_c.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@orionscoldfire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"photog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/21\/guest-contributor-tomd-hand-gun-training\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/21\/guest-contributor-tomd-hand-gun-training\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"photog\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d11e80f83f3825ce9fe38a5303eb64d3\"},\"headline\":\"Guest Contributor &#8211; 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