>>955684Real men feel no need to project their insecurities onto others.
They also shoot 22 in quantity because it is cheap, doesn't recoil, and allows you to get back to fundamentals, breaking any flinches or bad habits you got while shooting the "real man" calibers. You can take kids and women out shooting with it too and everybody will have a good time. Trigger time is trigger time and keeps your skills sharp no matter what you shoot.
Real men know this. You don't.
>>958201Undisputed truth here.
There's a reason why Grandpa only had a 12 gauge in his closet.
First off, even now most deer are killed at distances of less than 75 yards. Their vital area is 9 inches in diameter. At that distance, that's a 6MOA window if you aim dead center.
Do you know what can achieve 6MOA regularly? Literally any firearm with even the most rudimentary sights. Unless you're regularly taking shots over 100 yards, all a scope does is weigh your gun down and destroy your field of view.
Second, a shotgun can take ANYTHING with the proper ammo. From squirrels and varmints to geese, ducks, deer, bear and moose, a shotgun can do it, and has. If you can only get ONE gun, it's clearly the one to get-all you need is the right ammo and you're ready.
Third, they're cheap. A single shot can be had for just over $100, and a basic pump gun runs $200. That's Mosin-tier money for a gun you can use in every /out/ situation. And the ammo is literally everywhere. Walmart doesn't even have the stuff under lock and key-you can just walk up and pick it up off the shelf.
Fourth, Grandpa lived in Indiana, and it's illegal to hunt with rifles there, but we're not going to talk about that. Shotguns are good and criminally underappreciated.
