Originally Posted by richardw

If the Army and Marines trained troops with 22LR it would save millions of dollars, but they don’t. If an when a firearm has to be used to defend yourself the most important factor is skill level with the particular weapon and ammo. One cannot acclimate to a weapon unless they shoot that weapon enough to gather maximum skill handling, aiming, managing trigger and recoil. That is a irrefutable fact based upon the logic that the more use use something the better you get at using it.

So my recommendation is always practice for SD with your EDC and EDC ammo. Let’s assume you agree with that last sentence, and your objective is to reduce recoil. There is only one option for doing that. You have to select ammo that will not be too hot but will still met the characteristics of good SD ammo.