question on practice with different calibers

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Hi guys, need your input on practice with multiple calibers.

some background info first, my goal is to be familiar with as many the popular rounds as possible, AND I am NOT a bullseye shooter, but only aiming at a rather tight group up to 25 meters(right now I am @ 12.5 - 15 meters after 5 months).
my plan WAS to shoot and reload 9/38spl/357mag/40S&W/44spl/44mag/45acp, and ocasionally shoot 357sig and 10mm with rental . So far I have shot all of them, except 44spl/357sig/10mm. I am NOT a recoil junkie and do enjoy all the calibers I have been shooting so far with no any problems.

Now, the question. When I shot 38spl(not sure if it matters, after about 300 rounds of 45 ACP), the 38spl felt like .22 and I can shoot it with great accuracy compared to my 40/45. So, I am wondering, with my personal goal in mind, is it really necessary to practice 38spl regularly for any reason that I am not seeing?

Same question for 44spl, even though I suspect this one I cannot skip because the recoil should be bigger than 9mm? to me, I have to practice anything that has bigger recoil than 9mm.
 
Makes no difference what cartridge you shoot. It's more about the difference between handguns. As in, a pistol is shot slightly differently than a revolver.
However, the recoil, both felt and actual, is different with say a hot .38 vs a hot .357 and a target load .38 vs a mild .357.
A .38 will feel less than a .45 due to simple physics. Big bullet vs a smaller one has less recoil.
 
Grip. Sight alignment. Trigger control.

Different guns have different grips, potentially different sights, which will affect your shooting from gun to gun.

Recoil is in your mind, as it happens after the bullet is long gone. If your mind is on recoil, it may affect your grip, alignment and trigger control. That anticipation, in your head, can affect accuracy, but the actual recoil should not.

Recoil will affect rapid follow up shots of course, but that again is a sight alignment issue.
 
thanks guys. appreciated! so, I guess the answer is NO, I don't need to practice .38spl with all other calibers I am practicing on weekly basis then. I know recoil is really more mind over body as one should NOT anticipate it, otherwise the accuracy will suffer. I do want to practice the bigger ones from a pure physical strength/muscle memory perspective because, at least for me(as I am not a big guy at all), if after a while I don't shoot one of the calibers, when switching from small to bigger ones, I might not hold the grip tight enough.
 
just to be clear, I thought all other rounds I practice on weekly basis should cover .38spl from what I read. If you say I still should practice 38spl, what's the reason for that if other than recoil, all the fundamentals are the same?

fenceline said:
I didn't say don't practice. I meant that practice should cover those 3 fundamentals. Regardless of the gun.
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luckey said:
just to be clear, I thought all other rounds I practice on weekly basis should cover .38spl from what I read. If you say I still should practice 38spl, what's the reason for that if other than recoil, all the fundamentals are the same?
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The round won't matter. The grip, sight alignment and trigger control will vary on each gun. I practice on the gun, not the calibre and recoil.
 
Understood. we are talking about the same thing then within the context of my question.

fenceline said:
The round won't matter. The grip, sight alignment and trigger control will vary on each gun. I practice on the gun, not the calibre and recoil.
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