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Originally Posted by epj
You might get 2" groups at 25 yards out of a well fitted 1911. Real well fitted ones will do that or better at 50 yards. A $500+\- service pistol is considered pretty good with 4" groups at 25 yards. Most won't do that well. 8" groups at 10 yards pretty much sucks. Not acceptable by any means.
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These pistols were designed to put rounds in a torso. 8" at 10 yards isn't OK. That's obvious. But 2" or so at 25 yards, or 5" or so at 50 yards is great. At that point, it is repeat-ability of the rounds loaded.
If you really want that accuracy, you need a TARGET pistol. Don't expect a service firearm to be a target pistol. Service pistols are for gunfights, which are usually at less than 25 feet. Using a rest is cheating BTW. If you can't hand hold and fire accurately, you need to practice a WHOLE lot more.
You need to decide what you want/need it for, then decide what hardware will work for that. Pistol, car, kitchen knife, you still need to know its use FIRST before you get your proper tool.