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Old 03-21-2017, 12:20 AM
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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.
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.
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