For the record, I'm not saying that anything shoots better than anything else, but I will say the most accurate shooting I've ever done with a handgun (which really isn't saying a whole lot) is with my 619. It surprised me when I fired it for the first time, and there's a member on this forum (scooter) that has a 620 that'll put mine to shame.

My S&W Combat Masterpiece (pre 15) is more accurate (at least for me) than any other wheel gun I have ever shot in my life! Even all the 6" barrel target revolvers I own don't hold a candle to this one. The funny part is that this particular gun has had more rounds through it than any other that I own, and has had just about every part replaced at least once, including the barrel. The gun is an absolute tack driver!!

Chief38

My 10-6 4 inch has put everything into a 2 or less inch group at 25 yards. I think it may just be that pistol, but it is just uncanny!
I'm glad that the chump who unloaded it to the Harrisburg Gander Mountain did so!

My .30 Carbine Blackhawk gives me surprising groups. I don't think the caliber or gun is special, just that it's easy for me to shoot well due to its size and weight.

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Since other posters are telling about other revolvers besides S&W's I thought I'd be honest and join in. My Freedom Arms 44 Magnum with a 10" barrel made for silhouette is the most accurate wheel gun I've had any experience with. Clay pidgeons at 100yds. don't last very long and it's a pleasure to shoot all day and doesn't beat you up.

The most accurate DA revolver I've ever shot is an old model 10 made into a PPC gun built by Royce Weddle and owned by another forum member here.

I have two that are neck and neck in accuracy.

Model 53-2 .22 Jet with a 4" barrel
Model 627-0 in .357 Magnum with a 5.5" barrel

Including other peoples' guns I've shot, the most accurate centerfire I've ever shot is my 6" 586 with 125 gr. Sierra JHP, 9.0 gr. Unique and standard (not magnum) primer.

Most accurate rimfire--nothing stands out in my mind. I own M17's and M18 and they're all good.

My 6" S&W Target Masterpiece made in 1952 is probably my most accurate handgun.

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I would have to say my S&W Model 67-1. The first time I shot it I was 5 outta 6 on a coke can appx 7-8 steps. Not bad for an old fart...

For me its my slightly worn S&W Model 10 HB 4" bbl. made 1969. Former Security force gun that was hardly ever fired. First time I shot it I was amazed. I'm at best an average marksman and that old model 10 kept hitting where I aimed.

I finally got out to about 75 feet, two handed, unsupported, and all 6 went into a pie plate, even with my old eyes. At that range it was probably the 148 wadcutters I was using that helped! But I was surprised. It shoots better than any of my new fancy Smiths with their adj. sights. Trigger is so smooth.

I haven't found one yet that I could out shoot.

all my S&W revolvers

6" Freedom Arms .454
629-2 "Mountain Revolver"
6" Colt Python

A Ruger Bisley conversion to 475 Linebaugh. It could shoot the wings off a gnat (if it didn't vaporize the gnat). My no dash 66 is a close second.

Unfortunately, more or less true for me too, but I did once have a mysterious 6-inch Model 66 that would not keep 6-rounds of anything on a 16x16 paper at 50-feet, so I have seen one or two.

I will say that I have seen so many Model 57s over the years that have surprised me (pleasantly) that I almost don't pay any attention to them any more. My experience has been that if you can hold them and squeeze them, they never fail. I don't recall ever seeing one that wasn't "a killer!"

Not surprisingly a (6") mod 27-2 and a bit of a surprise, a 4" mod. 28.
Both shoot a smidgen under 2" @ 50 yds. with all six cylinders.

I have "stolen" a few from my Dad over the years and I hope someday my son will "steal" a few from me.

For contrast, I own one revolver, an S&W 60-4. So, it really surprised me how accurate it is the first time I fired it. I'm ancient, my eyes are slipping but I can do pretty well with it. It's not for sale.

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My 19-4 six inch that I bought in the late 90s for $150.

My most accurate handgun was the first Model 627 I ordered. Using 185 grain bullets that I casted from and LBT mold it would consistently shooot 1/2 inch groups from 25 yards from a rest.

I think it was the load more than the gun but that gun sure did give me great groups.

My S&W Model 14. I'm not sure it's the most accurate, but the longer barrel length probably allows me to shoot better with it.

My 5 screw 44 Spec for sure

The most accurate revolver or pistol I have shot was an early 80's Freedom arms 454 Casull, the worst was an early 9mm model 92 Beretta. Both belonged to my stepfather. I remember shooting from a rest at a target at 50 yards with the Casull and getting 2 inch groups (iron sights) at the same time at 25 yards the Beretta was lucky to get a 5 inch group. Did not seem to matter which one of us was shooting the Beretta shot like ****. I seem to remember that my offhand groups with the Casull were not quite so good

While all my S&Ws can out shoot me, both my 4th Model Hand Ejector (Model of 1950) revolvers in .44 Special stand out.

In the early eightys I tested my 4" 586 and 6" Python as well as the 6.5" M1950 in Mr. Ransoms' rest. The results were essentially a tie so I sold the Python and put the money to good use... the 4" M1950.

Attached Images

	44 Spl - 4th Model HE M1950 Target 4 inch.JPG (91.9 KB, 46 views)
	44 Spl - 4th Model HE M1950 Target 6.5 in.JPG (63.6 KB, 40 views)

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SWCA #2465

...would have to be my 17-4. purchased it new back in the day and was my tool for .22 revolver silhouette matches.



Second thoughts on this one as my new 617-6 continues to score wins in club matches.

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After his passing, I bought talented gunsmith Fred Schmidt's demo gun. It was one he took to matches and shows to show off the full range of his revolver work; he took a Model 15 and did his short cylinder conversion and crane lock jobs, along with a slab sided Douglas premium bull barrel and an Aristocrat rib with 3 position front sight. All I did was take off the standard service grips and replace them with a pair of then current smooth combats and away I went! Of course it only shot flush seated wadcutters with that short cylinder and long barrel tenon (the bullet was in the forcing cone before it fully left the case) but boy, it put them close together! With its history, it deserved a place of honor in somebody's collection, and unfortunately, that somebody was not to be me, so I sold it and moved on to other things. Still get nostalgic about that one sometimes, though.

Froggie

Model 14-1, 8/38" barrel. 158grain LSWC. 4.5 grains winchester231. Any .38 Special brass, any standard small pistol primer.

My model #18-2 is the most accurate revolver, I have ever shot.

About 1956 I purchased a S&W model 17 and had it converted to K-hornet by a gunsmith in West Sand Lake NY (sick of shooting woodchucks with a .22 rimfire and having them crawl down the hole). I was young, strong and had good eyesight. I was able to shoot (not every time) 3 inch groups (over a solid rest) at 100 yards! Honest. Cannot believe there is any more accurate revolver made.
Never had any problems but decided it could be dangerously hot and sold it about 1960. Bought another in about 1970. Never tried it at 100 yards, pretty far for rimfire .22. Was able to keep in 10 ring at 25 yards pretty much all the time. Sold it in favor of a High Standard .22 "target" auto. Should have kept both. But the HS had a FABULOUS trigger pull. Like breaking a strand of spaghetti! It was no more accurate than the K22 so far as I can see, however.

Have owned and shot several really accurate centerfire revolvers.
But I have to go back to my pre-27, 6.5 incher.

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Hands down, my Colt Python, 6", built in 1978. It shoots mostly one hole @ 25 yards. Coming in a close second is my Colt Officer's Model Match, built in 1955. It puts wadcutters into tiny cloverleafs at the same distance.

my old Dan Wesson with that 8 inch barrel will put one ragged hole at 50 yards on a bench.

Heavy barrel Model 10 , A police trade in for $125.00 in 1978. It was a turkey/trophy winner in NH turkey shoots in the late 70`s and into the 80`s. 3gr bullseye with 158gr Hornady LSWC. Deer targets, in the heart and X ring on 50yd bullseye, shooting double action!
Not much good on steel chickens though. They would ping but not fall.
That's what the 586 had to deal with.
Jim

My most accurate revolver is my Freedom Arms. It is the finest made single action I have seen. Next would be my old Dan Wesson 357 Super Mag which I sold after giving up IHMSA Silhouette. However, most of my S&W are probably more accurate than I can shoot.

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Don't have a lot of targets saved to photographs but do have an ongoing running battle between a Model 14-4 I purchased brand new and a Colt Officers' Model Match produced the same year I was born, pitted against each other. Haven't had them out together for a match-up in some time. The Officer's Model Match is the current champion at 10 rounds at 10 yards, off hand w/two-handed hold.

S&W Model 14


Colt Officer's Model Match

My four inch mod 29-2 bought new in case. After just putting in. Total of 30 rounds through her to sight in a millet rear sight. It shot two one inch groups at 50 ft off hand with 180 jhp.

My most accurate CF revolver is a 6" Python.




My most accurate RF revolver is a Diamondback.

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Center fire was an 8 3/8 model 57

Rim fire would be this model 48.
Never thought of a 22 magnum as being terribly precise.
This gun changed that.

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S&WCA #2726

I don't know if it was the most accurate revolver I ever shot or I was just having a really good day. In 1975, my father and I were at an outdoor shooting range in The Houston, TX area. There was a guy there shooting a Model 29 8 3/8 on the 100 yard range. He was shooting a hand loaded 210 gr. Norma bullet over a full load of Bluedot. We got to talking and he mentioned that he was just shooting these loads up because they turned out to not be very accurate. He asked me if I wanted to shoot it. My dad spotted for me. I had a good sandbag rest, it was cool and no wind. Dad called my first shot as 8 ring, 6 o'clock. The next shot was 9 ring, 6 o'clock. The next shot, he called "bullseye". The next three shots, he called "bullseye". I opened the cylinder, set the 44 on the bench and told the man "I don't think there is anything wrong with your load". This was at a time when I shot a couple of hundred rounds a week and had 21 year old eyes. The trigger on that 44 broke like glass, the weather and the light were perfect. And best of all, I knew to quit while I was ahead.

The most accurate gun I have shot and owned is a S&W M29 classic Hunter. Beautiful gun and a great shooter.

Ed

The first time I shot my 1954 Combat Masterpiece, I had some groups that were literally 1 hole. Best shooting I've ever done, and I must've been really dialed in, because I have not been able to repeat the performance.

A 14-3 with the 8-3/8" barrel was the cure for that particular malaise. Single action, double action, one hand, two hands, doesn't matter - this revolver consistently delivers the goods. The search for centerfire accuracy has ended.

A 17-3 with 6" barrel is almost as good. I run every kind of ammo through this with excellent results. I do think I'd like to get a 17 with the 8-3-8" barrel, though. I got into shooting late in life when my eyes were already lousy, so I need all the help I can get.

I would have to say my 1955 Target with Factory short action SAO conversion.It is one of those Guns that make it hard to miss.

Mod 327 TRR8 with a two piece 5" barrel.

I have to say that my most accurate handgun so far has been one of my Model 25-7s in .45 Colt with a 5-inch barrel. This "group" was shot offhand, no benchrest. It may have been two or three feet more than 20 yards. Or it could've been two or three feet less than 20 yards. I don't know. There are no distance markers in this part of the range.

Now, I can't do this every time, okay? No excuses, but I wear bifocals, so it's sometimes hard to get a good sight picture. But when I do my part, the gun puts them where they're supposed to go. What more could you ask for?

Never fired my other 25-7, by the way, cause it's just too pristine, but I have no doubt it'd be just as accurate as this one.

My old 8 3/8" 29-2. I can go back to it at any time and it always hits where I want it to. AS far as rimfires all my K frame .22's are admirally accurate.

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The old 686 that went everywhere I did for along time. The mdl. 18 That lays in the safe that has notbeen fired in so many years it's crying shame.

My TRR8..................

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All of mine are better than I am.
My 15-3 is absolutely sweet, as is my 586 no dash.

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What would Jim Cirillo do?

Sorry guys! I think this thread is merely an excuse to show off our favorite guns. It isn't a discussion of accuracy at all. Here's why I think so:
Any well built revolver - which includes most if not all S&W examples - will be "accurate" in the hands of an accurate shooter. It is shooting technique and ammunition choice that make for better or worse accuracy, much more than it is the gun (unless, of course, something is inherently wrong with the gun due to poor workmanship or subsequent incident). I can shoot my 1946, 5" .38 M&P into just as tight of groups as I can my 1952 5" Combat Masterpiece. It just takes physical discipline and a conscious adjustment to the different sights.
An example from the real world. About a year ago, I had my 16 year old grandson out at the range with me. He was shooting one of my rifles and fired a group of 5 rounds at 100 yards that maybe could have been covered with a pie plate. He got up from the bench and said something like, "I think the scope needs to be adjusted." I sat down at the bench and fired 5 rounds of the same ammunition. We went down range and you could cover the 5 holes with a silver dollar. He said, "I guess there's nothing wrong with the scope setting."

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SWCA #2475, SWHF #318

I have a model 25-7 that will put 10 rounds in 6" at 100 yards.

This target was made with a Ruger security six with an aftermarket barrel and dot sight. Its the best I have done with a handgun at 50 feet. 5 shots HBWC 2.8 Bullseye