Browning Hi-Power
What is the most accurate pistol you have ever shot?
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A 1950's K22 w/target grips. Just a stock gun I used for Bullseye shooting for many years. My averages were in the mid 270 to low 280 range over those years.
Not too bad I thought. Certainly nothing to put me in competition for anything, but they're real world off-hand scores over a 15 yr period.
SA on slow fire,,DA on timed and rapid.
Both outdoor 50/25yds league in the summer and 50ft indoor in the winter. Scores were better in the outdoor league.
That 50ft Bullseye game is tough.
I tried a H/Standard target, a Mod 46, Mod 41, and a Ruger MkI Target, but always came back to the K22.
Shot a lot of 'gun of the week' too. Just about anything was game and it was usually very humbling when done against the clock, off hand and for score on a Bullseye target.
I remember one of the worst times I had was with a Webley Mk VI. Not much doin' at all out there on the 50yrd target for me! I'll bet I looked cool though.
Not too bad I thought. Certainly nothing to put me in competition for anything, but they're real world off-hand scores over a 15 yr period.
SA on slow fire,,DA on timed and rapid.
Both outdoor 50/25yds league in the summer and 50ft indoor in the winter. Scores were better in the outdoor league.
That 50ft Bullseye game is tough.
I tried a H/Standard target, a Mod 46, Mod 41, and a Ruger MkI Target, but always came back to the K22.
Shot a lot of 'gun of the week' too. Just about anything was game and it was usually very humbling when done against the clock, off hand and for score on a Bullseye target.
I remember one of the worst times I had was with a Webley Mk VI. Not much doin' at all out there on the 50yrd target for me! I'll bet I looked cool though.
bshepherd
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Colt XSE Govt. Model scary accurate.
19-2 from about 1967, my most accurate revolver
19-2 from about 1967, my most accurate revolver
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absolutevil
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It was some crazy looking thing a Lieutenant in a neighboring dept. shot in some Creedmoor match. I shot it once or twice. It was the most accurate thing I ever shot, two times.
The Highlander
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Ruger GP-100 6" barrel. Beat up truck gun I bought for $200. A 5" steel gong at 50 yards was almost impossible to miss offhand. I would say a German SIG 225, but my wife shoots one-hole groups with it at 11 yards. I never could get it to do that for me, so I just gave her the pistol!
Stevie
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I've got a lot of handguns from the late 1800's through the 2000's and near new...auto's and revolvers.
You know...really most are quite accurate and most are well regulated(as in the sights point where the gun shoots).
Two that really impressed me are a S&W Model 14..and a old P08 Luger with a so-so bore. But then most handguns I've shot were capable of very good accuracy..it's other factors such as bad triggers and sights that were off...or just plain don't fit the person shooting it that kill accuracy
You know...really most are quite accurate and most are well regulated(as in the sights point where the gun shoots).
Two that really impressed me are a S&W Model 14..and a old P08 Luger with a so-so bore. But then most handguns I've shot were capable of very good accuracy..it's other factors such as bad triggers and sights that were off...or just plain don't fit the person shooting it that kill accuracy
Old Corp
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I have a few that seem remarkable.
A 6" 1952 K22
A M14 .38
A Kimber 1911 .22 RF Target
An HK P7 9mm auto
On my 'good days', and I still have a few - these guns are like lasers.
A 6" 1952 K22
A M14 .38
A Kimber 1911 .22 RF Target
An HK P7 9mm auto
On my 'good days', and I still have a few - these guns are like lasers.
EllDee
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I hear that. My Model 57 with 8 3/8" barrel. After some work by Mag-Na-Port and a Leupold 2X scope, it will shoot consistent 3" groups at 100 yards with factory hunting rounds (Federal 240 gr. lead). Good enough for me.
Rimfire would be my HS Supermatic Trophy w/ bull barrel. Love that pistol.
Sir, interesting question, and also kind of hard to answer. I imagine I've owned a lot of very accurate pistols over the years, but couldn't demonstrate their accuracy at the time. It's taken me many years to get more than halfway accurate with a handgun, and I'm still no great pistoleer. I can only guess which was the most mechanically accurate.
The handguns I've shot my best groups with have mainly been .22s and 1911s.
I shot my first honest-to-goodness 2-inch offhand group at 25 yards with a lovely mid-'50s K22 Masterpiece; sadly, I had to sell that gun because of a layoff. My Browning Buckmark can be surprisingly good, even with junky ammo. I once put five shots into a 1-5/8" offhand group with it at 25 yards--my best group with a pistol so far.
With a 1911, I'm generally doing well to hold five shots in about 3 inches offhand at 25 yards. I had a Les Baer and a series 1 Kimber that were almost certainly capable of better than that, but I couldn't prove it at the time. Both are long gone now, again courtesy of the afore-mentioned layoff. My old Colt is downright rattly, but usually will put five shots into 3 to 3-1/2 inches at 25 yards offhand if I do my part. I suspect that fitting a tighter barrel bushing would improve this somewhat.
What would be really neat is if I could have every handgun I've ever owned back for just one range trip. It would be interesting to see what I can do with them now compared to back when I used to own them.
Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.
Ron H.
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By far and away above anything else.......
That looks mighty darn close to one of them thumbhole assault pistols.
deadin
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Yeah, and its rate of fire is 60 rounds in 2 hours........
(Standard Free Pistol Match rules.)
mafuta54
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1946 S&W M&P .38 Special!
NCTexan
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My Model 41 with 5.5" barrel and Burris Fastfire or the 7" iron sights is my most accurate rim fire.
I used to say that my S&W 952-2 was my most accurate center fire.
However, now I shoot a CZ 75-SP01 the most accurately. This pistol was amazingly accurate out of the box and I sent it to the CZ Custom Shop for their trigger job and tweak. A real shooter at a good price.
I used to say that my S&W 952-2 was my most accurate center fire.
However, now I shoot a CZ 75-SP01 the most accurately. This pistol was amazingly accurate out of the box and I sent it to the CZ Custom Shop for their trigger job and tweak. A real shooter at a good price.
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Keith beat me to it.
Hands down, T/C Contender 10" in 7mm TC/U. I used one of these back in the 80's for metallic silhouette. That gun would easily shoot ½ MOA with SMK.
(Sadly, in competition, I was only capable of about 15 MOA…on a good day. Unless I was shooting at the turkeys, Then I was at about 100 MOA.)
Jeff
DWFAN
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For a .22 this,
In .357 my 15-2 Dan Wesson.
DW
In .357 my 15-2 Dan Wesson.
DW
Model 41 S&W was a very accurate pistol, I think one of my K-22s is nearly as accurate. As far as centerfire pistols I did not own it but I shot an old Ruger Blackhawk in 30 carbine that was the scariest accurate pistol I had ever fired.
357-RevolverGuy
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Most accurate ones I've ever shot:
1. Ruger Mark II (.22)
2. Smith & Wesson model 67 (4" barrel)
3. Ruger GP100 (6" barrel)
1. Ruger Mark II (.22)
2. Smith & Wesson model 67 (4" barrel)
3. Ruger GP100 (6" barrel)
nicky4968
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I have never had the opportunity to shoot some of the fine .22 autos here.
But since the question was the most accurate pistol with iron sights I have ever shot, it has to be a Benelli B76 in 9 mm. Breathtaking.
If accuracy were all that mattered, I would have it still. There were other reasons I traded it off.
But since the question was the most accurate pistol with iron sights I have ever shot, it has to be a Benelli B76 in 9 mm. Breathtaking.
If accuracy were all that mattered, I would have it still. There were other reasons I traded it off.
model70hunter
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An old pre-war 22 masterpiece and a Python I carried as my duty gun. I squirrel hunted with both. Either one would head shoot a running squirrel. Both made one hole in the black at 25'.
