ACCURACY, REVOLVER OR AUTO?

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In your experience, which is more accurate for you. the Auto or revolver?

I think my sig is much more accurate than any revolver ive ever shot, but some swear that revolvers are just as accurate. In your experience and opinion which is more accurate and why? Is it the balance, ballistics, trigger, recoil etc?

Tim :)

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Common guns
Centerfire....revolver
.22 lr.....revolver n pistol tie.

Probly cause sights/barrel/frame/grip locked together.

Sam
 
For absolute precision from a top (match) grade gun with it's preferred ammo? Probably an auto.

The auto has a single chamber/barrel. The revolver has 5 or more chambers to one barrel - and the chambers are not integral with the barrel.

Back before I was born (which is longer ago than most folks here would want to contemplate) top bullseye shooters used to mark their most accurate chamber on a revolver and use that chamber only when the events allowed. When that practice was dis-allowed in competition the auto gradually crowed out the revolvers.

That said - we're talking here about shooters who could do aspirin tablets rapid fire at 25 yards. For the rest of us I don't think there is really a noticeable difference between a finely made target grade auto and a finely made target grade revolver. (Assuming you haven't got one that should have been finished in Lemon Yellow from the factory.)

In cartridges of the .357 Mag. class and up - I suspect the revolvers still reign supreme. Probably because there isn't a high market for target grade autos in the really heavy caliber class. (Some of you long range hunters/handgunners feel free to correct me.) While there is a market for really accurate heavy caliber hunting/target revolvers - both SA & DA.

Personally for anything at, or past, 50 yards I want a good long barreled revolver. But I have taken a lot of squirrel and grouse (head shots) with both a .22 auto and a .22 revolver. Though as I stand barely on the sunny side of 60, those days are gone.


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Jim Fox
 
It is kind of strange run of the mill revolvers are more reliable and accurate than run of the mill auto's. However spend the money and then auto's will out shot revolves and all the military police auto's (Glock,Sig, Beretta, HK,) are all just as reliable as good revolvers if not more so. Take a look at bullseye. Auto's dominate Why because an auto can be made to fire more accurately than a revolver.
PAT

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Extensive testing with a Ransom rest years ago convinced me my PPC revolvers were more accurate than about any bullseye pistol. The most accurate pistol I have owned would be my new Les Baer or maybe my old Clark Long Heavy Slide. I have had a dozen Ron Power PPC revolvers built on Smith k-frames that out shot either auto. In fact, the Colt Pythons are (were) very accurate right out of the box.

Having said all of that, there are several pistolsmiths offering autos with 1.5 inch groups promised at 50 yards. That's about three minutes of angle and it would be tough for most custom revolvers to beat that.
 
Machine rest test on autoloaders with moving slide/bbl/sights is often an unfair test..Sometimes the autoloader shoots much tighter groups when hand held.

Revolver and fixed bbl autoloaders different story.

Sam
 
P'Sig,

To respond specifically to your question, I am more accurate with a large frame (S&W "N", for example) revolver than with any of my semiautomatics. However, I do not believe it is fair to generalize based on this VERY limited experience. More important, I am quite sure that all my handguns (Sigs, Glocks, Colts, Kimbers, S&Ws) have substantially greater inherent accuracy than I am able to employ, due to my individual marksmanship limitations.
 
I think what gives revolvers the edge is the fixed barrel. Wouldn't a fixed barrel auto like the P7 be more accurate since it has a fixed barrel and has only one chamber opposed to a revolver having multiple chambers?
 
For Rimfire the edge goes to the auto, as their blow-back actions allow a fixed barrel/sights.

Centerfire Absolute accuracy - Revolvers.

Auto's dominate most shooting sports due to capacity and rapid fire capability - including Bullseye. 5 shots in 10 seconds (Bullseye Rapidfire) seems slow until you have to try cocking a hammer or controlling a double-action trigger for each shot. That's why there are no Double-Action autos used in Bullseye. Some Revolver shooters are still around, and some can shoot Master level, but it's just easier with an auto.
Try shooting a Freedom Arms single action sometime, 1" groups at 100 yds aren't unusual. It takes a very good Bullseye 45 to get 1" groups at 50 yds; most of the top Bullseye gun-smiths will only guarantee 2" at 50 yds.
It's just easier to get a revolvers cylinder chambers lined up accurately (it's called line-boring) than it is to get the barrel/slide lockup the same each time; and with a fixed barrel/sights even a slight mis-alignment with the cylinder chamber has much less effect than the lockup variablity of the barrel/slide of an auto.
 
Fodder for ol farts.
Wheel gun accuracy.
.44 S+W Russian test.
Diameter of circle ENCLOSING group of ten shots.
256gr bullet.
200 yard.....15"
100 yard.....6"
50 yard.....1.5"....10 shot one hole?
20 yard.....1.0"....10 shot one hole.
Gun..S+W .44 Military, 6.5" bbl.

These are outside to outside measurements. How far we have not come in a hundred years.

Sam
 
For me it's a revolver in centerfire and a semi-auto pistol in rimfire.

I think that's probably pretty typical for most folks, especially as the shooting ranges get a little long.

Take a look at the handguns that win silhouette matches.

Joe


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