Accurate handguns that shouldn't be

Some of these answers are unexpected. The PPK for example. Sure they shoot great, they're Walthers for crying out loud.
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The Walther PPK has a short barrel, thin short grip, and small fixed sights. Nothing about it should make it as good a shooter as it is but for some reason I shoot it better than alot of other handguns.
 
Um, that would be 1/4" groups at 25 yards then, wouldnt it?
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1 MOA is about 0.25" at 25 yards, about 1" at 100 yards.

A handgun that will consistently shoot 4 MOA (1" at 25 yards) is generally thought of as being very accurate.
 
I have a Ruger LC9 that is very accurate. I don't like the trigger pull, but if I rest it and press carefully, it will give a nice small group comparable, if not better, than my M&P 9FS. Very surprising!
 
Sig P239 in .40 surprised me. Its an older Sig and of top quality, but I didn't expect such a small pistol to shoot so well and accurately. I prefer carrying fullsized handguns whenever possible.
 
RG .22 LR with a long barrel. I can consistently hit a water bottle at 25 yards with this gun. The sights, with Federal bulk ammo seem to be zeroed in at 15-25 yards. Easy as can be to shoot. It's shot only cheap ammo, not one misfire since I've owned it. I've shot it at around 50 yards at my last range trip at a bottle that was left behind by someone else. Hit it with one shot. Next time I'm trying 100 yards, not expecting small groups, just curious what it will do.

I've also shot an H&R .32 with a snub nose, horrible accuracy. Wouldn't hit a 55 gallon drum at 15 yards. This gun was actually traded for the RG and a rifle.
 
I usually get a chuckle from the crowd when I show up at the range with my Chiappa .22 caliber 1911 style plinker....that is until they see me tearing a ragged hole in the bullseye. I have about 6 bricks of ammo through it and it has only failed to fire once. I put that same cartridge through my Browining Buck Mark Target and my Ruger 77/22 rifle and they could not make it fire either.

It is a great gun to teach basic shooter skills with.
 
my 1917 Colt 1911 is ridiculous accurate...I took it to the gunshop and they swore that I had done work on it. The trigger feels like it has been smithed and the slide and barrel tolerance is like a handfitted STI... If anyone is in Virginia and wants to shoot it to believe it let me know. Here she is.

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I expect Colts, J. P. Sauers, Sigs, Steyrs, Walthers, and S&W (revolvers) to be tack-drivers. They are expensive handguns.

I do not expect AMT BACKUP 45s, Charter Arms Tigers, Makarov PMs, and Romanian Tokarevs to be tack-drivers because they are inexpensive handguns.

"I guess sometimes by chance parts just match or maybe the stars line up .I can't explain it." [lunger]

Neither can I.
 
osbornk....

"I have two that are ridiculed and shouldn't work as well as they do because they are cheap. They both have a lifetime warranty, are pretty accurate and go bang every time I pull the trigger. I spent less than $300 on both of them together. One is a Hi Point C9 and the other is a Phoenix HP-22A."

This is music to my ears since I had to wait two full weeks after getting my Hi-Point C9. I was reading so many "tales" on the WWW about them before I actually got to use it that I wondered what kind of luck I'd have on my first outing.

Well, as luck would have it, it went bang 100 out of 100 times I pulled the trigger. Boy, was I relieved!

This Saturday, I'm picking up an HP22 in brushed nickel myself.

Sadly, it'll be a couple of weeks before I get to shoot it as well but hearing yours (and others) stories, I'm looking forward to shooting my HP22 even more!
 
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