Your most accurate handgun?

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Just curious? What is your most accurate handgun. Please exclude AR and AK pistols.

Mine is most definitely my Ruger MKII. I can keep this baby on a pie plate at 50 yards offhand! My groups at 30 yards with this gun look about the same as my groups at 10 yards with my Glock 19.

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So what handgun is your most accurate/ are you most accurate with?
 
Ruger 22/45 consistently hits an 8" gong at 100 meters with a fence post rest. I used to challenge others to shoot against me-them offhand with a rifle and me with the Ruger and a rest. I won often enough to burn out the competition.
 
My Witness P-F .45 4.5". I haven't missed yet, so limits are still unknown. I shot clay pigeons out to 30m. Hung from a tree of course. I need a bigger range.
 
Most accurate?

I'd say the Smith & Wesson model 52 I used to shoot in Bullseye matches. It is simply scary accurate and gives me thought there's some sort of internal guidance mechanism.

I have taken it apart for cleaning and found nothing of the sort I could identify.
 
I might be a good shot too if my barrel was so long it almost touched the target. :) This was said in jest.

I suspect my S&W Model 25 Mountain Gun in .45 Colt is as good as it gets for me. All of my firearms are more accurate than what I can currently capable of shooting. I am sure it has to do with age and eyesight and not the tool.

Thirty-five and more years ago I was deadly accurate with an M1911A1 while serving Uncle Sam.

I can still hit the side of a barn if I am inside of it.
 
I have a scoped gp100 that will shoot a cylinder into 1.5" at 50 yards. 100 yards is closer to 6" but some of that is me.
 
My .44 mag S&W 629 Classic DX came with a target showing 5 shots into 1.9" at 50 yards.

I've never shot my Hi-Standard Supermatic Trophy (.22) from a rest, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if it did better than that. It's so consistent that it makes it very easy to call shots when I'm off-center.

I can keep this baby on a pie plate at 50 yards offhand!
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Not to disparage your shooting by any means, but there are more than a few Bullseye shooters who regularly do better than that one-handed with a centerfire gun having a 4" or 5" barrel. Barrel length makes it somewhat easier to keep iron sights on target, but doesn't make much of a difference in accuracy once you get beyond 4" in a well-made gun.
 
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I got no idea which is "the most" accurate I have a few target 22LRs and several centerfire revolvers and a few centerfire autos that'll all shoot under an inch at 25 yards easy peasy.
 
My Sig P210 came with a bench test target of 5 shots, 25 meters = 27.3 yards, maximum hole-to-hole separation of 1 inch. My Mauser P08 may be comparable, but I haven't carefully tested it from a rest. My other guns, not nearly as good. I can't get that tight shooting handheld, but that's me, not the gun.
 
Not to disparage your shooting by any means, but there are more than a few Bullseye shooters who regularly do better than that one-handed with a centerfire gun having a 4" or 5" barrel. Barrel length makes it somewhat easier to keep iron sights on target, but doesn't make much of a difference in accuracy once you get beyond 4" in a well-made gun.
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Yeah? I shoot about 4-5 times a year. Mostly self-defense drill and double-taps. I'm on a college student + young child budget.

How often do you figure those guys shoot?

It isn't comparable. They would shoot my Ruger way better than me to.
 
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I might be a good shot too if my barrel was so long it almost touched the target. This was said in jest.
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It's true. This ruger with that big heavy barrel has seriously no recoil. It's like shooting an airsoft gun.

Whenever I switch from this gun right to the aforementioned Glock I (despite my affection for my G19) can't help but say "eww" a little in my head.

Now if I could just find ammo for it...
 
Highpower: those are some very nice looking guns.

I suspected that this thread might just make me want a revolver; it is doing just that.
 
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