[jpatterson]

I've used the search bar to try to find something like my question, but I didn't find anything. So...

What is the most accurate handgun you have ever fired?

[Deus Machina]

Mine, my CZ PCR.

Which isn't to say I'm all that accurate...

[Niel4]

This is easy...of my 10 guns my CZ 75 is the most accurate,,,,by far. Puts my XDm to shame.

[garyr]

So far....my Colt Mark IV Series 70

[PX15]

HK P7, followed a little by my HK P2000sk V3, then slightly behind, Walther P99c/AS...

I've owned pistols and revolvers for over 50 years and these are the only ones that just seem inherently amazingly accurate right out of the box.

Just personal opinion, no offense.

Best Wishes,

Jesse

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/Laserlips/100_8838-1.jpg

[jad0110]

Hi Standard Citation for me.

A close second would be my S&W K Frames in general. Hard to pick one out that is more accurate than the others, so I won't even attempt it, thought a nod goes to my 2" S&W Model 15, because many are astounded that such a short barrel gun could be so accurate. My Ruger Redhawk in .44 Magnum ranks right up there with the S&W K-Frames as well.

[G27RR]

HK USP .40 for me, followed closely by my Sig P226 9mm. The XD .45 tactical has also been very good for me.

[The Lone Haranguer]

Colt Python.

[SalchaketJoe]

Dont know if it is the MOST accurate, but I have a Pietta 1858 Remington cap and ball that is a tack driver. Every time I shoot it I am surprised. That ball goes exactly where you put the sights.

[22-rimfire]

High Standard Victor is the most accurate handgun I have shot.

[GRIZ22]

6 1/2" 357 Ruger Blackhawk would shoot 1" or less groups @ 25 yd with just about any 158 gr load.

[jem375]

T/C Contender in 44 mag, just about the same hole at 50 yards..

[Averageman]

I really have had some good luck through the years with handguns.
Ruger Blackhawk 4 5/8ths barrel
Ruger Mark I .22 Target barrel
Colt 1991
Ruger Security Six Snubbie
They all shoot as well or far better than I can, usually most accuracy is my fault or a load they don't like.

[dagger dog]

Colt Woodsman Target

[tkopp]

Ruger MK II Government Target. 2x Leupold scope. 6-7/8" barrel.
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/2811/outholst.jpg

Braced against a sand bag, 10 rounds, 100 yards. The guy next to me on the line complained bitterly that I was going to put little holes all over his target, and then planted a .30cal hole on mine. They're three feet apart! Ah well.

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8721/mkii100.jpg

[hhb]

P7-M8

[geronimo509]

I used to have a 50 AE desert eagle and could hit a 12"circular plate at 100 yards 9 times out of 10. standing unsupported.

Now, I would have to say my double stacked para gun rights model.

[robhof]

Dan Wesson 357 SM. 1/2" at 50 yds.

[eight433]

smith and wesson model 41. I can hit a target open sights at 50 yards, but no groups to speak of.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f363/eight433/downsized_0528091044.jpg

[PRM]

The most accurate was an original New Model #3 S&W in 44 Russian with a 6.5 inch barrel. Sorry I sold it.

Second most accurate and one I currently own is a custom built Colt Bisley in 44 Special. Built by Dave Chicoine at Old West Gunsmith. www.oldwestgunsmith.com Colt parts gun and genuine elephant ivory grips.

[highorder]

T/C Contender in 44 mag, just about the same hole at 50 yards..

20 posts in, and someone already took my answer. ;)

I will add that it was a super 14" bbl and a 2.5x TC scope.

[M2 Carbine]

If you consider the Thompson Center single shot, it would be my most accutate, with under half inch groups at 100 yards (.223).

Probably my S&W Model 14 is my most accurate handgun.
My shooting doesn't begin to do the gun justice.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/S__W_14_50_yard.jpg

Even my cheapest Kimber will shoot one hole groups all day long, if I was up to it, which I'm not.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/KimberUltraCarry10yds7shts1hole.jpg

Then there's the 2 inch S&W Model 10.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/30yardSW.jpg

[scythefwd]

Either a mark II or my rough rider. I couldn't tell you for sure as all the guns I have fired are better shots than I.

[M2 Carbine]

If we have a class for tiny pocket pistols the Micro Desert Eagle would get high marks.
Everyone that shoots mine coments on the accuracy.

For the heck of it I shot 19 rounds at this 2x2 foot steel plate at 52 yards, standing, two hands. I aimed a little low and put two shots under the target. The little gun is capable of shooting a respectable group at 50 yards.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/MDEat50yards.jpg

[M2 Carbine]

I forgot about my Ruger Charger. It is more accurate than our 10/22 rifles.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Chargerinbackyard.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Ruger1022pistol50ydtarget-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/Ruger1022pistoltarget25yds-1.jpg

[jmorris]

The Remington XP 100 is the most accurate handgun I have ever shot I have put 5 rounds into 1.375” at 200 yards. The SVI is the most accurate semi auto I have shot and python for revolver.

[Offfhand]

Wonder why noone has mentioned Hammerli?

[earlthegoat2]

Right now it would have to be a Colt Diamondback 22.

I know there are others out there though. Like this Erma Target 22 I am lusting after....

[searcher451]

For me, it's the Walther P88C, followed closely by the Walther P5. For whatever reason, those two ring the bell every time out; nothing else I've tried or own comes close (though the P99 is pretty good). Not all guns fit a person's hand and eye the same, of course, which is likely the reason why you'll see such a variety of guns listed in this thread. I've tried a few of the guns that are listed here, including a Ruger Charger, and can't produce the results I do with the P88C.

[nitetrane98]

My Browning Challeger II amazes me every time I shoot it. It's almost intuitive. I believe it puts a bullet exactly where it's aimed, every time. Now if I could just aim in the same spot every time.

[CooperThunder]

Maybe it is not the pistol, handgun nor the rifle...but the user???

[Landpimp]

HK P9s, 9mm or 45 target.......one of the most amazing guns there is.

I supect the Sig 210 would do as good or better, but aint sprung for one to find out.

my S&W m41 is a close 2nd

[weisse52]

No contest, my Smith and Wesson Model 41.

Both my first one I sold many years ago, and the latest one I picked up.

[Gelgoog]

HK P9S, with such a thick barrel you would expect it to be dead nuts accurate.

[Demitrios]

My brother's 6" STI Trojan. That thing is just pretty.

[usp9]

Colt Woodsman Match Target in rimfire

HK USP Elite in centerfire.

[Phonetic Diabetic]

x2 on the HK P7

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w191/MSinopoli78727/Guns013.jpg

[EddieNFL]

XP-100 in 7BR. Sub-MOA at 200 meters.

[fireside44]

6 1/2" 357 Ruger Blackhawk would shoot 1" or less groups @ 25 yd with just about any 158 gr load.

Yep. A three screw Ruger Blackhawk in .357 mag. Scary accurate, and I can't shoot a handgun worth a dang for the most part.

[miket]

Kimber 1911

Ruger 22/45

[belus]

I've had amazing luck in owning a very Hi Power and CZ 75. I couldn't tell the difference between them and my HK P7.

Sight in target for my CZ 75 from the Ghost Holster custom shop.
http://www.czforumsite.info/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=23729.0;attach=897;image

[BlayGlock]

I would have to say my Kimber 1911. I have other 1911s but this one seems to be most accurate, All of my 1911s have trigger work done to them so its not that.

[azyogi]

my High Standard model GB with the 6" brl

[Coltman 77]

Python, 1965 NMGC.

[Toonces]

Wonder why noone has mentioned Hammerli?

The one time I benched my Hammerli 208s I was able to get repeatable 1" 10 shot groups at 50 yards, outside, using CCI SV, with an Ultradot.

That same day I also tried it with my Ruger MK II SST Government Model, and was able to get 1.375" 10 shot groups.

Considering it was me doing the shooting with no magnification, I thought that was pretty good. I suspect that if I tried a bunch of good ammo to find what the pistols really like and use high power scopes I could easily cut those groups in half.

Because of their solidly mounted barrels, regular semi-auto .22 LRs are likely to have more mechanical accuracy than almost any centerfire semi with a moving barrel or a revolver. Chances are a $300 Buckmark/MK II will outshoot a $1500 custom 1911 at 50 yards. Of course there are exceptions, and this has nothing to do with whether or not you can shoot it better.

[Hold My Own]

The most accurate pistol I've ever fired was a civilian version of the H&K Mark 23. I have a friend of the family who works for a police department and he was able to get his hands on one.

No exaggeration. It was the most amazing pistol I've ever held. Not that I sot that well, but it can achieve 1" groups at 25 yards.

[-eaux-]

range accuracy vs field accuracy? hard to say.
i have a little colt .380 auto that my grampa gave me that i can hit with blindfolded, just because i feel his hand on my shoulder every time i present it to the target.
as far as genuine hunting-grade accuracy, i have a Ruger BH and a SBH that shoot WAY better than i do.
amazingly enough (to me) i have a pair of Heritage Arms .22lr/.22WMR combo SA revolvers in 7" and 10" barrels that are just plain uncanny accurate. what a great buy for the money!

[jaysouth]

Les Baer Premier II in .45

STI Trojan in 9mm

[carbuncle]

It's a tie between my old Dan Wesson .357 with a 6" barrel and my ex's stock mid-90's Beretta 92fs.

[orionengnr]

My Kimber Eclipse, hands down. It never fails to make me look good.

[TurboFC3S]

I own quite a few guns capable of 2-3" groups at 25 yards, but my Grey Guns worked Sig X-5 L1 in .40 will rip one ragged hole. I'd love to get a ransom rest and see what it can do at 50 and 100 yards.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/3563526425_9a51f4ba12_o.jpg

[mljdeckard]

I won't pretend to be a good enough shot to say definitively which guns were the most accurate, it's really which ones I fired the best. I didn't put them in a ransom rest, but I did put some of them across a sandbag. My Kimber Custom II did very close to 2" @ 25 yards. I can shoot my dad's old Ruger Mk I with boring regularity. I surprised myself with a 686 and a 4" Python shooting 158 gr 38s out past 50 yards once.

The best shooting I ever did that comes to mind right now, out in the woods once with my dad, we saw a pair of jackrabbits off the road past 50 yards, I drew quickly, missed once, on the second, a 230 gr HST ripped the rodent in half. Warm fuzzies. :)

[Ben Shepherd]

Regular iron sighted handgun? One of my 41 mag redhawks.

Any of my contender barrels with glass in a rifle caliber is a whole different class of cat though.

[twice barrel]

Model 19

[MCgunner]

Without any hesitation, my TC Contender. Pick your calibler. I have a .22, a 7mmTCU, and a .30-30 barrel for it. The .410 barrel don't count. :D This gun will out shoot many rifles, MOA accuracy. Unlike the XPs, it doen't have a rifle stock with the butt cut off and it fits in an UM's shoulder holster. A M41 Smith ain't even close. :D This thing will make one hole at 50 yards with that .22 barrel.

4" revolver....Taurus M66....1" groups .38 or .357 at 25 yards. I went through a Ruger SS, a Smith 19, and a Rossi 971 before I settled on that Taurus.

I have a Ruger P90 that can compete for accuracy with ANY make and model of .45 service gun, shoots one hole groups, but tosses the first out to make for an 1 1/2 group. Autos do that.

I have a Ruger Mk2 that shoots 1" at 50 yards benched with a 2x optic, like that one. :D

I have a Rossi 4" M511 kit gun that will put 6 rounds into a little over an inch at 25. That one's a favorite field carries.

Yadda, yadda. I like accurate firarms and while some of my carries ain't exactly MOA accurate, all are more accurate than most. For instance, I can put 5 rounds from my Kel Tec P11 into 3.5" at 25 yards. That's service gun accuracy from a pocket pistol. If it ain't accurate, I generally have no interest in it. That's why it took me some years to find the perfect 4" medium frame DA .357. I wanted it to be accurate with .357, but also .38. Not all are. I wanted the gun to outshoot my eye. I wasn't satisfied with 3" groups from that Ruger using .38 wadcutter. Fine, it shot 140 Speer .357s into an inch, I tried all manor of .38 loads and couldn't get it to do any better than 3". Not good enough for me. I wanted rabbit hunting accuracy since I saw the gun as a hiking handgun, hunting also gun, and like to take a rabbit for the pot now and then when the opportunity presents.

[Mike OTDP]

Morini CM84E. Free pistol. It came with a test target...a 20-shot group, fired at 50 meters.

That group is just under one inch.

[jimmyraythomason]

My most accurate semi-auto:Colt Woodsman Target Model .22lr. Most accurate revolver: Ruger Blackhawk (old model) .357. Honorable mention:Ruger Mk.1 Target,.22lr.

[Restorer]

Most accurate I've ever shot was a friend's S&W 617 8" barrel .22. Just pick your spot and make a hole. Most accurate I've owned is my CZ PCR.

[spiritz]

Hk p7

[kwhi43@kc.rr.com]

Well, After shooting many different handguns in competion, I would have to
say it's my .32 cal False muzzel Flintlock match pistol. Really a dream.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/prizzel/gshot_filtered.jpg

[MCgunner]

That flinter looks way cool. :D Probably have to measure lock time with a calender, though, eh?

Someone do sactioned bullseye for muzzle loader? Got any links? Sounds like a cool sport, modern tech for old tech sorta thing.

[Philo_Beddoe]

cz 75

[possum]

oddly enough the most accurate handgun that i have ever shot/ owned, was the least expensive gun i have ever owned. a ruger p345, it had reliability issues, i sent it to ruger, they fixed it, and i sold it.

[kwhi43@kc.rr.com]

Lock time is instant. Yes I am a Bullseye shooter. Our org. is NMLRA We have
our National Championship matches in Friendship Indiana. We shoot the same
targets as the ones they do at Camp Perry. This has been going on since 1933.

[kwhi43@kc.rr.com]

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/prizzel/0078-1.jpg

[MrBorland]

Y'all know there's a Holiday Handgun Match at the top of this subforum, right? The perfect place to wring the most out of your accurate handgun. And so simple, too: Your best 5-shot 15 yard group. Enter as many times as you like, too.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=480839

To stay on-topic, the most accurate handgun I own seems to be my 4" S&W 686. Ironically, it's not set up as a target revolver, but rather IDPA, and has been rendered DAO. Regardless, it's a laser. Honorable mentions are my 4" 10-shot 617 revolver.

Most accurate semi-auto I've shot seemed to be a rented HK P7.

[ratgunner]

my most accurate handgun was a T/C Contender in .223.

[JpSnareGuy]

S&w 460

[stevek]

My Ed Brown Kobra Carry, runner-up, my Ruger MM III Hunter

[janedoedad]

Colt Trooper, Mk III with 6" bbl.

[jojo200517]

I would have to say my boss mans .45acp revolver. I'm pretty sure its a S&W thats about all I know about it. 20 yards, all shots 1 ragged hole in the center of the target. In the terms of an auto, probably a SIG in .40 cal one of the guys had at the pistol range, seemed spot on every time I shot it.

[Guillermo]

my old Smith 41 is amazing

[JESmith]

Rimfire : Ruger Mark III Target
Revolver : Dan Wesson .357 Magnum 8" barrel
Semiauto: Colt Gold Cup tweaked by TenRing Precision
Singleshot: Thompson Contender in .30 Herrett

[MikePaiN]

For me it is almost impossible to say, different conditions, different ammo, different amounts of coffee.... But I will say what I've generally shot best is my SIG 220 .22lr
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x298/Mikepain_pics/DSC01655.jpg

I just picked up a CZ P40B .40S&W, it was unfired and I'm not used to the trigger but from what I've seen so far this pistol is the most accurate I've ever shot.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x298/Mikepain_pics/DSC02250.jpg

[HexHead]

I haven't shot my Python enough to rule it in or out, so I'll have to go with my Nighthawk Talon II. It's downright boring. :D

[scratcherky]

Thompson Center Contender in 7-30 Waters.

[10X]

S&W 41 .22
Colt Gold Cup 45
Colt Python 357

Those are consistently accurate guns. Sure, you may find an exceptional gun of other makes and models, but the above guns have been the most accurate among several examples of the same model of guns.

[Sigman314]

Ruger Super Redhawk .454 Casull 9" barrel with the hammer back, Hornady ammo. 85 yards at a milk jug. Good enough for deer huntin I'd say.

[SlimPickens67]

For me it'd be the Unique DES that I used at the range when I was learning to shoot a pistol. Certainly more accurate than I am!
http://www.widforss.se/auktion/auktion_h03/images_h03/H03_046.JPG

[SharpsDressedMan]

I shot a ground hog at a lasered 159 yards with an accurized 1911 in 9mm (Leupold scope). I was pretty happy with the accuracy. (I did have several "walk on" sighter shots over a 3 day period, but finally got zero'd and got him!)

[Zeke/PA]

My Ruger Old Army with a home cast .457 round ball over 25 grains of FFFG.
I often refer to this piece as my "squirrel rifle".
From rest at 25 yards, 6 shots = 1 ragged hole.

[Ky Larry]

My T/C Contender in .223. Before age and diabetes started wrecking my eye sight it would shoot one hole groups at 100 yrds off sandbags.

[m2steven]

My Ruger MKIII 22/45 and my SIG X-5 are superbly accurate. My Glock 32 is a close second behind those 2.

[Offfhand]

Is this "Show and tell?" I suspect this engraved Colt Officers Match is more accurate than I can hold and aim. Wonder what causes me to have such a suspicion?

[PT1911]

surprisingly enough... my Taurus 608.

[Thumper5]

4" M66. Many 50-ft. targets with one ragged hole.

[Erik M]

http://z.about.com/d/hunting/1/0/P/I/swmodel66_01w.jpg

[will919]

No particular order..These all were very, very close in accuracy
Kimber Raptor 5"
Les Baer PII
Kimber Gold Combat
Kimber Custom TLE customized by Wilson Combat
Kimber Custom TLE
Wilson KZ-45

This is out of many other Kimbers a another Wilson and a Springfield 1911
Crazy thing is I sold or traded them all. I no longer own a 1911. I will by a Les baer again next year...that wil be it. Maybe@#$%#$^(^**...lol

[bertus]

my hammerli 280 in .22 and .32 and my s&w in 357 and 44

[Friendly, Don't Fire!]

S&W 686 6" barrel Stainless 357 Magnum with fairly calm loads I worked up for accuracy using 158g LSWC Flat Point bullets with Unique powder.

[NinjaFeint]

S&w 686 ssr

[Morgo]

Peters Stahl 1911 in .38 Super

[mrt949]

All calibers in TC CONTENDER . Next RUGER MK 11 GOVERMENT

[Publius1688]

Colt Officer's Special Revolver.
Heavy, too big, ugly, ancient-- and a tack driver.

[Pud]

I got a new Ruger P97 several years ago(when they were still being produced).
It was, and still is, one of the absolute most accurate handguns I have ever owned....
Who says you have to spend big $$$ to get a quality firearm??? :neener:

Pud

[RX-178]

I can't really say. I mean, when using target handloads, all of my full sized pistols are as accurate as I am, and I don't have a fixed rest to test them for accuracy in controlled conditions.

I'd say the USP45 Tactical .45, the Glock 17L 9mm, and the PX4 .40 are all equally accurate in my hands with the right ammunition.

[michiganfan]

Belguim High Power

[Vern Humphrey]

For me it's

1. My Colt Woodsman, built in 1938. I routinely shoot 1 3/4" 10-round at 25 yards from a modified Weaver grip. I suspect it would do a lot better from a Ransom Rest.

2. My Colt Officers Model Target, which will give the Woodsman a run for its money.

3. My Colt M357 (same as the Python, without the cosmetics.) This gun will shoot cloverleafs at 25 yards with my handloads.

4. My Kimber Custom Classic (MK I) -- a bit less accurate than the other three, but not enough to notice.

[JimPGov]

Rock river arms 6" 1911 in .45acp. After app 17,000 rds it still grouped .9" at 50yds from a ransom rest. Jim p

[Ohio Gun Guy]

My CZ 75B

[Noveldoc]

Smith and Wesson 645 45 ACP revolver. Oooh what a trigger.

Tom

[Rexster]

I have owned and shot several Les Baers, and a Springfield Stainless Gold Match, that were very accurate for me. I don't know which was the most accurate among them. The only one I still own is a Baer TRS, and its three-dot sight set-up made it LESS accurate for me than my other Baers, because three-dot sights hinder my shooting.

The Kimber was so finicky, that I kept it only a short while before dumping it. That purchase was one of my biggest regrets in the area of firearms acquisitions.

[R.Ph. 380]

........The last one........

Bill

[Giver of Doom]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t265/GTBUSA/338AX2.jpg

I call it.... The Dooms Day Machine.

[warman]

Springfield XD45 4". No Doubt.

[Southern Shooter]

The most accurate handgun gun I have fired is my DW Model 15 .357 Magnum with a 6" short-shroud barrel. It is a Monson era made revolver. Great gun.

[GeezerwithGuns]

My 1961 Colt Officers Model Match: Loaded with wad cutters, this revolver never ceases to amaze me with it's accuracy. Far better than any of my more modern guns.

[Offfhand]

Not my most accurate pistol, but close..

[jglcolosprgs]

If you consider the Thompson Center single shot, it would be my most accutate, with under half inch groups at 100 yards (.223).

I agree. It also flings ground squirrels about six feet to the left and four feet off the ground.

[Offfhand]

Quote:
If you consider the Thompson Center single shot, it would be my most accutate, with under half inch groups at 100 yards (.223).


Wow! I'm impressed!! Wonder why my guns are never that accurate? Could it be because there are witnesses?

[Fatelvis]

XP-100 in 7BR &
Freedom Arms Casull in 454 Casull

[BushyGuy]

My Taurus PT92C is more accurate then my Ruger SR9(cant shoot in SA) in single action mode, In Double Action mode the Ruger SR9 (DA ONLY) is the most accurate DA pistol i have ever fired next to the SIG .

[Big Bill]

My Stoger Cougar! Very accurate!

[Geezer59]

My Colt Woodsman .22LR, which I inherited from my Dad, provided I use the right ammo. Never have experienced another pistol with that fine a trigger, and the sights (although slow to acquire) allow an extremely fine sight picture.

[Vern Humphrey]

My Woodsman, made in 1938, is deadly on squirrels. I think, by and large, The Woodsman (that's it's proper title) is the most accurate .22 pistol ever.

[stubbicatt]

Probably my TOZ35M.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j187/stubbicatt/TOZ35M/IMG_0691.jpg

[Offfhand]

Stubb, good for you. I'm happy that someone (including myself) finally showed a handgun that is actually accurate. Please show some 50m targets so everyone will have some concept of handgun accuracy. Also see my earlier post in this thread about Hammerli, so you'll get my meaning.

[winchester '97]

For me, my 125 dollar norinco 213 will shoot one hole groups at about 10 yards, if I can do my part that is. My Baikal makarov would be a close second, most accurate small handgun ive ever owned. most accurate i have seen would be a desert eagle in .44 mag with a 2-7 leopold scope, did 1.5 inch groups at 50 yards from a bench.

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

Seeing as this is in the Handgun forum, I'm going to limit my answer to handguns and say a buddies 1911.

[Offfhand]

If I do my part? Now where have I heard that before? Try doing your "part" then report. Good luck, now go try again.
Well, anyway, you get a ribbon for the old school (did my part) try.
Thanks anyway, these websites wouldn't be the same without y'all.

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

Offfhand, any particular reason you're being a jerk or you just in a bad mood?

[The Wiry Irishman]

These two are too close to tell:

Pardini SP:

http://www.freesport.ch/catalog/images/Pardini%20SP%20Mech.jpg

My .22 1911:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs214.snc1/8121_857244413298_13717046_49164978_932511_n.jpg

The Marvel Type I kit came with a sub 1-inch at fifty yard test target. Best I've managed is 1.05" at 25 yards.

[MrBorland]

If I do my part? Now where have I heard that before? Try doing your "part" then report. Good luck, now go try again.
Well, anyway, you get a ribbon for the old school (did my part) try.
Thanks anyway, these websites wouldn't be the same without y'all.

I'll have to file this away in my ever-growing bucket-o-irony...

..then, with bated breath, again remind Offhand of the Holiday Handgun Match:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=480839

p.s. love that Pardini, Wiry!

[ctkenc]

My Wilson CQB-Elite with Remington or WWB 239 grn .45's :)

[winchester '97]

Well offhand, truly sorry i did not state the capabilities of my cheap handgun in a manner that suited you. Or was it the fact that someone can achieve decent accuracy with a pistol that was not built for the olympics? I mean im used to people ragging on the 213 because it is chinese made, but come on. And relating to my original post, i forgot to mention that i was shooting from a bench, and groups open up to about 1.75-2.5 inch at the same distance unsupported. For 125 bucks out the door and good reliability with im not complaining.

[Iconoclast]

Ruger Super Blackhawk 8" 44 magnum or Witness Elite Match 45.

[Clipper]

I hunted everything with a 6 1/2" .357 blackhawk that would bench 6 rounds into 1 1/2" @ 50 yards...

[gyvel]

I posted this same reply on another forum, but for me it was a "D" series Swedish Lahti M40 9mm. pistol, using lead reloads. I never knew a 9mm could achieve the kind of accuracy that it produced.

[BushyGuy]

Winchester Model 70 Super Shadow in .243 WSSM with 3x9x40mm simmons master series scope, i was getting SUB-MOA at 200 yards.

[QUICK_DRAW_McGRAW]

my S&W M66 Combat Magnum in SS. my grandfather bought it new in Jan 31st, 1977. he put 6 rounds of .38 through it for a function check and that was it. it is the smoothest and easiest gun to shoot that i have even with full power .357mag loads.

[ironvic]

Smith & Wesson Model-52, .38 wadcutter. Best semi auto ever.

[1shotonly]

XP-100 in .30 IHMSA and

Ruger MKII with trigger Job, 7x Scope, Eley Tenex Ammo. 1" @ 100 yards.

[1shotonly]

Most Accurate Pistols:
#1 - Any of the Bolt action Pistols such as
Remington XP-100
Rampro
Witchita
Anschutz
Striker
with match grade barrels and careful handloads many guys get 1/4" groups at 100 yards.

#2 - Any of the Falling Block Pistols such as:
EABCO BR Pistol
MOA Corp. Maximum Pistol

#3 - Any of the break action Pistols such as:
T/C Contender
Freedom Arms new break action
RPM XL

#4 - AutoLoaders, any that has the Barrel Ridgid to the Frame such as:
Ruger MKII
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?

#5 - Revolvers:
Freedom Arms
Dan Wesson
S&W Model 14

[purebred]

I used to have a 50 AE desert eagle and could hit a 12"circular plate at 100 yards 9 times out of 10. standing unsupported.

Now, I would have to say my double stacked para gun rights model.
Have to admit my DE 357 is pretty damn accurate

[rmfnla]

SS AMT Lightning .22 w/ bull barrel and Millett sights.

Damn thing would occasionally misfeed but when it fired it put them exactly where I wanted them.

[thunder173]

Stock out of the box: a S&W 4 inch 651 in .22 Mag....used target tapes as targets at 15 & 25 yards....could usually stick 6 inside a dime sized target. Got in a bind and had to sell it ...regretted that decision for a long time,..still do. I'd pay whoever bought it a nice premium over what he gave for it to get it back if I could ever find it.

[KenW.]

Super Blackhawk in .41 mag for me. My Kimber Tactical Custom II is a very close second.

[WD]

Model 52-2 Master. Caliber .38 Special wadcutter Bullseye gun.

[MyTFAL]

So far....my Colt Mark IV Series 70 This plus 1

[wesessiah]

cz 75b, with an honorable mention to rossi cyclops .357... i don't particularly care for double action revolvers, or rossi in general, but the cyclops is excellent.

[396chevy]

Hammerli / Sig trailside 22 4.5" with standard sights, amazing gun, but only a 22. for a larger caliber my H&K usp 45 match clone with ported 6" Jarvis barrel shoots way better than my sig P220 supermatch and S&W 945.http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm318/396chevy/benellisuper90M4camo025.jpghttp://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm318/396chevy/SDC10148.jpghttp://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm318/396chevy/benellisuper90M4camo007.jpg

[Deltaboy]

Browning Hi-Power vintage 1957 Sweet shooter.

[woad_yurt]

I'll vouch for the 213, extremely accurate pistols.

I have two Model 14s (4" & 8 3/8" barrels) and they're simply amazing, especially the longer one.

I also like H&R's 676s with the magnum cylinder. I have one with a 7.5" barrel and it's dead on.

A plain, ol' Makarov is no slouch, either.

[NelsErik]

Anything from Freedom Arms!

[Knockdownpower]

I'm a 1911 guy and the most accurate one I own would be a toss up between my LesBaer concept IV and my Wilson Combat CQB. Rested on the bench I can shoot one ragged hole at 25yds. They're remarkable firearms and truley worth the price. You get what you pay for.

[The Tomcat]

Colt Commanding Officers model. It's what I use to qualify with. For whatever reason that thing is like pointing with my finger. VERY second place is my Kimber UC II. I've only had it for a few months, but I think it will replace the colt.

[mohunter55]

ruger mark 3 stainles bull barrel .22

[1shotonly]

Anything from Freedom Arms!
I watched an old guy shooting his Freedom Arms Silhouette model revolver in IHMSA competition take out 8 out of 10 targets in the shoot off rounds with iron sights, out a spotter! That was 8 out 10 little steel targets not much bigger than a tea saucer at 200 meters! (218 yds). Amazing. (.44 mag)

[1shotonly]

EABCO BF PISTOL:
http://www.eabco.com/bfus01.html

MOA MAXIMUM PISTOL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91LhV3SPlcc

[chiefchip]

Sig P226 9mm

[bluto]

Some excellent marksmen here. Nice shooting.

The most accurate gun I have fired is my Les Baer Premier II (see test target of 10 rounds @ 50 yards). But I could never approach that type of accuracy even off sandbags. The gun I have fired most accurately (single best target) offhand (for 10 rounds at 25 yards = 1.63") is my SIG P220R. Go figure. The 2 pistols that I consistently shoot/average the best groups with are my Les Baer and my Springfield Custom Competition .45's.

[P97]

T/C Contender in 44 mag, just about the same hole at 50 yards.. Another one here. Mine is scoped, and the most accurate handgun I have.

[bincabo]

large bore - Nighthawk GRP
small bore - Hi Standard Citation

[Legionnaire]

Had an Encore pistol in .243 that would just do MOA at 100 off sandbags. I, of course, couldn't hold that accurately under field conditions. Sorry to have sold that one.

[QUICK_DRAW_McGRAW]

Smith & Wesson M66 Combat Magnum, my grandfather bought it new January 31st 1977, he put 6 rounds of .38 through it and never shot it again. i got it when he passed last year.

its a true POA POI gun. shooting full power .357mag rounds through it i can knock around 1galon water jugs at 50 yards with ease.

[nwilliams]

Probably the HK P7 I just picked up the other day.

Fortunately the shop where I bought it had a range so before I left I put 50 rounds through it. I was shocked at just how accurate this gun is, even more accurate than my Walther P88! I guess all the rumors about the legendary accuracy of these guns is true!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb264/nwilliams27/HKP7-2.jpg

[ECHOONE]

Customized Springfield Mil_Spec

[JohnKSa]

Tie between a Ruger MkII Govt. Target (which I no longer own) and a Desert Eagle in .44Mag that I rented at a range. Both shot into 1" at 25 yards. I've never been able to duplicate that accuracy with any other handguns.

[PsychoGlory]

My CZ 85 and S&W 629 are damn accurate but my Sig p226 SPORT 2 SL is on another level.

[Hani Pasha]

I have heard that the Sig P220 is a very accurate gun out of the box. Is this so?

[cdpsrjc]

1976 Colt Python 6"

[Snobal]

T-C Contender in 22 Hornet.;)

But other than shooting targets from sandbags, I couldn't figure out what it was good for....

...way too "snappy" for small game (if you intended to eat what ya shot)...

...and not big enough for "big game.":(

[mrjohnston]

Ruger mkII 6" target barrel.

[Vern Humphrey]

T-C Contender in 22 Hornet.

But other than shooting targets from sandbags, I couldn't figure out what it was good for....

...way too "snappy" for small game (if you intended to eat what ya shot)...

...and not big enough for "big game."
I use the .22 Hornet all the time (mine is a Model 82 Kimber rifle) for crows, coyotes and similar varmits.

[Peter M. Eick]

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/eickpm/single_action.jpg

1939 Registered Magnum, 50 shots, 15 yrds single action off-hand. This was with a stout load of 2400 and 158 grn semi-wadcutters.

Any gun that can make me shoot this good, is a keeper. I admit that my Sig 210-5 is a close second though and the pre-25 is not that bad either.

[1shotonly]

I know this is an old thread, but the best group I've gotten from my
Ruger MKII 5.5" target model is just under 1" at 100yards.
Not as good as some of these guys are getting though, check it out:
http://www.ihmsa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=41
Eley Tenex ammo or Lapua ammo and a trigger job and a good high power scope and lots of sand bags and practiove will do wonders for your groups.
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[FMF Doc]

Nighthawk GRP Recon. 7 rounds in 1.25 inches at 50 yards as fast as I can pull the trigger. Now, for $3700 it should make a ragged hole at 50 yards as long as the finger behind the trigger is doing his part. As far as pistols I actually own...Sig P232 in .380acp. In slow fire I can manage a magazine into 1 1/2 inches at 25 yards.

[S&W-Keeper]

My 6" Colt Python.Nothing like it.

[Arcticfox]

Smith 696, and a Witness in 40 cal.

[skoro]

Well, the one I've fired most accurately most often is my Ruger 22/45. That darn thing makes me look like a lot better shot than I actually am. ;)

[Stevie-Ray]

No question, my T/C Contender 14" .30-30 is MOA accurate, and I've never had the pleasure of surpassing it with anything else, though I've always wanted a Remington XP-100.

[Stacer]

S&W K22 from 1953. It's more accurate than I'll ever be

[PabloJ]

Freedom Arms 83 .454 shooting Remington 225gr? lead .45LC loads. Super accurate combo.

[S&W610]

Smith and Wesson 610 6.5" barrel

[PonyKiller]

I'd have to say the most accurate handgun i've shot is my s&w 2nd model target. .22lr.

we were picking corners of a two inch diamond at 50 yds with cci. it seems to love that stuff. anything else it'll hit the 2"bull at 50. off the bench.

[Smith357]

T/C Contender 14" .223 24 grains of Varget under a 50 grain Ballistic Tip, sub MOA all day long.

[gordy]

My Sig 220 in 45acp.
My S&W pre model 17 made in 1955.

[gilgsn]

Desert Eagle .44 mag.
Wish I didn't sell it..
Young and stupid then.

[Capt. Ct.]

The best target I ever shot was with my Colt King Cobra using .38 special ammo. fired in single action slow fire. 11 out of 12 dead in the center bull. Just had to have one flyer to mess it up. :mad:

[woad_yurt]

I posted in this thread a while back, like 4 years ago,* and I'm here again to change my mind. I've kind of zeroed in on 4" .38 SPL K-frames and, in particular, a no-dash S&W Model 67. This gun is an absolute wonder. I know that there are wild target pistols out there that are more accurate but I like guns that can work if needs be.

I use 4 grains of W231 behind Speer 148 gr hollowbased wadcutters. I know I can lower the powder charge for even less recoil and some more accuracy but I like to practice with my carry load. According to Hodgdon's reloading site, this load is just shy of +P so it's good for my carry piece, an old Charter Arms Undercover snubby, and my house gun, which would be, of course, a 4" K-frame.

I had Model 14s with 6" and 8 3/8" barrels, but this 67 just dusted them so I sold them. They weren't faulty but I could shoot the 67 much better. I don't know if someone slicked up the trigger before I got it but it's like teflon on ice.

Now, if I were to go semi-auto, I'd have to go with my ol' Wolverine. I haven't shot any out-of-the-box .22 semi that's been more accurate. Once I did shoot some guy's Ruger MKII that was incredible but he had dumped a ton of money into it and was shooting some very low-powered target-pop rounds. It reminded me of a pellet gun. The Wolverine shoots all full-powered ammo without issue. It seems, though, that CCI's ammo gets the best accuracy from it.

In my original post, I mentioned a Norinco 231. I still have it and it's a still a very accurate pistol. Those 231s are real sleepers. They're pretty affordable, too, usually selling for $250 or so, not bad for a good 9MM.

* It's scary how time flies, isn't it?

[allaroundhunter]

Ruger Blackhawk .357/.38 6.5" barrel

Gun keeps 1.5" groups at 35 yards with factory ammo and the iron sights.... and my bad eyes.

[ChCx2744]

CZ 75 SP-01 Tactical in 9mm and a Ruger Mark II in .22lr. I was able to put all rounds in the magazine onto the rings in the target from 50 yards, standing up. I can't do that with any other handguns, unless I'm prone and take extremely controlled shots.

[Shooters Plus]

STI Trojan 9mm

[max it]

Hi, I spend all my spare time at the indoor range:
i get to shoot a lot of peoples guns there;
my S & W model 41 comes to mind
on the double action revolvers, none come to mind
on the single action revolvers, ditto
on semi-autos; many 1911's
and Sig's P226 x5
and S & W's 6900 series come to mind
and H & K anything.

did i cover it? buy more guns,

Max

[Redneck1911.45]

In a slide gun it would have to be my kimber eclipse II target 1911. I can hit clays @ 99 ft with it, thats purdy good in my book. In a wheel gun it would be ruger single six. Pop caps @ 25 yds. And dat ain't bad eder.-Redneck.

[DM~]

I've used the search bar to try to find something like my question, but I didn't find anything. So...

What is the most accurate handgun you have ever fired?

Rimfire: Old High Standard Military Victor 22LR

CF: TC Contender with 7TCU BBl.

DM

[SharpsDressedMan]

Recently, I fired a German Mauser made Luger, 1940 "42". A three shot group @ 25 yards you could cover with a quarter. And this was out of the gate, firing the first time for me, a gun loaned by a fellow I met at the outdoor range one day. I can't do any better than that, and I do not recall a gun I have fired that did better than that.

[sugarmaker]

dot sight equipped S&W 41 shooting, of all things, PMC sidewinder, older not copper plated ones. It'll hold the X ring on a 50Y slow fire target.

Dan wesson 44V shooting sierra 220FPJ/22.5 2400. Iron sights - it will hold 3 MOA 100Y from a bench - probably most of that error is me.

[MrWesson]

My marlin 60 outshoots any .22 ive tried so far.

Beretta 92 with a trigger job it tough to beat for slow fire bullseye although I cannot shoot if well when things speed up.

I shot a decked out glock 34 once that I just couldn't miss with.

[zxcvbob]

Several contenders. In no particular order:

my Ruger .22/45 Mk2 with the 6 7/8" bull barrel and a good trigger job.
Ruger Blackhawk in .30 M1 Carbine
the local gun club's S&W 6" Model 14.

I can't shoot any of them to their full potential, but I've shot them well enough on good days to see their potential. (that doesn't sound right, but you know what I mean)

[marv]

My Ruger MK I bull Barrel (the old one), S&W M67.

[Kiln]

I'm not a great shot at longer distances but my XDM 40 makes me feel like a pro.

My Pheonix HP22 is also pretty good with the long barrel but it won't hold up to as much punishment as my XDM and it is chambered for a waaaaay weaker round.

[USAF_Vet]

It may just be nostalgia and me kicking my own arse for passing up a sweet deal, but a few years ago, I rented a Ruger Security Six at the range to teach a family member how to shoot. Price tag on the gun was $250, and I didn't buy it. It was a smooth and sweet shooting wheelgun, performed flawlessly through a box of .38 special.

Yeah, I kick myself monthly over passing on that deal.

[bubba15301]

ruger bisley .32 mag

[trex1310]

T/C Contender 10" 7mmTCU IIRC 29gr BLC-2 140gr Sierra flatbase.

[Byrd666]

THE most accurate pistol was an STI .45 acp 5" of unknown model. A guy at the range let me try it. Now I'm hooked.

THE most accurate revolver was my 2" Ruger. I could hit a head target every round at 30+ yards. Wish I could find the sob that stole it from me.

[Prosser]

Custom revolvers that shoot 2-3 inches at 100 yards:
.475 Linebaugh, by Jack Huntington, on Freedom Arms 83
The .475 maybe the most accurate. With 420s at about 1350 fps it shoots one, .5" hole at 25 yards, and cloverleafs at 50 yards.
.500 JRH by Jack Huntington on Freedom Arms 83
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/FA83500JRH852010/GIRLS4LHPS852010copy.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/FA83500JRH852010/DSC_0036.jpg
.500 Maximum Ruger by Jack Huntington on Ruger Maximum frame
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/RUGER%20510%20Max/500maxright.jpg
.45 Colt, Seville custom by John Linebaugh
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/seville%207%202006/Seville18xxxxsideshotcopy-2.jpg
Best shooting stock pistol ever:
252 Freedom Arms 83, 3/8" at 50 yards, by it's new owner
Match grade chambers made loading and ammo a pain

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/252%20Freedom%20Arms/252fullsizedleft.jpg
Detonics Mark VI
Detonics Combatmaster
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/Detonics%20combat%20master/DCMright.jpg
Custom 1911 on Kimber frame, by Jack Huntington
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f99/Socrates28/KIMBER/KIMBER.jpg
Colt Python and Colt Commander custom tuned
by a weapons genius from Lockheed, Bob Thompsen.

Sig P220, Colt Trooper Mark III .22, Glock 34 racegun(about 3500.00),
and many other custom revolvers, honorable mention.

[forindooruseonly]

For flat out accuracy, it would be a toss up between a Hammerli 208 or a Walther GSP.

[OkieGentleman]

6 inch Python with tuned ammo and slicked up trigger. 5 out of 6 in 4 inch circle at 200 meters. Yes there was a reliable witness calling my shots with a scope, he told me if he had not been calling the shots and seen me do it he would have had no trouble calling me a liar. And no I never repeated it and am now too old and beat up to even try.

[jolly roger]

Not including Contenders and rimfires

Sig 220 ST...THE most accurate semi auto I have ever shot. Love it.
S&W 29 Classic with 5 inch barrel. Just as accurate as a Python I had..and probably should have kept..

[glock36]

S&W 686 classic hunter with a 6 inch barrel ,, if you could see it you could hit it

[Big Nugget]

Sig 1911
Ruger MKII 10"
Ruger Blackhawk .45acp/.45LC but only once I started reloading for it.

[saenzrich]

Gp100 6"

[Stumper]

High Standard Victor....but my Ruger Standard Model rivals it.

[Cougar]

Hmmmm.... Now you've got me down to splitting hairs. My Taurus 96 (similar to S&W 17 target model) will shoot 1/2" groups at 25yds from a rest, or my Dan Wesson .357 8" will make 3/4" ragged holes at the same distance. With those two it simply comes down to .357's bullet diameter chewing a bigger hole.

None of my autopistols are that good. But I once used a rental gun at the range that gave me a case of the 'wants' - A Hk USP .45acp. For a strange rental gun shooting reloaded range ammo to group like it did was eye-opening. Ten shot one-inch ragged hole at 50', hand held from a standing Weaver position. Got a spare $800 or so???

[Vern Humphrey]

My Taurus 96 (similar to S&W 17 target model) will shoot 1/2" groups at 25yds from a rest, or my Dan Wesson .357 8" will make 3/4" ragged holes at the same distance. With those two it simply comes down to .357's bullet diameter chewing a bigger hole.
Which is why groups are measured not from edge-to-edge, but center-to-center.

If your .22 groups are 0.5" across, subtract 0.22 inches (one bullet width) and you have a 0.28" group, center-to-center.

Similarly, if your .357 grouips are 0.75" across, subtract 0.357 and get an 0.393" center-to-center.

[Jonah71]

As for a semi auto 9mm....the old Sig P 6 was right up there with my CZ's (if not better). But I haven't fired any high end expensive handguns so my experiance is fairly limited.

[97guns]

8" python, ive only shot it 1 time but it was an absolute tack driver

[GLOOB]

Here are 3, in no particular order.
W German Sig P220
1911 Series 80 Gold Cup
Glock 17L

[Friendly, Don't Fire!]

Freedom Arms 454 Casull with 10" barrel, SSK T'SOB Scope Mount with three Ring sets sporting a silver Leupold EER straight 4X scope. I worked up loads for that gun using a jacketed flat point bullet (300 grain Hornady comes to mind). I no longer have that gun, but never should have traded it, it was in mint condition and I could shoot small potato-size rocks all day long off the 100 yard range bench, and blow them into a ball of dust and tiny pieces. People watching me were amazed at the power and accuracy. I kick myself for getting rid of that gun, it would have been perfect for deer and black bear hunting!

[9mmforMe]

Nornico 1911 style .45

[CountGlockulla]

Baer 1911

[gyvel]

Don't laugh, but a Swedish Model 1940 Lahti 9mm using lead reloads and fired from a rest at 25 yds.

[Gunfighter]

Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 mag.My Ruger vaquero 45 long colt is also very accurate.

[gym]

I couldn't answer that, it would depend more on how I was shooting that day. I have shot very accurate guns just ok, and plain old Glocks great, on a different day it would be the opposite, I never shoot exactlly the same every time, close but not exact

[pioneer461]

Perhaps THE MOST ACCURATE handgun I've ever fired was a match grade 1911a1 that I shot with as a member of the 11th Naval District Pistol Team. It was custom built for me by the USMC Small Arms Training unit in 1967. Sadly, they wouldn't let me take it with me when I was discharged.

A very close second, is what I have on my side daily, a Springfield XD .40 S&W sub compact. That little blaster is fantastic.

[Roverboy]

High Standard Model FK101 6" bull barrel, ported

[bannockburn]

1) Colt Gold Cup
2) Colt Combat Commander-customized by Colt's Custom Gun Shop.
3) Ruger MK.II Model 512
4) Browning BDA .45ACP
5) Browning Hi-Power

[wow6599]

I'm not that good with pistols, but this thing just puts 'em right where I want them to go.
It makes me look good at the range......

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm31/wow6599/DSC01112-1.jpg

[Shoot66]

1/ SIG P210
2/ Baikal Margolin MC2 .22 LR
3/ Colt Python

[4thHorseman]

I suspect the trigger has a lot to do with it. The most accurate hand gun I have ever fire was a Wilson Combat, regardless of the style of weapon.

[ClemY]

My most accurate rimfire is probably my S&W Model 41. My most accurate centerfire is probably my Wichita International single shot. 30-30 that I uses for silhouette competition.