which handguns shoot most accuratly for you?

For pure accuracy, the following guns I own, or have owned, shot way better than I can hold. All were bench rested and shot from 25 to 100 yards. In order, don't laugh, Taurus Tracker .17 HMR (3/4 high X 1 1/2" wide seven shot 100 yard group), TC Contender .22 lr match, 1 1/4" five shot group at 100 yards, Ruger Super SIngle Six, 22 lr, 3" six shots at 100 (all three of above with good scopes).
Iron sights Smith K22, and 617....often one ragged hole at 25, Smith 686, same. 1911 built up on Essex frame, Remington Rand slide, gold cup barrel and bushing, unknown other good parts, 3" Ransom rest at 50. I have a Mark I and a Mark II that are scary accurate and are begging for Volquartzen trigger jobs. Throw in a little wind and all bets are off. Throw in an arthritis flare up and same applies.
I spend too much time shooting trap and skeet these days to keep my smooth, controlled edge with "bullet" guns.

I shoot the Beretta 92 very well, and I like that model.

Glock, I don’t bother with .22lr much anymore.

I don't know why, it's always been my 1911s. Close 2nd would be my S&W mod19 with wadcutters.

Things are most right with the world when I have a target sighted single action revolver between my palms. Second would be a good DA. Third would be a good 1911.

I have to admit to a growing fondness for the Super Redhawk and have .44, .454 and .480 versions.

which handguns shoot most accuratly for you?

The one I practice with the most

el-cheapo heritage rough rider 6.5" single action 22lr

next would be my Glock 26

SBH.

In this order; my Ruger MK1, Ruger Redhawk in .44mag, CZ85, lastly and close behind the CZ, a lightweight SR1911 Commander. While looking over the sights on the MK1 and Redhawk all seems right with the world, it's those two that I started out decades ago shooting metallic silhouettes. Therefore when I really want to touch something far away with a pistol those are my go to guns.

The handguns that I find to be not only easy to shoot well but also extremely accurate (does a scoped xp-100 count?).


1. All the regular 22 autos. Ruger, Smith, HS and Browning
2. Smith 17
3. Large frame 44 mags (Smith and Ruger), shooting 44 special, with red dots...
4. 6" medium or large frame 357's or 38's, shooting 38's w/ adjustable sights or move up a number with a red dot (Smiths and Dan Wesson)...
5. A good 1911...

Either one of these guns are capable of hitting a dime at 65 yards which is the farthest I have shot them

Ruger Charger simmons 2 x6 pro hunter LER scope

Crickett pistol with their 2x scope and base

My Makarovs have great, consistent, accuracy.

I shoot a Glock 26 better than a Glock 17.

I shoot double action K-frames better than I shoot double action J-frames, but I shoot my DAO 3" Kimber K6S better than any of them. I also shoot N-frames acceptably, but not as well as K-frames or the K6S.

I get best long range accuracy with Single action big-bore revolvers. I had one Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt that never failed to produce results, and to this day I still kick myself for selling it.

I shoot 1911's better than the BHP, but have a warm spot for the BHP since it is the only handgun that I have ever needed to draw in defense of my life.

For me most accurate is a Thompson Center with a red dot sight in .357 or .38 special. But my favorite revolver is a Freedom arms Model 83 in 41 mag. Less than 1" groups at 10 yds offhand.
WHP

My Browning Hi Power although I'm getting better with my Glock 29.

I’ve never found a conventional pistol or revolver which could shoot as well as specialty pistols, and have equally never found a specialty pistol which didn’t shoot better than conventional pistols and revolvers. For some, the gap is close, but there’s always a clear demarcation line. What I do at 100yards with a scoped revolver, I can also do at 200-400yrds with a scoped XP100 or Striker.

So I assume this thread is meant to be exclusive of specialty pistols.

Inherent precision and inherent “shootability” are different things. While a Ransom rest might reveal a custom built iron sighted 1911 to be just as precise as a rack grade Super Blackhawk with an Ultradot (maybe even moreso), I can say with certainty, I can get almost any brand new shooter to hit a 50yrd 4” steel with the SBH, but likely cannot with the 1911.

Also worth noting, given 100yrds or so, it’s pretty easy for magnum revolvers to walk away from the semiauto pistols, if for no other reason than higher velocity and lower time of flight. A few cross over’s can mix it up, like a .357sig against the .357mag, but generally, that trend holds - given some air time, the magnum revolvers own the realm of 100+ yard accuracy.

It doesn’t look like much but it shoots awesome.

Can one compare using my DA/SA Sigs and DA/SA CZ Compacts with a friend's striker-fired Glock?
If including the DA triggers on mine, I shoot much tighter groups with the Glock.

But I like my guns more than his. Are tighter groups a valid substitute for situational awareness and reading body language?

Pretty much most of the 1911s I've owned (Colt/SA/Kimber/SIG/Ed Brown/WC), all of my SIG P-series, the Beretta 92-FS/M-9, the S&W M&P series, and yes, my FNS-9 and FNX-45 ... as far as revolvers go, my S&W Model 15s and 19s have been the most accurate, though I confess, I cannot shoot revolvers nearly as well as auto-pistols.

rskent, when folks ask me what the first 1911 they should buy is, I always suggest the SA Mil-Spec; great introductory pistol into the 1911 world without breaking the bank.

For me the following:

Rimfire - Ruger Mark III Hunter
Centerfire - H&K VP9 or Ruger SR1911

The Mark III Hunter is by far the most accurate of the 3 listed. At 10 yards it will hollow out a 1" bullseye.

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rskent, when folks ask me what the first 1911 they should buy is, I always suggest the SA Mil-Spec; great introductory pistol into the 1911 world without breaking the bank.

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My first 1911. A friend told me it was a great 1911 to start out with. And it was. A great gun to learn on. This one has an Ed Brown barrel and bushing, a number of Wilson fire control parts, and a great set of Kings sights.
I gotta take that thing out to the range and give it some love.

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It doesn’t look like much but it shoots awesome.
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My first 1911. A friend told me it was a great 1911 to start out with. And it was. A great gun to learn on. This one has an Ed Brown barrel and bushing, a number of Wilson fire control parts, and a great set of Kings sights.
I gotta take that thing out to the range and give it some love.

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I have your guns uncle. A 1984 model before they started calling them mil-spec. This has a remsport barrel and bushing and wilson and colt fire control parts.

All of my guns shoot very accurately. I'm the weak point.


Bob Wright

My 1911's....all 5 of them, and my Ruger SBH 7.5 inch barrel.

this S&W model 10 built into a target revolver, even makes me look good.

I tend to shoot 1911's the best, but as for things that I carry it's a toss up between my Walher P99 and Sig Sauer P229 followed by my HK P2000 and P30L and P30SK. Right now I favor the HK's for carry because I have duplicates of them, I'd love to get another P99 or two so that I could put them into rotation for carry duty since I tend to shoot better with them.