Narwhal
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Hi,
I was wondering what people consider acceptable accuracy from a handgun.
Today was the first time I really tried to to test the accuracy of one of mine, a S&W M&P 40 pro series with night sights & Federal HST 180gr ammo.
I was a little bit disappointed that after firing 100 shots in 20 5 shot groups, I was only averaging 6". The smallest group was 4.5" and the largest was 8", but the average was right around 6".
This was with resting the pistol on sandbags on a bench, sitting in a chair, and really taking my time while making sure I had the exact same point of aim on every shot.
One interesting thing in my goups is that often the first shot in every string was the outlier, about 5" low, then the next 4 shots would usally be within 2" of each other right around the bullseye.
I'm not the best shooter in the world of course but I'm wondering if this is OK accuracy for a $600, duty-type pistol in most people's eyes?
I was wondering what people consider acceptable accuracy from a handgun.
Today was the first time I really tried to to test the accuracy of one of mine, a S&W M&P 40 pro series with night sights & Federal HST 180gr ammo.
I was a little bit disappointed that after firing 100 shots in 20 5 shot groups, I was only averaging 6". The smallest group was 4.5" and the largest was 8", but the average was right around 6".
This was with resting the pistol on sandbags on a bench, sitting in a chair, and really taking my time while making sure I had the exact same point of aim on every shot.
One interesting thing in my goups is that often the first shot in every string was the outlier, about 5" low, then the next 4 shots would usally be within 2" of each other right around the bullseye.
I'm not the best shooter in the world of course but I'm wondering if this is OK accuracy for a $600, duty-type pistol in most people's eyes?