Xdkingslayer: you say you cannot hit the broad side of the barn with it? I put two mags, rapid fire, at 25 feet on the below. If I take my time, I can knock out the center. This is a tiny barrel pocket cannon...not meant to be a target gun...eh? Personally, I think it is the perfect personal defense weapon.
Nope. With no exaggeration, I'm luck to hit minute of pie plate at 7 yards. Now, I'm not Rob Leatham, but I'm a damn good shot. I have no problem taking my XD out to 50 yards on 4" steel targets without a problem. So you can imagine how frustrating this things has been for me.
At first I thought it was me. It was the first time I've owned a pistol this small. I tried every grip and stance you could think of and it didn't improve. I tried shooting it rested on a sandbag with no improvement. I even had several other people shoot this thing both offhand and rested, good shooters, with almost no recognizable improvement over my shooting.
I've tried just about every brand, grain, and power ammo you can buy (the good news is this thing is dead reliable with anything you put through it). I've tried every thing and this pistol is worst I've ever owned.
I could put up a target just like yours with groupings just like yours, but the powder burns on my left hand from holding the target in front of the barrel would be pretty bad.
I never said it wasn't meant to be a target gun. And there is no doubt in my mind that there is something wrong with this particular pistol, in the barrel to be more exact. I know these guns are better than this. It's a damn shame too because I love this little .380 and so does my wife.
And the sad part is I'm just going to have to sell it. I'm not sending it back to Taurus with all the horror stories currently going with their customer service. I'll just sell it to someone with the warning that this thing is less accurate than a package of bottle rockets.
