Best pistol/revolver for Bullseye league?

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G'Day gents.

I'd like to get more involved with my Club's bullseye league. I've tried my hand at the centrefire and enjoyed it, but I'd like to get into the Rimfire league as well.

So my question's this:

With a budget of $400, what's the best option? Not just accurate, but easy to shoot in a bullseye situation. Pistol or revolver, don't matter. New or used, don't matter.

Thoughts?
 
At $400 you'll have to look for a used Margolin. Sort of clunky looking guns but they were intended for bullseye competition so they should be pretty decent.

Double the budget and you could look around at some nice used S&W Model 41's.

Aside from these the usual Browning Buckmark or Ruger Mk pistols are pretty good. And often better by a lot then the folks holding them.
 
Keep your eye on the EE for a used Browning Medalist. Tradex brought in a bunch a short time ago and was selling them for around $400.I see them popping up on the EE now for a little more with guys trying to make some money off them.They were designed as a target pistol and come with the ability to go into dry fire mode to allow easy practice. Ive been very happy with mine.
 
BCRider said:
At $400 you'll have to look for a used Margolin. Sort of clunky looking guns but they were intended for bullseye competition so they should be pretty decent.

Double the budget and you could look around at some nice used S&W Model 41's.

Aside from these the usual Browning Buckmark or Ruger Mk pistols are pretty good. And often better by a lot then the folks holding them.
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A HA! I thought I recognized that Margolin from somewhere!





The Margolin is a neat contraption, but I would fear walking up to the firing line carrying that would would give my fellow shooters and inaccurate depiction of my skill level, which would be quickly brought low, once I started the first string, lol.

Whatever I get, I'm sure the gun will be a better shooter than I am, but I don't need the gun to one up me too much.
 
caperaway said:
Keep your eye on the EE for a used Browning Medalist. Tradex brought in a bunch a short time ago and was selling them for around $400.I see them popping up on the EE now for a little more with guys trying to make some money off them.They were designed as a target pistol and come with the ability to go into dry fire mode to allow easy practice. Ive been very happy with mine.
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Hmm. I like the dry firing thing. Any more guns that feature that?
 
kodiakjack said:
The Margolin is a neat contraption, but I would fear walking up to the firing line carrying that would would give my fellow shooters and inaccurate depiction of my skill level, which would be quickly brought low, once I started the first string, lol.

Whatever I get, I'm sure the gun will be a better shooter than I am, but I don't need the gun to one up me too much.
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I offered the option of the Margolin because they tend to be the low cost budget pistol that can still do well. But they aren't out there all that often so odds of finding one are rather a long shot.
 
Does your club have a practice night for your league? If so just show up and try the different guns that your members use. I started out with a hi standard, it was $400 1964 vintage, but a real tack driver, reliable gun, when fed the right ammo. I just recently purchased a FAS 602........a little bit more then $400, but hopefully will be able to win a belt buckle next year with it.......lol. The new S&W Victory has cuaght my eye too........
 
My Smith 41 is a VERY accurate shooter. Much more than what you want to pay for but if you want to be serious about bullseye, you might want to invest more.

Gilbert
 
I am a S&W man but for the money you want to spend the very best thing for you is a High Standard pistol. They come up often and they do not go for big money unless you have the Victor model. There are also more model then you can imagine.

I hate to admit it but they are every bit as accurate as any S&W model 41.

There was a time years ago that if you were not using a High Standard you were nobody.

Graydog
 
On the Hi Standard option it's worth noting that this outfit made some truly excellent guns. But they also had the lower end fairly cheaply made models as well. Do a google for "hi standard history" or "hi standard models" and learn which models fit where in the food chain.

Along the way if your search comes across one of the Brownings that was focused on the bullseye event one of those would be super sweet as well. Here again they had the ones that were a little more costly and tuned for competition and some others intended to be used for rabbit and squirrel hunting. So again some research into the different model lineup is needed to be sure you know what you're getting.
 
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