How Accurate is 'Accurate' in a Handgun?

[OkayShooter]

As accurate as you want them to be.

I don't base my accuracy on what someone else can do. As its suppose to push yourself.

 

[.30/06 FTW]

Roly Miles. Canadian PPC shooter. Accurate ? Sure.

With PPC loads. Tremendous power. Horrendous recoil. Optical speed. You can SEE the bullets flying.

Would he be as accurate with full .357 Magnum revolver loads (158/1200) ? All of it double action, of course. Stock revolver with 2½" barrel. As accurate ? Really ?

Having shot with him a few times and seeing what he does from load development all the way to the end of a 1500 match, I would say you probably wouldn't notice all that much of a difference. You don't get a 1499 score by loading light, you get to it with near perfect application of the fundamentals. Full power loads out of a snubby, he'd still out shoot 99% of us.

 

[Pietro Beretta]

50 yard standing up all 10 rounds center mass (4 papers in square)
50 yard bench rest all 10 rounds in single piece of standard paper

Glock 17 was my most accurate 9mm ….25 yards shooting tactical stance, relatively quick, 10 rounds in a large orange size grouping

Hk Mark 23 using +P 200 grain @ 1050 fps 6” match grade bbl ….100 yard human silhouette, bench rest, 10 rounds all center mass in a dinner plate size grouping

Colt 1911 Govt.45 (new series 80) and my Glock 21 3rd gen standard sights are both EXTREMELY accurate

25 yards is Childs play, near fist size groupings standing up tactical stance, single piece of paper all center mass
50 yards is still very doable at a PPC target all 10 rounds center mass, bench rest, standing slightly wider groups, but still all on page
100 yards bench rest is VERY doable
200 yards is pushing it, but also completely doable with proper elevation and a spotter. Especially with a MARK 23 using +P 200gr @ 1,050 fps with its long sight radius and 6” match grade barrel with tighter gas seal (due to non traditional rifling)

The operator is the main key here obviously….proper grip/stance and trigger control, knowing the trigger reset, and when the sear breaks, i.e. striker fired, double/single action, etc. A solid 1911 is hard to beat, and I love the Glock trigger reset. My G17 3rd gen was twice as accurate as my Beretta M9. I’ve owned the HK MARK 23 twice years apart and it’s just on a different level of marksmanship with proper ammunition

Most accurate pistol I’ve ever owned and shot extensively…..

Glock 17 9mm /3rd gen
Glock 21 .45 Auto /3rd gen
Colt 1911 .45 ACP Govt Model (all 5 of them equally as accurate) Series 70 Repro/01991/XSE, etc
Hk MARK 23 .45 Auto

 

[sillymike]

All my handguns are inherently more accurate than I can hold them.....

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NAA.

Yup!

I only wish I could print the same target offhand, that the pistols were able to do from a Ransom rest... The 52-2 was supposed to be able to do 2" @ 50y. The best I could do with reloads was 2.5"

 

[tigrr]

This is as good as I get free hand at 17 yards. The small targets are STI Trojan 9mm at 17 yards.

 

[rmsg0040]

As my friend once told me, all in one hole

 

[chanrobi]

Just look at the MK23 for accurate pistols.