The Tightest Gun You Ever Had (No Wisecracks!!)
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Never owned a particularly tight gun. I guess the "tightest" feeling gun was a German 226 I used to have, but like Glocks and 1911s, the slide-to-frame fit isn't really important anyway.
It shot great groups as the 226 is inclined to do. My most accurate guns have typically been 1911s but none have been particularly tight.
You want a really absurdly tight gun, check out a Baer...they're really excessively tight IMO. Accurate, but no more so than many other much looser 1911s. I have never understood their obsession with tightness. I think it's become a pursuit in itself, rather than a means to a better pistol.
It shot great groups as the 226 is inclined to do. My most accurate guns have typically been 1911s but none have been particularly tight.
You want a really absurdly tight gun, check out a Baer...they're really excessively tight IMO. Accurate, but no more so than many other much looser 1911s. I have never understood their obsession with tightness. I think it's become a pursuit in itself, rather than a means to a better pistol.
Custom PPC Smith Model 10 by Murray Charlton - if I shot 500 rounds a day, every day for the next 20 years I might be able to shoot this gun to it's potential at the end. 8lb DA, a couple of thousandths B/C gap, zero end shake, locks like a vault. The barrel/cylinder gap is so tight that the smoke doesn't leave the casing until the cylinder advances. Everything on that gun is tight and squared away, the gun is capable of nothing but X rings at 50m. The shooter, not so much.
Ha!, Ya know there are so many who say they have loose guns that knock out great groups it does
make you wonder if tightness is just a competition to itself. A very good point Misandropist. I will throw in my 2 and say that
all things considered, tighter is better. It just goes to show that I can never shoot up to my gun's potential. BUT.. the tighter ones
don't make it stand out as much LOL...
make you wonder if tightness is just a competition to itself. A very good point Misandropist. I will throw in my 2 and say that
all things considered, tighter is better. It just goes to show that I can never shoot up to my gun's potential. BUT.. the tighter ones
don't make it stand out as much LOL...
Her name was Marylyn, I shot her often and although she did relax she never did loosen up
It would be a tie between my SIG P-210, my Nighthawk and my SIG X-five. I would say that the design that has this least likelihood of any slop would be the P-210 because of the slide to frame rail system and the fixed barrel link.
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my kimber is tight as a tiger!
redshooter
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I'd argue it's not as important in a revolver, only timing is really important (I'm making some assumptions here and the previous comment could resemble flatulence if spoken aloud). As for my auto's, just checked them and my 659 wins. As for how it shoots, I can't shoot for #### so I can only comment on how snug everything goes together.
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