What is the most accurate HG?

The S&W .460 Hunter with the 8in barrel and big brake. The origional article said they were making 200 yrd shots with it off a camp table in the US. The cartrige is certainly supposed to be good for it. I don't have any hard data though just opinion.
 
I used to have a long barrelled (8") Dan Wesson .44 magnum. Nothing I've owned before or since has even come close to the accuracy I got from that gun. I doubt if I'd ever get another because pin point accuracy is not something I crave in a HG, I don't like long barrels, and it was a big blockly gun for the power. But if a super accurate revolver interests you that might make a good platform to start with. If you don't have a copy of Hamilton Bowen's book "Custom Revolvers" get one. Lots of accuracy enhancing information within those pages.
 
The new S&W X frame revolvers are incredibly accurate. As mentioned above, the Hunter is a superb choice. The issues around them are cost and availability of ammunition if you don't re-load and the noise when they go off. Shooting one without hearing protection will guarantee permanent hearing damage.
 
mysticplayer said:
Wondering what you feel is the most accurate HG for 100 to 250yd shooting?

Or how to build one?

No XP or bolt action HG. Only revolver or semi....

Jerry
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It depends if you will be shooting open sights or with a optical sight. As soon as you go to optics then you are just looking for a real accurate handgun. Also it depends how much power you need down range. If you are shooting paper then high velocity. If you want to knock over steel then a heavy bullet.

For open sights I have a S&W 44 Magnum with a 4 position front sight.

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It's not the handgun, but the person holding it.

The finest, most expensive, gunsmith tuned handgun in the world will shoot lousy groups of the shooter doesn't practice enough to use it properly.
 
John Sukey said:
It's not the handgun, but the person holding it.
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No one will argue that ultimately, the shooter has to be able to shoot well for his/her gun to group well but in the 100 - 250 yd range there are going to be guns suited and guns not suited for that range. The question asked was what hand guns are suited for that range.
 
Honestly, this is a given for me, Freedom Arms revolver. Tighter tolerances than anything else going, and you pay for it. There are guys in the states approaching MOA at 100 yards with them wearing scopes. The 210 is very accurate, for a semi, but nowhere near the most accurate handgun, especially at the ranges mystic's talking.
 
Check with the silhouette shooters and see what was winning in production revolver class. Freedom Arms (until they decided that they were too good and lumped them in with the T/Cs and XPs), 10" Ruger Superblackhawks, Ruger Redhawks, and Dan Wessons, particularly the Supermags. S&Ws while accurate enough, didn't stand up to the pounding (you don't have to just do it once in silhouette, you get 40 chances to miss, although only 10 at 200 meters). FWIW - dan
 
I have witnessed a hit from a .38 special Smith & Wesson M52 on an army 4 foot target at 500 yds when I was posted in Chilliwack in 1990. The hit was a 18" radial tear on the target. The friend who fired the shot, once the RSO told him of the hit, just unloaded his pistol and said "well, that's enough for today"!
 
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