Your most inaccurate handgun...

I’ve never had a horribly inaccurate handgun. My first ever handgun in 1985 came close. It was a 586 6” barrel. But I was a new shooter back then and I don’t have the gun anymore so I can’t say if it was the gun or me.

I’ve never shot a Tok. I would love to try one ( anyone?) I have shot 2” M36, M60s and Makarovs. They all work at the appropriate distances (< 5 yds)
I have shot a 500S&W and it was fine for one cylinder full.

Everything I own now hits where it’s suppose to at 3-15yds when I do my part.
 
My TT-33 will put 8 rnds of surplus in 2 1/2" at 25 yds. My 44 Blackhawk will do about 1 1/2". All rested on the the bench, but held in my hands.
 
Its barely accurate to 5 feet!! Fun to shoot though!! Its an 1876 patent date Prairie King .22 short derringer.
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Canuck44 said:
If your gun is like mine was the cylinders are likely to tight. Of the six, three would not let a .355 bullet push through them and the others would not let a .357 bullet push through them. The cylinders are now reamed out to .358 and are just fine...now. If your cylinders are as tight as mine were the gun is never going to be accurate when the bore is.357.

Take Care
Bob
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I had the same revolver and after firing 30 the 50 rounds the cylinder jammed up to the point of having to smash it open with a wood dowel...gunsmith said the tolerances during manufacturing were to tight


Most innacurate gun for me is the glock 17 gen 4......could not get use to to the factory "U" style rear sight....sold after 500 rounds of hitting 12 inches out everywhere not matter what I did
 
I find my 58 year old eyes struggle with the sights on a variety of the surplus service pistols I own. I have an occupation FN 1922 in .380 that I find especially challenging. The trigger, grip, tiny sights and snappy nature of the .380 round in this gun all combine to make it tough to shoot well.. I'd say my Inglis Hi Power would be a runner up. Once again, I find the sights and trigger make it difficult to shoot decent groups.

In both cases though, I think a goodly portion of the problem is me rather than just the gun.
 
Zastava M-57. Bought it brand new. Nice well made pistol, that fit OK. Lots of fun to shoot; lots of fire, noise and recoil! After 1000 rounds I was doing little better than I did when I first got it. It almost turned me off pistol shooting. I sold it to a guy who likes them and has a couple of t-33s already. I ask him how its shooting, and have not got a straight answer. I took the money and a bit more and bought a NZ 85; it and other pistols I have bought since hit the target just fine.

I still think it was me, and not the pistol.
 
DemoDude said:
While it is a nice bit of history my Enfield Tanker is just a wonderful pistol if you want to make some noise!

Cheers
Jeff
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I have the same pistol, but with the hammer; not the tanker version. When I load a bit heavier so that it burns all of the powder and the trigger guard smashes into my middle finger, and it shoots all over the place; when I load it down (to what the reloading manuals say, 3gr. universal under a 50 gr. .359 lead semi wadcutter) it shoots like a laser, but blows a lot of un-burnt powder out on the loading bench. I crimp tight and pressure goes up; accuracy goes down; I do a light crimp; accuracy improves, but cylinder locks up when the recoil walks the bullets out of the casings. (I use 9mm dies).
 
i guess the TT-33 more than anything else then my gp100 but i really need to get out more because past 25 yards im not awesome with anything just happy to be on the paper lol
My most accurate is my Beretta 92fs followed by the sig 1911 22 after the upgrade kit was installed
 
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