Your most inaccurate handgun...

bobdbldr said:
I have the Pietta. 1873 in .357/.38sp, in .357 it is a chore to hold the grips and accuracy suffers, but with .38sp, it is a lot of fun to shoot and quite accurate!
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I bought a couple of .357mag Pietta Millenium 1873 SA pistols from Marstar back in Dec. 2013 and have only put about 160 rounds of .357 through them so far. Accuracy is so-so, but it is a SA after all. However, I recently acquired a Laserlyte PRE and LASR software for dry fire practice. The Laserlyte PRE fits into the firearm barrel. When inserting/removing the Laserlyte into/out of the Pietta pistol barrels, I found that both pistols seemed to have a ridge at the barrel outlet ( one worse that the other). I surmise that this was caused when the crown was cut but it does make me wonder about the barrels metal treatment/QC. I would expect this to cause accuracy issues.

I'm exchanging emails with Marstar about it, so we'll see what comes of it. The Laserlyte PRE slides in/out of other firearms just fine.
 
Taurus 7 shot revolver in .17HMR. Those "gripper" grips sucked so bad that I couldnt get a solid grip. No aftermarket grips out there that I could find so I sold it. The gun shot well in single action because I didnt have to squeeze the grips hard to get the trigger to go off. Shame they didnt include a set of hard grips as the gun worked well.
 
Big hands or fat fingers definitely make shooting SAA revolvers accurately more difficult. I sold my Beretta Stampede because trying to get my trigger finger into to trigger guard after cocking the hammer awkward. Recoil of the .357mag was just plain nasty in this gun... Sure pointed nice though
 
My old Rohm 63 is the worst but it's not bad at all.

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I had a Norinco 1911 in 45 ACP that had the accuracy of a short barreled shotty with cylinder choke.
It was my first pistol and it was very disappointing as I thought it was my fault, until another member tried it, said it was garbage and let me try his STI.
Lol, that Norinco is gone, and now I have a granny STI that shoots great!

Currently my most inaccurate handgun is a Girsan Yavuz. (Beretta clone)
 
MiniMe said:
I had a Norinco 1911 in 45 ACP that had the accuracy of a short barreled shotty with cylinder choke.
It was my first pistol and it was very disappointing as I thought it was my fault, until another member tried it, said it was garbage and let me try his STI.
Lol, that Norinco is gone, and now I have a granny STI that shoots great!

Currently my most inaccurate handgun is a Girsan Yavuz. (Beretta clone)
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Commander length norc? I've had 2 and both couldn't hit anything...but I have a government model that is a really good shooter. One of my best actually.
 
My first pistol, an XD .45 when they first came out. It wouldn't even cycle a 10 round factory ammo magazine without issues. Sold it for a huge loss and never looked back.
 
Not mine but the worst I've tried was a Ruger LCR in 357 magnum, range rental in the US. The guy behind the counter tried to encourage me to try an all steel snubby with a hammer, but I just had to feel the fury for myself. Apparently they're better with different grips, but this had the standard grips. My hands aren't huge, I'll wear large or extra-large gloves, and this gun was really hard for me to hold properly. Combined with the DA only, I struggled to hit the paper of the man silhouette target at 25 yards. It was only at something like 7 yards that I could get something resembling a group of 12" or so. I guess that's all the gun's meant for: pointing at halitosis range. I normally have no problem with recoil, but the ergonomics of this gun were terrible for me. Maybe with practice I could learn a better grip for this gun, but if I ever move to the states, I still wouldn't want to after trying this. Before I tried it, I used to think it's what I'd want to carry if I lived in the US. I have been thoroughly disabused of that notion.

First time in my life I didn't really want to finish a box of ammo, but I carried on with grim determination, like a 10 year old being forced to finish a pack of cigarettes in the woodshed. The tendon inside my thumb was still slightly sore a month later.
 
Somerset Bar said:
Commander length norc? I've had 2 and both couldn't hit anything...but I have a government model that is a really good shooter. One of my best actually.
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It was one of those CanAm sold in a gun+ammo combo with 5"barrel.
Trigger had a 5kg pull before working on it.
I had later a second one I got in a trade that wasn't so bad, but still not acceptable to me.
Sold all of them.
 
The most inaccurate handgun I ever owned was a Ruger P85 in 9mm. I purchased it in almost new condition off a friend for $100. He set that price, not me. The trigger was worse than a caulking gun. It felt like a brick in hand and throwing it like a brick would have been more accurate. I sold it for $400 and bought a Ruger K-P89-D in 9mm for $450 which turned out to be the second most accurate handgun I ever owned. The K-P89-D still looked like and felt like a brick but the distributor had done a trigger job to it and that made a world of difference. I never should have sold the K-P89-D.

At the other end of the spectrum, the most accurate handgun I ever owned turned out to be a Unique C2 pocket pistol in .32ACP. That old beastie had a shot out and pitted bore but could still drive tacks at 25 yards. Go figure.
 
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