Handgun accuracy

Bucks Owin

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The thread concerning B/C gap got me thinking about handgun accuracy so I decided to reread some thoughts from one of the masters. Notice his experience with Rugers, even those not built exactly like a fine watch. Kinda reinforced the fact that when my sixgun/load seems to be having an "off day" at range, it's most likely my "trigger operating" that's at fault, not the gun! :oops: :wink:

"I have shot a lot of new Ruger sixguns and generally they will shoot about 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" at 25 yards with good handloads. I have seen a few, I'll throw a wild guess and say 20% of them I have tested, that will shoot under the 1" mark at 25 yards. Very few, less than 10% will group over 2" at 25 yards with a little load work. In reality, this is very good accuracy".

http://www.customsixguns.com/writings/mechanics_of_handgun_accuracy.htm
 
My handgun shooting accuracy is almost not good enough to tell a good load from a bad load in most guns. I am more than happy to shoot a 3" groups at 25 yards off of a rest. I guess that is why they call it shooting practice instead of shooting perfect. 8) 8)

...Jimbo
 
Jimbo357mag said:
My handgun shooting accuracy is almost not good enough to tell a good load from a bad load in most guns. I am more than happy to shoot a 3" groups at 25 yards off of a rest. I guess that is why they call it shooting practice instead of shooting perfect. 8) 8)

...Jimbo

I'm about like you with the Handgun, but I'm getting better to the point that I did have a problem with my 44 Blackhawk ( Shooting left, Ruger Fixed her right up good! :D )....................................
 
With just home smithing you can do quite a bit to improve the accuracy of Blackhawks. I have a 3 screw .357 that I did more than a little work on. The trigger pull is 2 lbs 6 ozs. The BC gap is .0015". End and rotational play of the cylinder is near zero. Barrel to cylinder hole alignment is near perfect.

At age 65, I shot my best ever revolver bullseye style group at 19 paces using my special handloads. The 5 shot group was under a half inch. :lol:
 
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