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My very informal standard for duty/field guns - meaning the sort of handgun a fellow could carry around in reasonable comfort, with a barrel in the neighborhood of three to seven inches - is that one inch per ten yards is a minimum to qualify as "accurate" and one inch per 25 yards is all that a fellow should reasonably expect, unless he is very lucky or spends a lot of money.
That is for mechanical accuracy, by the way: what the gun is capable of physically doing, from a machine rest or similar.
Putting the gun into someone's hands changes the story entirely. Despite having once been capable of master and high master scores in sanctioned competition, I can't shoot nearly as well as the the average guy on the internet and never could. I suppose I should be glad the internet wasn't around when I was competing as it probably would have discouraged me from even trying!
That is for mechanical accuracy, by the way: what the gun is capable of physically doing, from a machine rest or similar.
Putting the gun into someone's hands changes the story entirely. Despite having once been capable of master and high master scores in sanctioned competition, I can't shoot nearly as well as the the average guy on the internet and never could. I suppose I should be glad the internet wasn't around when I was competing as it probably would have discouraged me from even trying!
