jack1 wrote:Don't know where you get your experience rom but mine was precision and action shooting with 'real' handguns up to 1997 and yes such groups were not uncommon with 38 special target loads. In some cases up to 50 metres albeit rested at a barricade in the case of PPC......
......but then perhaps you really are not very good or at least not as good as those of us who competed in Europe, around BB and the USA in those days in PPC and derivatives. PPC is' Police Pistol Combat' (1500 and the like)
Always ready to listen to qualified opinion
Have a good weekend
OK, I've competed and officiated at Practical Pistol comps at club, regional, interclub and European level. I was a UKPSA Range Master for many years and am still a UKPSA member.
I've shot PPC, PP1, PP2, Practical Shotgun etc etc.
I've shot .22 precision pistol in regional and national competitions and a northern area championship 1st place trophy is in my bedroom (since they haven't shot that competition since Hungerford I suppose I'm still reigning champ
).
I've shot precision pistol, full and small bore, since 1976.
I'd never ever consider a semi-auto pistol to be anything as accurate as a handgun with target grips, hammer, trigger and sights. Any gun with which the sights and barrel are not fully and permanently fixed & aligned will never be as accurate as you want. The bushings introduce inaccuracy, there has to be some play or the slide would not function.
I fully agree with Keef.
jack1 wrote:Perhaps I'm asking for what now is an impossibility.
I believe you are so why kick up such a fuss when people tell you that they hold the same opinion?