I am curious as to what folks expect from a handgun. I will include everything but bolt guns here. I see a wide variety of results, from excellent to not much more than holes in paper.
I will include optics also, as I saw some results from a fellow with a 4x scope@25 yards, that I wouldn't be at all happy with at 100.
I I bring this up after a bit of range time a while back. Had my GP 100 3" 38 special and a fair bit of ammo. Some gents there that I know and the laughed about the 38. They had a fair amount of pistols laid out and offered me to shoot a real handgun. They were shooting at about 10-15 yards. Doing ok but nothing I would be proud of. The offered up on of their target frames and targets,so I took them up on it. It had a few hits on it but still usable.
I proceed to remove the center of the paper. I was ignored after the first cylinder or two. We put up new targets and went on some more.
These gents had some good quality stuff. Yet shot patterns.
I have sent the same on the net. Guys spend hundreds to thousand on full blown customs. Then show pictures of some pretty good to excellent groups, then I find they are at 25 yards or so but for the most part all under 50. My wheel guns are all
bone stock for the most part. But they will shoot as well if not better than what I see these guys posting.
I don't have a custom, yet. However it did take me way way to long to get an FA. I know there are a few here that have issues with FA and we don't need to get into that. The two I am very familiar with are 44 mag and a 357. Both of them shoot way better than the trigger man. Scoped at 100 the will average 2 1/2" on demand. This is for two full cylinders, 10 shots.
My blackhawk hunter in 41 mag is a 5-6" gun at 100. It needs cylinder work and thread choke removed and I am pretty confident it will shrink to at least half of that.
So what do the majority look for in the accuracy department.
Jeff