What Is Your Most Accurate Revolver?

[daddyseal]

Mine is this one:

[Olevern]

Mine is this one:

What caliber?

[daddyseal]

44 Magnum

[Bret4207]

K32 Smith.

[tuckerdog]

ruger sbh 5.5" bbl 200grn lee rnfp 10.5 grn unique will put 5 shots into 1.5" at 25 yds from a sandbag rest consistantly best shooting short gun I own.

[PlainsHunter]

S&w m10

[44man]

All of my BFR revolvers. Hundreds of less then 1" at 100 yards.
The S&W 29's were super but grip sensitive.
The SRH, with a scope I could hit beer cans at 200 yards.
Next is the SBH, consistent but never as good as the SRH.

[TNFrank]

I had a S&W M27 with 8 3/8" bbl back in the early '90's that I shot 100 rounds of 38spl through at 7 yards off hand. You could cover the group with a half dollar. For me that was darn accurate.

[MasS&W]

Model 15 .38 special. Hits cans at 50 yards (if I let it). Loves heavy 180gr cast.

[375supermag]

Hi...

I have a couple of particulary accurate revolvers. I think the most accurate is a S&W 686 Silhouette Model in .357Mag with an 8-3/8" barrel.

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/375supermag/100_0731.jpg

When I do my part, I can pretty much hit whatever I want out to 200 yds, depending on the load I am shooting and the front sight setting. I can consistently hit the 10" gong at 200yds. with a relatively hot load using the Hornady 180gr.HP/XTP off of the bench using the correct front sight setting.

I also have a Dan Wesson .44Mag that is quite accurate. But it is heavy to carry around.

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/375supermag/100_0742.jpg

I also have a S&W M57 in .41Mag that shoots great...

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy305/375supermag/100_0744.jpg
my son, who has much younger eyes than I, likes to show off at the gun club by shooting empty 20ga. hulls off the target frame at 25yds. He seldom misses one...I can hit them occassionally with the .41Mag, but I need to use the silhouette model in .357Mag to hit them consistently.
I have watched people shoot entire magazines out of high-capacity autoloaders and never hit a single shotgun hull at 25yds., but then I have seen the same people miss a man-sized silhouette at 7yds.

[white eagle]

my ruger bisley flat top 44 special
1/2" 50 yd groups

[primersp]

s&w 629
s&w 16-4

[fecmech]

K38 Smith & Wesson

[Doc_Stihl]

Smith 586 8 3/8. 158Gr
Lee TL SWC tumbled in 45/45/10, sized .358 over 6gr of unique and a SPP in any 357 brass.

I've had this pistol for 16 years (Just realized that for half my life I've been toting this gun) and it was well WELL used when I got it from my cousin.

My new (to me) redhawk 41 mag may very well surpass this with some more range time to verify.

I suppose neither of those would be right, My most accurate pistol is actually a 6PPC Encore, but that's with a 16x rifle scope and is never shot except for from the bench. I wouldn't call it a "pistol". The 6ppc drops em in under .5" at 100 and has rung the steel from 200-500 yards at the range.

[rintinglen]

I think my 44 Special Flat top just might be the most accurate, though my S&W M-14-3 might give it a real run for the money.

[saz]

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7.5" BFR in 500 S&W. It is more accurate than I am.

[jameslovesjammie]

S&W 686-6 8 3/8" It will consistantly hit a 8x12" plate 6 times in a row off hand at 100 yards. Good enough for me!

[paul h]

Ruger SRH 480 7 1/2"

[Shuz]

My 629-3 Classic DX 5" with Leupold 4X scope will consistantly deliver 5 shots in less than an inch at 25yds from a sandbag rest. Load is 8.6g of Green Dot behind a 429421HP with a very small FDB and a round grease groove. Velocity 1035fps with an SD of 21.

[Shooter]

S&W 29 silhouette

[missionary5155]

Good morning
Still to date is my 1982 purchased Dan Wesson 41 mag 220 grain with the 8" barrel.
Running a real close second is a BFR 454 Casull with a 275 grainer. That revolver may soon pass the DW if I keep tweeking the load. Sure is fun shooting with very accurate and well built strong revolvers.
Mike in ILL.

[Aunegl]

Ruger Single Six 22LR, 6.5" barrel.

[Walt]

Either a 6 1/2" S&W 29 Classic or S&W 586 with a custom Douglas 6 1/2" barrel, it's hard for me to tell which. :)

[Nazgul]

S&W 696. Shoots any weight accurately without tweaking.

Don

[Char-Gar]

I have a 90 vintage 629 Classic 5" that is the most accurate sixgun I own. 44 Magnum of course.

[TXBRILL]

Dan Wesson 32 H&R Mag 8" barrel

[9.3X62AL]

S&W Model 16-4 x 6" in 32 Magnum.

VERY close second.......Colt Officer's Model Target x 6" in 38 Special.

[Marvin S]

Guess I'll have to pick my 6" 629 classic mainly because it has an aimpoint on it that lends to more accurate shooting.

[Freischütz]

S&W 22-4. A 45 ACP with a 4" barrel.

[mongo]

Dan Wesson 357, With the 4,6,0r8in barrel. I have had it for 35 years. It came with a 2,4,6,8 inch barrels and a hard case, Paid a whopping $150, It was lightly used of course,lol

[NHGrumpyGramps]

Mine is my S&W 610 with 6" barrel

[Hickory]

My most accurate handgun is my S&W 16-4 32 mag.
The most accurate handgun I ever owned was a S&W 586,
that gun would put them in the same hole at 25 yd. (should never have sold it)

[TXGunNut]

Honestly can't say which is more accurate, both are 586's and are capable of 1.5" @ 50 yds. They're old PPC match guns, funny-looking one is what we called an "open" gun. Other is a "stock" gun.

[matsu]

Colt 6 inch Python

[Ben]

That would have to be my 9.5 " SRH, 454 Casull.



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[theperfessor]

5" S&W 625 in .45 ACP. Just about any safe load shoots great. Couple of years ago I went to range with a two students. Both had autoloaders, one in 9mm, one in .40. They put up a target stand at about 15 yards and put some 1" orange dots on the cardboard. I let them shoot first and although they shot pretty good they didn't hit their dots. I pushed the dot through the cardboard with the first shot. I will admit was shear luck, but it helped to have a gun that puts them where you point it every time. And this big rascal does that.

[FergusonTO35]

Thats easy, my Ruger Single Six convertible. So accurate and easy to shoot its boring. My most accurate centerfire is my S&W 10-5 with my 158 grain reloads.

[Mark85304]

Purchased in 1984 as service revolver. Fired thousands of rounds through it at the ranges. Shot Pistol Silhouette with it as well.

http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa373/tangochaser/SW686.jpg

[Mark85304]

Honestly can't say which is more accurate, both are 586's and are capable of 1.5" @ 50 yds. They're old PPC match guns, funny-looking one is what we called an "open" gun. Other is a "stock" gun.

Actually the blued revolver is the 586. The stainless steel revolver is the 686. These are the Distinguished Combat Revolvers in .357 Magnum.

There was one recall notice early in production for a defect around the cylinder alignment and advancement for this model. The only problem I had with mine was the screw that held the strap/spring of the rear sight down kept working it's way out. A piece of nylon thread in the screw threads fixed that issue right quick.

[bcp477]

Smith Model 10, with a heavy 3" barrel. That thing will put every round through "1 ragged hole"....if I could shoot that well. (I found this out using a clamp- in shooting rest). 3.7 grains of Bullseye, under an ordinary 158 grain LSWC does it.

The best I can do, hand held, is roughly 2" at 10 yards or so.....and not every day at that. But, the gun will do MUCH better. Freaky for a short-barreled gun.....but I guess I got a good one.

[krit29-2]

this old model 1905 from 1911 isn't too bad...
24 rounds at 25 yards off hand....
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i279/kritter2000/HPIM0655.jpg
however the .500 isn't too shabby either....
5rounds @ 50..
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i279/kritter2000/HPIM0730.jpg

[lbaize3]

Hands down, it is my 6 inch S&W model 610. One ragged hole at 25 yards with 175 to 180 grain boolits (cast or j-word).

[GabbyM]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/picture.php?albumid=32&pictureid=4900

K frame S&W in 38 Special.

I’ve four S&W revolvers in 38 Special. Two model 10’s and two model 15’s. This M-15 is the prettiest. I think any of them is capable of one hole groups at fifty feet. Since they all have different grip panels they are hard to compare. Honesty I’ve not even fired the M15 pictured above. It’s an early 1950’s with barley a mark on it. Have in mind to gift it to one of my daughters.

10’s are from Buds gun shop recently for $269. Probably more than you might pay for beat up M-10’s locally but they are hard to find and I hate shopping. Even for guns. For photos of the 10’s look in my album here for the before pics. Little bit of polishing with 0000 steel wool and Ed’s Red then a few coats of Oxpho-blue from Brownells and they look quite well. Inside they looked new. The square but got a set of rubber grips as well.

[Coffeecup]

Either the DW .44 I recently traded off, or the DW .41 I had almost 20 years ago. Both were very accurate, and just as importantly, consistent. Unfortunately, they were both too big and awkward to haul around on my belt. I think the most accurate revolver I have now is probably a 7 1/2" Ruger Blackhawk.

[ihmsakiwi]

Mine is this one:
FA 357 Model 83
FA 22 Model 83.

If I had to restrict my self to only one gun for BB and SB it would be these two.
Peter.

[slide]

Six inch model 14 using hbwc. Sorry no photo.

[Lloyd Smale]

the 5.5 inch 475 linebaugh john built me. Only gun i ever had that might have shot better was the 610 smith i foolishly sold.

[Char-Gar]

I take note of the high perponderance of Smith and Wesson revolvers in this thread.

[captbligh]

8" Nickel Colt Python. Great trigger and sights.

[pdawg_shooter]

4" Colt Python blue. I can hit more, at longer distance with this handgun than any I have ever shot. This includes my 6" Python.

[redgum]

My Colt Mk V 'Trooper' .357m
It will put .38 special wadcutters into a 1" ragged hole all day at 25 yards from a sandbag rest.
Mid-range .357loaded with 158g LSWC's are not far behind.
It's one of those guns that makes you smile every time you pull the trigger.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r49/redgum94/MkV.jpg

[jabo52521]

Kruger Redhawk. Shooting Kieth. 245swc over 21gr of H110.

[jabo52521]

Ruger. Got fat fingers.

[44man]

I take note of the high perponderance of Smith and Wesson revolvers in this thread.
Of course. I never had one that was not accurate. Only that for me they were sensitive to grip hold and small groups would shift POI.
I love the S&W guns but hold was the only reason they did not do well at IHMSA. Most would shoot 1/2" groups at 50 meters.
I consider them fine guns.

[Marvin S]

Of course. I never had one that was not accurate. Only that for me they were sensitive to grip hold and small groups would shift POI.
I love the S&W guns but hold was the only reason they did not do well at IHMSA. Most would shoot 1/2" groups at 50 meters.
I consider them fine guns.

Guess I don't really understand the grip sensitive thing. Are not all handguns this way. Why would one brand be any different than the other, especially when a Smith usually has a superior action. Not trying to start an argument just trying to understand.

[TAMU74]

Dan Wesson 6" barrel.

[ColColt]

Probably my model 15-3 with the 29-3 a close second.


http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x220/ColColt/My%20Stuff/_DEF4440a.jpg
38 Special
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x220/ColColt/My%20Targets/_DEF4443a.jpg

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44 Magnum
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[MT Gianni]

K-38 Model 14 S&W.
A S&W pre 31 in 32 long is coming right along though. Fixed sights, franzite grip and nickle, I am almost too embarrassed to take it out in public.

[44man]

Guess I don't really understand the grip sensitive thing. Are not all handguns this way. Why would one brand be any different than the other, especially when a Smith usually has a superior action. Not trying to start an argument just trying to understand.
Each is to a certain extent and I think it was my large hands that made my 29's do it. I should have bought other grips for them.
It took me a long time to figure out why I could move a very tight group to another POI just by laying the gun down and picking it back up.
The strange thing about the 29's is if I shot two handed, off hand, there was less problems but from Creedmore I got screwed up.
Every grip has quirks with different people.
Now I had a 27 long ago and there was nothing I could do to make it shoot different, it always hit perfect.
The grips I shoot best have always been the hog leg or a 1911 type grip.
It really is based on each persons hands.
I have a friend with fat, small hands, short fat fingers and I have to laugh a little when he shoots. It is hard for him to reach a trigger. His finger has to be tight on the side of the gun and he always pulls left. He would do much better with a S&W.
I had the same problems with some bow handles. I had one that I rubbed cocoa butter in my hand at every target! [smilie=l: The only way it would slip to the same place.

[Marvin S]

I see. Thanks

[44man]

I see. Thanks
You are welcome.
It is why I never recommend a grip until a man tries them long enough to make a decision. It is great to have friends with different guns. What you find might be 100% different from another.
I will never push a grip and only tell what I have trouble with. That is so important to make you understand that you must find what is best for you.
The Bisley is one. I have trouble with it but others love it. I do not dispute, I only say to test it first. I get bashed over the Bisley and that is wrong because I state my problem and tell you to find your grip, it might just be the Bisley but I will never push ANY grip.
My grip choices have made enemies because they do not see what I say, you are the determination, NOT ME or anyone else. Beware of someone that pushes a Bisley on you, it might not be what you need. I will never push the hog leg on you either.

[mtnman31]

Most accurate, it's a close race between my .480 Ruger SRH and my Taurus Tracker in .357.
My least accurate is a Colt Police Positive - it's worse than my Nagant!

[High Desert Hunter]

My most accurate is my M83 454 Casull, least accurate is my 32-20/32H&R Balckhawk. The 454 has almost rifle like accuracy.

[Grapeshot]

Mine is the S&W M625 Model of 1989 with a 4 inch barrel. In .45 ACP/AR of course.

[Larry in MT]

I'm not a paper puncher but I have several revolvers that will do around 5-6/10" @ 25 yards such as a Ruger 22 Mag, a S&W 17, 41 and 629. My smallest group recently was with a Ruger New Model Blackhawk in 44 Special. 3 shots @ 25 yards measured .26" using 200 grain XTPs with Power Pistol @ 1130 fps.

Here's a group that I happened to photo. 280 grain HardCasts @ 1235 from this 629-4.

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/larrykay47/4884b437.jpg

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/larrykay47/c542cbf8.jpg

[Thumbcocker]

Sweet grips!

[wallenba]

S&W 625 JM, one ragged hole out to 15 yards. Have not tried it at longer distances.

[RobS]

SRH 454 Casull 7.5" barrel with a 340 Grain LFN style design boolit.

[27judge]

Enclosed my S&W 41 mag hunter with the full lug barrel and unfluted cyl.It likes the lymand 220 plain base and 18 gr 2400. I just worked up the med load with blue dot and 2400 same bullet.
Im in the thinking stage of a BFR in 500 JRH. I plan on replacing my ruger 44 mag super blackhawk hunter with the BFR Hey 44 mag man care to chime in with some advice on the BFR tks Ken

[44man]

Enclosed my S&W 41 mag hunter with the full lug barrel and unfluted cyl.It likes the lymand 220 plain base and 18 gr 2400. I just worked up the med load with blue dot and 2400 same bullet.
Im in the thinking stage of a BFR in 500 JRH. I plan on replacing my ruger 44 mag super blackhawk hunter with the BFR Hey 44 mag man care to chime in with some advice on the BFR tks Ken
Keep the hunter! It is good too.
Then get a BFR. All I have worked with have perfect dimensions and will shoot better then I can. I have 3 and my friends have many so I get to shoot a lot of them. All are super accurate.

[500MAG]

Redhawk 44 mag

[GUINEAPIG WITH AK47]

6", bought it well used in '84 for $150, shot better than my 6" 686 silhouette...still, wish I had that 686 again! 3.0 bullseye with swaged HBWC one hole at 25 yards, older than I am. damn.

[Beagle333]

Colt Walker- I think it's the weight. I'm steady as a rock with it. (backyard shooter) :D
http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt214/shutupandjump/Current%20guns/DSC03188.jpg

[unclebill]

27-2 .357

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zsmithwesson27-2098-2.jpg

[H.Callahan]

I have reached that stage in life where all of them are more accurate that I am! [smilie=b:

However, back in the day, my 6-inch Python ruled the roost and was my go-to gun when I was shooting competitions regularly. Even won a couple with it.

It was (very!) closely followed by virtually every S&W I own. I never owned a Smith that didn't shoot if I did my part.

[1Shirt]

Guess I am at the same stage or maybe beyond that of H. Callahan. That said, for me it is a toss up between my old Colt 357/w4" bbl, and my Blackhawk 357 w/6" bbl. Both fun to shoot!
1Shirt!

[Michael J. Spangler]

definitely my 625-4 5" barrel in 45ACP

i load 200 grain HP from my MP mold over a light charge of W231 and off hand at 10 yards it's one fat hole if i do my part. I've never done that with any other pistol i've ever had.

i can't wait to work up a load for it and test it out a little further.

[joec]

Mine is a 7.5" Cimarron/Uberti SAA colt replica in 45 Colt. I also have a Uberti 5.5" barrel and a 4.5" barreled ASM which is all the revolvers I currently own. Now the 4.5" is the next most accurate and not by much either. Both of them are extremely accurate, however the 5.5 Uberti Cattleman I couldn't hit the inside of a barn standing in it. I really need to get the front sight cut down and will when I get time as it shoot consistantly 2" to 3" low. The other two hit what I aim at period.

[Newtire]

I have reached that stage in life where all of them are more accurate that I am! [smilie=b:



I remember putting my boss to shame with my 3-screw Ruger SBH over his S & W 29. Now, it's one day at a time. Each one seems different! I got better results after Lasik. One Eye Dr. didn't believe that my master eye could switch sides. Well, it did at about age 55. Now, my right eye is again dominant. I have a 29 that is my favorite .44 now.

[gandydancer]

my ruger bisley flat top 44 special
1/2" 50 yd groups
1/2" at fifty? what are you using for a load bullet and powder? GD

[45 2.1]

1/2" at fifty? what are you using for a load bullet and powder? GD

The S&W 624 6.5" will do that also. Lyman 429383 cast out of WW or softer sized 0.431" in front of 4.0 gr. Bullseye...... crimped lightly with Rem. LP primer. While its an accurate handgun, it is not the most accurate i've shot and loaded for.

[NoZombies]

My most accurate is probably my S&W factory single action conversion model 16-4

[put]

Mine is the Ruger Old Army. One raged hole at 20 paces. Wow, do I love to shoot this thing.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg86/7738/DSCN4291.jpg

[harvester]

1954 Colt Three Fifty Seven revolver.

[44man]

1/2" at fifty? what are you using for a load bullet and powder? GD
Yes, every model 29 I owned would do that, my 27 was even better. The SRH can do it as can the BFR's. Even shot a friends Taurus .44 that was accurate.
So many good guns no matter who makes them. But they are still like a .22 with all kinds of ammo. Some .22 ammo is garbage and the gun will not shoot good.
You need to feed your gun what it likes.
It is like this. These are .475 sighters at 50 yards for deer hunting. 5 shot groups. It is because your loading bench and thinking will make most guns shoot. If you pound out a million rounds on a Dillon you might keep a Kamikaze from hitting your ship if you fill the sky with lead.
Big bores are never shot less then 50 yards around here. Yes, we go to 500 meters (547 yards) and farther.
You can do it, it is not your gun in most cases although one can be bad no matter who made it.

[Depreacher]

Best; My OM SBH with 6.5 gr Clays behind a 250 Keith @ 50 yds. (slow, but sure).

Worst; My .25 auto Bernardelli. I can graze Coke cans @ 100, but just can't seem to get a solid hit. ;-) (don't believe everything you read on the internet).

[puddledog]

S&W mod. 10