As most know, my father passed in May and left me his firearms collection. Or rather, what was left of it, as he sold off dozens of firearms the last few years to keep things manageable.
I ended up with about two dozen firearms that ranged from the S&W M34-1 .22lr that is the subject of this thread, to an Al Biesen built Jack O'Connor tribute rifle.
I had a YouTube channel on which I posted varied videos of that featured reviews of pickup tires, pickups, firearms, UTVs, and various other hobbies I have.
I thought it would be interesting to shoot the firearms that my father left me, and invite viewers to comment on the firearms. I decided that the first video would be of three firearms, all in .22lr, but all very different. I chose a Winchester High Wall in .22lr, then a Ruger Mark II Target with a Burris 2x scope, and the S&W 34-1 kit gun.
I fired all from a bench at 25 yards using Federal Target Grade ammo. 5-shot groups and videotaped the very first time I had fired these guns.
I predicted that the High Wall was going to be the most accurate, followed by the Ruger, and the S&W was going to be lucky to get all 6 shots on paper.
I was wrong! The High Wall was indeed the most accurate with a 1/2" group, but the S&W shocked me with a 2" group using open sights! The Ruger was all over the place and didn't get all shots on an 8" paper plate.
Now, I had forgotten to clean the guns before the shoot, and they were all plenty filthy. But I had no idea that a little .22 S&W was capable of pretty good accuracy at 25 yards!
Is that sort of accuracy normal for these pistols?
Picture of the guns fired, with the High Wall target shown...
Here's the YT video if interested; I really am not very good at making videos, but they are entertaining, if not crude...