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Originally posted by parabellum:

"You will buy a Glock...and you will shoot it well"

Same one that fits my hand best - HK P2000. Maybe because it’s the only DA/SA pistol I have.

For me it has to be either the HK VP9, or the P320 X-Compact. Both of those really fit me well.

The Smith & Wesson model 52 is one of the best shooting firearms I have ever handled. As long as I do my part, all the bullets will go through the same hole. For decades this was a highly loved and appreciated autoloader amongst competitive shooters




Then there is the rightful 45 ACP Heir to the Model 52, that is the Model 845. This is probably one of Smith & Wesson's best kept secrets. Only about 500-600 of these tack drivers were ever manufactured. If it were not for Lew Horton, they never would have been at all. It was ten years between the time they were designed and the first run of Lew Horton Distributor Exclusive autoloaders were produced.




The SIG X-6 autoloaders are amazingly easy to shoot well. Almost everyone I have let try them has been shocked at how much better they shot. The long sighting radius makes things easy. The weight of the long slide in addition to the SIG recoil reduction system makes these very fort shooting firearms




The revolvers that do the best are the Smith & Wesson K-38 Masterpiece revolvers. With 38 Match wadcutter ammunition they are amazing shooters with VERY Low recoil. My 6" Ed McGivern Specials are somne of my favorites to take to the range.

The Springfield Armory Xd series. The XDm is good too but for some reason, it's the Xd.
I don't even own one anymore as I got away from them and tried other pistols. I now own a Glock, Kahr, CZ and a Hellcat.
Not sure why I sold all my Springfields.

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Originally posted by colt_saa:

The revolvers that do the best are the Smith & Wesson K-38 Masterpiece revolvers. With 38 Match wadcutter ammunition they are amazing shooters with VERY Low recoil. My 6" Ed McGivern Specials are somne of my favorites to take to the range.

I'm not a fan of the frame mounted plaque, but the case hardening on that gun is beautiful.

I've said for a long time that if I hadn't shot in 20 years, I could pick up a revolver and be effective at 100 yards. My brothers and I often say that if my dad had liked Colts as much as he liked Smith & Wessons, we'd be a lot wealthier.

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Originally posted by honestlou:

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Originally posted by colt_saa:

The revolvers that do the best are the Smith & Wesson K-38 Masterpiece revolvers. With 38 Match wadcutter ammunition they are amazing shooters with VERY Low recoil. My 6" Ed McGivern Specials are somne of my favorites to take to the range.

I'm not a fan of the frame mounted plaque, but the case hardening on that gun is beautiful.

I've said for a long time that if I hadn't shot in 20 years, I could pick up a revolver and be effective at 100 yards. My brothers and I often say that if my dad had liked Colts as much as he liked Smith & Wessons, we'd be a lot wealthier.

I agree on the plaque, but they wanted to pay tribute to Ed McGivern and that is the plaque the Factory put on the revolver he was presented with.

Here is the other side of that K-38 Masterpiece.




I was not fortunate enough to have had enough spare cash to pick up more of these when they were introduced.

There was a K-22 Masterpiece along with some big bore offerings like this 45 Long Colt

For me it is the P226 SAO especially this one set up with RMR. In the way of revolvers this nickel S&W 586 hard to miss with it.

I shoot a 228 very well, and I seem to have pretty natural aim with my 2022 as well.

My 4 inch Sig 1911 is easy, my 5 inch Springfield less easy. I don't know why. The Springfield should be easier with the longer sight radius, but it's not.

For revolvers, I shoot a 629 better than my Redhawk, GP 100, or Model 19. Objectively, the 19 is the best gun with the best trigger, and I should shoot it best, but I don't.

Finally, there's the Glock 30. I can't shoot the 17, 19, 21, or 26 worth shit, but I'm freaking lethal with every 30 I've ever shot. For some reason, it just works for me.

So to me, there's no rhyme or reason to what I shoot well, and those that I don't shoot as well, or even shoot poorly. I honestly can't hit shit with my Model 19, but others can, so there's nothing wrong with the gun.

P229 Elite

Right out of the box was shooting it really well.

I wish I had one but you can’t buy them here - not on the roster. But I had a couple of sessions with the VP9 and it felt natural and fast and accurate from the first shot. When I move to a free state, it will be one of my first purchases.

Sig P210A

CZ Shadow 2 with a trigger job

Get the same accuracy from both.

My STI 2011 Combat Master. It's like a cheat code.

226 and a 229 both with SRTs. I seem to have to focus more on other platforms. Probably just a confidence and familiarity thing.

Oddly I find that I am more accurate with the Sigs than with revolvers. I think that is more of an age thing. The three dot sights are easier for me to see now. The red front ramp revolver sight on a black rear sight blade is tough on a dark back drop.

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For action shooting, I like to shoot a 1911 most, but I shoot about the same scores with any of the guns I used over the years - SIG226, Beretta 92, Smith M&P, and the 1911.

For pure accuracy - with no speed component, a K frame revolver.

Now, though, as my eyes age, anything with a red dot or a scope is easier to shoot.

Glock 19 gen5

Glock 19 Gen 4

One of these:



Beretta 71, surprisingly. It's small, the sights are fairly primitive. But damn if the thing doesn't point exactly like a finger. And something about the geometry of the trigger pull means the gun just has no movement at all, when I pull the trigger.

Definitely not the most mechanically accurate gun I have, but I've never had a gun that so happily and easily transferred almost all of its mechanical accuracy to me when I'm plinking.

Even now, they still manage to surprise me with what they can do, every time I take them out.

Hands down Glock 19. I’ve owned pretty much everything else and for combat style / armed professional shooting - Glock 19.

The two honorable mentions are my Glock 43x and my S&W Performance Center revolvers.

However at the end of the day it’s different for everyone. I have a friend who is one of the best shooters I know with a 1911. Others have theirs. I just have 30 years experience carrying a Glock…

CZ Shadow 2.