Posted: 1/12/2008 12:50:48 PM EDT
| I have seen where a semi-custom builder will give a guaranteed accuracy of lets say 1 1/2" @ 25 yards, but when I read a mag article where an author takes this very weapon and runs 5 different loads through it with 5 shot groups of each load, and all the groups are as much as 1 to 1 1/2 inches larger than the builders specs. Is there any blowback towards the builder on this, or are these guys just sh*tty shots. |
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The guarrantee is that the gun will shoot that group size with that lot of ammo under those conditions. take the gun outside, use different ammo and youe result will be different. Case in point: My CQB came with a one hole test target. i was unable to replicate it with 90% of my handloads. I was unable to replicate it with 100% of factory ammo. My TRS did not come with a test target, but it shot more accurately with more loads than my CQB. My Springer shoots as accurate as the Baer, maybe more so, but I haven't shot enough rounds through it to make a conclusion. I do know that the Springer is much better fitted from a mechanical standpoint. |
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A guaranteed accuracy pistol will come with the test target to prove what it has done, and if you call up the manufacture, they will tell you what factory ammo/lot number (if not on the target) the pistol was tested with to get the group before it was released. Also, the pistols are benched in a Ranson for the most part/testing, so as the slide to frame wears/loosen, the pistol will increase it's groups size when retested this way. Notes: In free hand shooting, you use the sights to line up each shot, where as a ranson rest aligns the frame once for all the shots, and the slide to frame has to be/stay tight or the pistol will be aiming at a new point each time at the slide moves around on the frame. You can have a pistol with a loose frame to slide fit that will shoot great freehand, but when tested in a ranson, the groups will be much larger since the barrel/slide may not reposition at the same point each time. Again, frame to slide fit is very low on how the pistol will actually shoot free hand/in general, but when ranson rested, it makes a big difference for this test. Also the author could have received the pistol after tens of thousands of rounds have been fired through it by other author's who have reviewed it as well, with the slide to frame fit now looser and it will not do as well in a ranson test as when it was new. |