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Now it was time to put it through its accuracy paces. Remember, the pistol still had not been cleaned after almost 1,500 rounds. We were trying to find out how many rounds it would take to make it stop running without being cleaned and lubed.

How Accurate

Accuracy testing was done with ammo at three different price levels, sort of like the old Sears, Roebuck thing of “good, better, best.” The shooting was done outdoors with two hands braced on the bench at 25 yards. Each five-shot group was measured overall, and also for the best three shots. I discovered several years ago that if five shots were fired from the bench and all felt perfect, measuring the best three factored out unnoticed human error and came remarkably close to what the same gun/ammo combo would do for five shots out of a machine rest.

For a low-priced generic round I chose the CCI Blazer with a lead bullet at what felt like standard velocity. The five-shot group measured 3.25 inches. The first shot had gone wide. The next four went into a cluster measuring 1.63 inches. The best three shots were in 0.75 of an inch. Federal’s standard line Classic round-nose, plated, high-velocity load put five shots into 3.88 inches. Not counting the first shot, the group would have measured 0.94 of an inch, and the best three were in 0.88 of an inch. CCI’s elite Pistol Match, with lead bullet at standard velocity was the priciest load tested. The five-shot group measured a disappointing 3.75 inches, but that was once again due to the first hand-chambered shot. The subsequent four shots went into a diamond pattern that measured an inch on the nose, with the best three clustering into a group of 0.75 of an inch.