You'll shoot your eye out
Master
- Jan 21, 2011
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Way back in my misspent youth I had availability to a Colt Police Positive .38 special revolver with a 4 inch barrel. It was supposed to be a retired police gun and was the most worn and clapped-out rattle trap I ever saw. The barrel was the best part of it but even so, the lands and grooves were only smooth bumps. It was long past shot-out.
That revolver was the most accurate handgun I have ever shot! Every bullet went right where the sights pointed, no variation, no spread, no matter what ammunition you used. It was ugly and beautiful at the same time.
I was told by the old man who had that gun that every bullet fired only served to polish and wear the barrel ever closer to perfection, that an old worn barrel would out perform a new sharp one any day.
I don't know about that theory but the three most accurate firearms I have ever shot were that Colt, my brother's AR7 and a Marlin model 60. All three of them were shot-out, wore-out POS guns.
That revolver was the most accurate handgun I have ever shot! Every bullet went right where the sights pointed, no variation, no spread, no matter what ammunition you used. It was ugly and beautiful at the same time.
I was told by the old man who had that gun that every bullet fired only served to polish and wear the barrel ever closer to perfection, that an old worn barrel would out perform a new sharp one any day.
I don't know about that theory but the three most accurate firearms I have ever shot were that Colt, my brother's AR7 and a Marlin model 60. All three of them were shot-out, wore-out POS guns.