I have an old (late 50's/early 60's) Hi Standard Sentinel .22lr revolver. A good revolver historically with a reputation for acceptable accuracy.
Except, apparently, for MY Sentinel which I can't hit a darn thing with.
I'm not the best handgunner in the world...actually I'm really bad...but generally if I lean on something, prop the handgun on a table, close one eye and really concentrate, I can put it where I want it. (I'm right handed with a dominate left eye, so handgunning has been a challenge).
But with this Sentinel I can't hit the perverbial side of a barn. It seems to shoot all over the place. First over, then to the left, then under, then to the right. Ug.
What makes a pistol inaccurate? The bore is great. The crane is a little wiggly, but that's never affected accuracy in a .22lr for me before.
Could it be ammo? Should I start trying different brands and bullets?
I'm frustrated and I don't want to dump the little bugger cause it's a very well balanced handgun. It sits in my hand beautifully. Plus getting pistol permits in NJ is a pain and I don't want to trade it out if I don't have to. Thanks.
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Last edited by Outriderdark; 02-21-2006 at 10:51 PM.
It is pretty light. My Beretta Jetfire is pretty light, though, and I can shoot pretty good with that (too bad it can't penetrate a foam cup).
how does one check for warpage or muzzle elongation?? The bore itself is beautiful.
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I find the same thing happens with my Ruger Mark III with certain ammo--stingers shoot a completely different POA than velocitors and with more flyers.
Try some wolf match, some cci velocitor and some aguila sss.
If it's worth the investment to you, purchase an inexpensive pistol rest and set up a sturdy bench to sight in on.
I would have a gunsmith look it over before parting with it...I have had a local gunsmith examine and clean my (bought.used) pistols for less than $30.
The forcing cone, cylinder lock-up, muzzle or barrel damage can all be checked out and then you can feel even worse about your non-mechanical accuracy issue....
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Take a deep breath and let it out slowly before you pull the trigger. Once you get something like that on your mind, I doesn't matter whether the gun is in good mechanical shape or not.
I once owned an over and under 12 guage skeet gun that I loved. All of a sudden I couldn't hit anything with the lower barrel, even though the top one worked fine. I had myself psyched. I eventually sold it.
Yeah, I had a friend shoot it this afternoon.
He was all over, too. I can't see anything wrong with the barrel, bore, or cone.
Like I said, the only thing is the crane is a bit wiggly from age but it seems to lock up good.
I'm gonna try some better ammo and see what happens. if it's the same I'll have my smith look at it.
I appreciate everyones help.
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best of luck with the ammo. I had an old Tanfoglio revolver that only liked the cheap bulk boxed remingtons. The thing shot those into an inch and a half at 50yds. Next best ammo was anything else and the best it ever did with that stuff was 9 inches at 25yds. Talk about picky. Then about 6 months after i figured out the ammo preference, the topstrap snapped in two and i havent fired it since. Try various types of ammo and see if it likes any of them.
