Quote Originally Posted by Arthur John Smithsplease View Post
There will always be people who have a special aptitude for an activity.

Great shooters, like great golfers, painters and concert pianists are born.

I stand by my view that the majority would have great difficulty getting five shots into a two inch circle at 10-15m with a Glock 19.

These are defensive/combat pistols, not target guns. They are designed to hit targets the size of a a man's torso - 10-12" across?

Although I will admit revolvers in 38 special, shot in single action, are much easier to achieve good accuracy with.

Maybe with practice (ammo is expensive) some could get up to that level of accuracy. If you already can I congratulate you on being an excellent shot.
Not bragging here, but back in the day I could get 3" offhand groups from a G23 (in .40") at 25, and shoot better out to 50 feet, in tight groups, with revolvers in .357" and .44" in DA rather than in SA, and win the odd club match doing so. And do better with a G17, let alone my expensive tuned 1911. Last fullbore I shot was a P08 Luger putting 5 into about 1.5" at 10 metres, one-handed, first go. Which slightly disappointed.

Did I say "not bragging"? Absolutely not, despite the above. Not boasts, just factual examples. I got taught properly, many years ago, by someone who would cut most of those groups in half at twice the speed and made me look like an amateur. Before that, I genuinely could not hit a bloody thing with a pistol.

Try talking to the 10M match air pistol guys. I sometimes take out my Diana 10 or FWB80 for a plink. I get frustrated when I inevitably start pulling shots into the 8 ring or less. The serious match shooters don't do that. It's technique and practice.

It's a lot like springer shooting. Once you learn how to do it, you know how to do it. Though you degrade without practice. But it is far better to learn from a real person with skills than from the Internet.