{"id":66689,"date":"2016-12-03T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=66689"},"modified":"2016-12-03T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T11:22:20","slug":"clay-pistol-accuracy-testing-overrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/clay-pistol-accuracy-testing-overrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay: Why Pistol Accuracy Testing is Overrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><b>Editor\u2019s note:<\/b> <em>In the video above, Clay discusses why he doesn\u2019t perform accuracy testing for pistols.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In his mind, the pistol platform is too limited for him to empirically assess its accuracy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Actually, it\u2019s the <\/em>other<em> way around, Clay\u2019s abilities as a shooter are too limited to empirically evaluate the pistol\u2019s accuracy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>As he explains it, Clay can\u2019t compete with the lab-grade accuracy testing required to fully examine the pistol\u2019s performance.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Even with the aid of a ransom rest, Clay doesn\u2019t feel confident enough that he shoots the pistol to its full potential.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>But from his perspective, requiring accuracy from a pistol is like requiring precision cuts from an ax.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s not what the platform was designed to do.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As long as he can hit six-inch groups at 25 meters consistently, that\u2019s good enough.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>After all, almost any shot you\u2019re going to make with your carry gun is going to be inside of that distance and considering that the average human torso (from shoulder to shoulder) is 1\u2019 6\u201d you should be able to make that shot, especially if you\u2019re firing multiple rounds.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>Now, certainly, not everyone is going to agree with Clay\u2019s assessment on pistol accuracy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There are gun writers who have their own way of measuring accuracy and they stand by their process and results.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But as a reader, it\u2019s good to know where your favorite writers stand on the subject.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requiring accuracy from a pistol is like requiring precision cuts from an ax.  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