In the early days of NM competition...pre-AMU...new, unissued pistols were test fired at 50 yards with match ball ammunition. After throwing the first round away, those that broke into 3-inches from a machine rest for the remaining six were set aside for armorer preparation.Where people started going south with them was when they wanted something better than minute of pie plate with a CQB gun or competition gun.
That old myth of "minute of pie plate" and such was largely the result of people firing well-worn examples with WW2 surplus ammuniton or frankenguns thrown together for sale at gun shows as "originals."
Part of the problem is that there are so few true, unissued originals floating around these days, and few people are willing to actually shoot them more than just enough to prove function...if even that...that almost nobody under the age of 70 knows what they were truly capable of.
But, I remember.
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