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My favorite pistol is a Hi Standard Military model target gun. It will out shoot most rifles at 100 yards! Unfortunately they do not make them anymore. It cost $450 almost 35 years ago. Still worth that much or more.
If you want to target shoot, that means competition. You cannot compete with a standard hunting gun, it just cannot do the job, no matter how good you are. Good ammo is also a requirement. Every gun needs custom ammo to shoot up to its ability. The barrel is like a tuning fork. When the round goes off it makes the barrel vibrate, consequently throwing the bullet off the desired path. The proper load minimizes this effect, which can be considerable.
Target guns are capable of shooting one hole groups at the ranges they were designed for, hunting guns, like lever actions, do well, but cannot hold better than 1 to 2" groups at 100 yards. More than good enough for most all game. An exception is a so called Varmet rifle, capable of shooting a chipmunk at 1000 yards. A Varmet rifle is really a target or sniper rifle.
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