[Travis McGee]

Thomson Contenders with good loads regularly shoot sub MOA in competition, the world record pistol group is about 5 shots in 4 inches at 600 yards from a T/C Contender. With a rest (sand bag over car door for example) hitting a torso at 500 yards would be a snap for a Contender. Don't make the common mistake of equating barrel length and accuracy. Sight radius does not apply with optics, longer barrel length just means greater muzzle velocity in the same loads.

[harpseal]

I have seen a Thompson Contender from a machine rest beat some rifles from a machine rest.

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