vincent Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Has anyone seen a Pardini GT9/GT45/PC40 at USPSA/IPSC matches? These guns look neat and I wonder if they are getting use in practical pistol. http://www.pardini.de/w_gk_gt5.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapzter Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Yeah, I know a guy who started out with a GT9. He shoots an STI Edge today. I think one of the reasons he changed was because of the magazine capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malak Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 looks like an EAA witness, pretty pricey, their IPSC is $1600EUROS, which is over $2000US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 At almost 1600 Euros, it is pretty high priced...and ugly to boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I like the grip angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierruiggi Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Yeah, I know a guy who started out with a GT9. He shoots an STI Edge today. I think one of the reasons he changed was because of the magazine capacity. Mag capacity? I don't get german really good but it seems to me that in that page it says 17rounds of 9mm; 13 of .40 and 13 of .45. "Magazinkapazität: 9x19 mit 17 Schuss, 40S&W mit 13 Schuss, 45ACP mit 13 Schuss in 5" erhältlich. " I reckon those 13 rounds of .40 are low when shooting limited, but that's out of the box, with no basepads or anything... It should be interesting to see how many you can cram there ina 140mm limited legal mag... If I recall correctly, a STI with 126mm mags will also load 13 rounds of .40. And, there's also the IPSC model, that according to the text there loads 17+1 of .40 (in IPSC Standard "fit-the-box" configuration). "IPSC –Pistole im Kal. 40 S&W mit 5" Feld-Zug-Lauf, Jet-Funnel, Druckpunktloser IPSC– Abzug, Magazinverlängerung Kapazität 17+1, inkl. 2 Magazine" On everything else, I agree.... Considering one can have a nice STI with SOME tweaking (not full house custom) for those U$S 2000, I'd go with the STI in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) Vincent, no first-hand info here so please take this with a grain of salt. A few years ago (3 or 4 probably) Pardini made an attempt to enter the IPSC shooting world with those guns, and a few local shooters used those guns in competition. The reports I heard were not very favourable: the basic complain was (apart from mag capacity, as already noted) they were not reliably working, and they were not able to withstand the abuse we normally do on IPSC guns. AFAIK, apart from few die-hard fans of these guns (mostly in Open and Production division), Pardinis totally disappeared from our matches. Edited August 25, 2006 by Skywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalmas Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Vincent,no first-hand info here so please take this with a grain of salt. A few years ago (3 or 4 probably) Pardini made an attempt to enter the IPSC shooting world with those guns, and a few local shooters used those guns in competition. The reports I heard were not very favourable: the basic complain was (apart from mag capacity, as already noted) they were not reliably working, and they were not able to withstand the abuse we normally do on IPSC guns. AFAIK, apart from few die-hard fans of these guns (mostly in Open and Production division), Pardinis totally disappeared from our matches. We have one here in Denmark attempting IPSC with his GT9. It's educational to watch him shoot because you'll see every type of malfunction known and not known to man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Reminds me of the Wolf Sporting Pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Oehme Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Vincent I have owned a GT45 and whilst it was a very nice to fire and accurate straight out of the box it suffered from malfunctions on a regular basis. One of the scariest was when the hammer had a tendency to drop on its own. They are also a fairly large gun. I now use a custom STI. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 Thanks for the replies. I'm only interested in reliable guns so this one's out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameiza Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 +1 on malfunctions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revchuck Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I like the grip angle. Joe - Check out a Steyr. About the same grip angle, much cheaper, but only for Production or L10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc1974 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 At almost 1600 Euros, it is pretty high priced...and ugly to boot Ug a leee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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