Bullseye shooting with a Pardini SP

[Tackleberry]

I have a Pardini SP, older model, I have been using Wolf Target Match ammo and it has been awesome for the past 12 years. But since Eley has taken it over and hardened the rim of the case, I get a lot of miss fires and fail to fire. The case strikes are hard enough to dent the case rim, but not hard enough to detonate the primer. (Old manufacture had cross hairs head stamp, newly manufactured has a “E” head stamp)


I know it’s not the gun. So I guess my question is. Have any of you heard of other people having this problem and what are they doing about it.

I was told you can “trim” down the contact edge of the firing pin, making it a little narrower and “sharper edged” Which I may order an additional pin and try it.


I tried CCI target ammo, but the Pardini does not like CCI. Apparently, the rounds are too long and get stuck in the magazine causing failure to feed issues.

I was told by Pardini, that basically I use “cheap” ammo and need to go to more “higher end ammo”.

Thank you all for your time and I look forward to hearing from so other Pardini shooters out there.

Sincerely

Mark

 

[bennett ford]

Wolfe and SK used to be the same stuff. Try some SK

 

[Tackleberry]

I will give it a try, thank you

 

[jelenko]

Also, while it seems the change in the cartridge is causing the issues in your pistol, it should still work.
=> If you have a gunsmith close by, I'd ask them to check out what's going on with the pistol.

 

[kzin]

I've been having similar FtF issues with some semi rifles and particularly but not exclusively with that ammo.

Cleaning the chamber thoroughly every use seems to help but not guarantee function.
(I'd much rather shoot every day and clean every month )

Other rifles pop it every time.

 

[jbzeus]

Love my Pardini’s. I use CCI SV with no issues. Best of luck and hope you get it sorted out.

 

[Fuj]

I just tried some Wolf Match Extra (Eley stamped). I rim sorted
one box and found a few that were .005" thicker. I used these as
foulers in my new CZ AT-One. Of the 7 culled, I only had one miss
fire. It went off when I rotated it in the chamber. My CZ looks to
give a healthy pin strike . I had no other FTF's with the remaining
sort......