Great gun. I'm happy with mine.
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Different class of gun really. You could buy 3 or 4 MKIII's for the price of a Pardini and for most shooters, like myself, you will not do much better with the Pardini. Eyes are getting old, a little shaky from 10 cups of coffee a day for 40 years etc.They are nice shooting guns but let's not get carried away, have you ever heard of a S&W Model 41 or a Pardini?
Different class of gun really. You could buy 3 or 4 MKIII's for the price of a Pardini and for most shooters, like myself, you will not do much better with the Pardini. Eyes are getting old, a little shaky from 10 cups of coffee a day for 40 years etc.
Ya, not me unfortunately. I just cant hold very steady with 1 hand at 50'. I have tried and their were a lot of guys there older than me who were steady as a rock.Oh come on now. It's not like we are talking Hammerli and Walther. I've met plenty of old guys drinking coffee then going onto the line and shoot in the high 280's.
I'll resurrect this for a question:I just acquired a 22/45 lite, brand new as payment for some side work I did for a guy, and shot it a little for the first time last night. Other that leaving my little tool kit at home, and not having a screwdriver small enough to adjust the sights, I love it. Are the magazines always that miserable to load? It was almost a painful process. I put a little lube on the followers, which helped some, but it still sucked.
I used to pickup a 40 or 45 case first thing when getting to the range and use it to push the button on the mag... Then I spent the $8 for one of these
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0054...ine+loader&dpPl=1&dpID=31vKz67bBiL&ref=plSrch
Get the Ultimate Cliploader they're around $30. Dump ammo in bin,shake to align ammo,insert mag and your done. You can load a mag in 5 seconds no problem.
I have one of these and once you get the hang of using it it makes loading mags simple and fastGet the Ultimate Cliploader they're around $30. Dump ammo in bin,shake to align ammo,insert mag and your done. You can load a mag in 5 seconds no problem.
Agree with all of the above. My Mark III is a model 10159 Target (5.5 bull barrel with target grips). I had a 7 inch fluted Hunter mode but sold it becasue it was no more accurate than the 5 inch Target. FYI I am shooting a Pardini SP22 in Bullseye now and it is no more accurate than the Mark III when shot off a rest. The only thing the Pardini is better at is rapid fire Bullseye because it has less recoil but for plinking or target shooting the Mark III is just as accurate for 1/3rd the price.Buy one - Teardown and cleaning is not as bad as its' made it out to be, once you get the knack and especially after defeating the mag disconnect.
Mag disconnect is the reason for the tandemcross bushing OR the Volquartsen MkII kit. The MkII kit from VQ includes upgrade parts for the trigger group, and a mag disconnect bushing like the tandemcross. (The MkII and MkIII kits from VQ are identical, the MkIII kit bushing requires that you keep the mag disconnect.)
The MkII / MkIII platform will be a great plinker or range gun, and will carry you all the way thru bullseye competition.