Pardini GP conversion to 22LR

Tim_T · Post by **Tim_T** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:12 am

Is it possible to convert a pardini GP to 22LR?

Tycho · Post by **Tycho** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:43 pm

In theory, yes. Practically, difficult. You could swap the barrel and the slide (or use the original slide with a very soft ammo, may work, perhaps), but when I tried something similar I straded at the mag - the mag catch is mounted at a slightly different height, at least in my case. If the barrel matches the shroud, you could use the original one, but then there's a problem with sight radius. Or use a SP shroud, then there could be a problem with the way it's mounted to the frame, that part got changed several times in the last years. And besides, the trigger won't take 1000gr with a usable characteristic.

Tim_T · Post by **Tim_T** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 4:26 am

How heavy can the trigger be made and still be consistant?

Tycho · Post by **Tycho** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:55 am

No idea. You can swap the screw that regulates the second stage weight and travel, but I haven't the foggiest what to do about first stage weight and whether the trigger module (which is completely different from the SP) can handle the higher forces.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:08 pm

Like Tycho said the GP trigger is different from the SP ans HP pistols. I got mine all out of wack by oiling it and trying to adjust the sear travel. Even incorrect trigger adjustments caused my GP to alibi. Luckily Don Nygord straightened it out and politly told me to leave it alone. After that it worked perfectly as a rapid fire pistol. I hated to sell it, but saw no reason to keep it...Never saw a trigger group that looked like the GP's....Maybe you could make a Free pistol out of it, but I doubt if you could make a reliable Standard Pistol out of one..

Tim_T · Post by **Tim_T** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:59 pm

The reason I am asking the questions is that I would like to turn it into a bullseye gun, as I dont want to mess with my AW93.

Tycho · Post by **Tycho** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:34 am

What's wrong with using the AW93? You think you can put enough training hours in to develop two different sets of muscle memory? If the rules allow it, I'd stick to one pistol, set it up right and put as many quality rounds through it as possible...