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.22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:29 am
by THREEDFLYER
I own two .22 rapid fire pistols and wanted to ask the opinion on this board as to which has the better reputation for accuracy, reliability, etc.?
I realize these are no longer used in competition but they are a hoot to shoot.
One is the Walther OSP the other the Pardini GPO
Thanks in advance.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 12:32 pm
by Tony C.
I have a Walther OSP, never try the Pardini, the OSP has been very reliable when fed with TARGET VELOCITY ammo.
IMHO 100% reliability is more important than accuracy in the rapid fire game.
.22 short target ammo are getting hard to find, I'm down to less than 500 rds.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:01 pm
by j-team
In my opinion...
The Walther OSP was better than the Pardini GPO, but once Pardini came out with the GP (and the GPS) they were better than the Walther OSP.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:32 pm
by David M
With .22 shorts way back, the two go to pistols were the Walther OSP or the FAS.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 7:33 am
by Brian Girling
Definitely the FAS I had both. Also a Hammer 230.
My FAS was the earlier IGI Domino which I still have although as I am in the UK I had to have it deactivated.. I won medals with it so I wanted to keep it.
Just my opinion from personal experience.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:55 pm
by j-team
Brian Girling wrote:Definitely the FAS I had both. Also a Hammer 230.
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The OP asked about Walther OSP and Pardini GPO...
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:06 pm
by john bickar
What's the GPO? I think that was before my time (I bought my first OSP in 1995).
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:16 pm
by Spencer
john bickar wrote:What's the GPO? I think that was before my time (I bought my first OSP in 1995).
http://www.pardini.it/manuali/gpo.pdf
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:23 pm
by Mike M.
Is anyone making .22 Short match ammo any more? I'm sitting on a case of R25...and a Walther OSP.
Edit: Looks like CCI still is making match ammo...if it'll work in your gun. I had problems with it in my OSP.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:56 pm
by john bickar
THREEDFLYER wrote:I own two .22 rapid fire pistols and wanted to ask the opinion on this board as to which has the better reputation for accuracy, reliability, etc.?
I realize these are no longer used in competition but they are a hoot to shoot.
One is the Walther OSP the other the Pardini GPO
Thanks in advance.
Based on replies, it sounds like you're in a great position to shoot them both extensively and report back to the board with an answer!
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 10:03 pm
by john bickar
What was the $4,000* Malfunction Machine with the electronic trigger - was that the GPE?
* $4,000 because you had to have two $2,000 guns in your gunbox to avoid triple alibis.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:48 am
by Spencer
john bickar wrote:
What was the $4,000* Malfunction Machine with the electronic trigger - was that the GPE?
* $4,000 because you had to have two $2,000 guns in your gunbox to avoid triple alibis.
Aha!
We have a modern equivalent for these problems available...
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:33 am
by john bickar
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=56663
I guess THREEDFLYER doesn't own two RF pistols anymore...
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:44 am
by Brian Girling
j-team wrote:Brian Girling wrote:Definitely the FAS I had both. Also a Hammer 230.
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The OP asked about Walther OSP and Pardini GPO...
Well spotted.
Re: .22 Short Rapid Fire - Which has the better reputation?
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:49 am
by Tycho
Accuracy was pretty much all over the place with those pistols, but it did not really matter that much. Reliability was a different issue, but any RF pistol that was "improved" enough would have a time when it worked, and then a period of ´¬¢¢¬°#¬§@§#¬! The Walther was seen as pretty good out of the box, but the chamber was not hardened, so it would start to bulge after 40'000+ shots and the cases would not extract smoothly anymore. The Pardinis were an "OK" design for a long time, until Ralf Schumann made them famous, but they have their problems as well - magazines are "expendables", and the trigger of the later series (can't remember the GPO setup) was a hoot - we used to have a bag full of them, and swap them whenever a problem came up. Have to agree about the pleasure to shoot them, though - I used to shoot FAS, and later Pardinis, but completed the full set of last-generation RFs when nobody was interested in them anymore :-)
What was the $4,000* Malfunction Machine with the electronic trigger - was that the GPE?
* $4,000 because you had to have two $2,000 guns in your gunbox to avoid triple alibis.
Yep, what a piece of crap that was. And $2'000 per piece weren't enough. Looked good, though.