My Pardini SP/RF has serial no. B12###. I was told that it need not have a recoil buffer anymore because it has a new slide design. However, I feel that the recoil seems more than the others (of similar models, using the same CCI SV). Does this really need one? If so, does the (green) buffer sit behind in that area where the rear of the slide goes to? I imagine the buffer to be something like an "o"-ring. Is this correct?
Don't diss CCI SV, that stuff will outshoot a lot of your expensive european target ammo. Got myself a ton of it (US production, was specially imported) when I saw what it can do in my MG2. And the recoil is slightly harder than, say, SK, but less than Fiocchi M320.
Thanks for the replies. I like the CCI, apart from it being most affordable and reliable. However, I was comparing the recoil/muzzle flip with another Pardini using the same ammo. I just feel that my gun's flip is noticeably higher.
I did email Pardini and was told that this serial number reflects a newer batch such that the green buffer is no longer needed.
Tycho wrote:Don't diss CCI SV, that stuff will outshoot a lot of your expensive european target ammo.
I'd quite like to see the machine rest (not hand held) results to back that statement?
I did Ransom Rest testing last spring with a limited supply of CCI SV, Lapua Midas, and Eley EPS, and the two lots of CCI SV grouped the best in my Pardini SP New RF.
I only had one lot of Midas and two of EPS, so it's far from a scientific test, but it was convincing enough that I shot WCH trials and USASNC with the CCI.
25m guns are fickle beasts; you need to test each one.
