Pardini Rapid Fire pistol

[Ernie Rodriguez]

Thanks for good information on this pistol. Some people will have a better understanding of how different parts of a shooting system work.

[Danielle]

Thank you AZUARO... Your postings have very good information and are very well explained. This kind of technical background and support is very valuable.

I now understand some issues that I didn't before and that make a lot of sense...Keep on posting technical info...

Danielle Basf

[simon.Western Australia]

Hi all
I have just purchased a pardini rapidfire SP (brand new) and find it to be a little front heavy.

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[Makris D. G.]

Yes. It is intended to be so.
You can also invert some or all of them to fine tune the recoil absorption function.
When the spring is in front of the rod it acts as damper,
when the spring is in the rear it is just a counterweight.
All this is covered in the manual.

[jipe]

You can also replace the Tungsten counterweights (I guess your pistol is equipped with those as most RF version are factory delivered with the Tungsten counterweights) by steel counterweights that are less heavy.

[ronpistolero]

How do these tungsten rods-springs work? If such rods were replaced with lighter ones, like from 35 grams each down to 20 grams, would the recoil dampening be just as effective with less front heaviness? Or lighter/heavier spring loads?

Ron

[RobStubbs]

How do these tungsten rods-springs work? If such rods were replaced with lighter ones, like from 35 grams each down to 20 grams, would the recoil dampening be just as effective with less front heaviness? Or lighter/heavier spring loads?

Ron

The rods are there to dampen recoil, so replacing with lighter ones would affect the recoil dampening ability. You may find that you still get enough, but equally you may find the recoil pattern is worse. The only way to find out is to try them for yourself, with your ammo.

Rob.

[ruig]

Please do me a favor, tell me the diameter and length of the tungsten rod.
I want to know if i could use them in my prototype.

[Tycho]

There are - surprise, surprise, made in Italy! - different versions. I have

- 7.0mm x 33.7mm from the old Pardini RF barrel shrouds
- 7.9mm x 39.5mm from the newer model RF shroud

but I would not dare to assume that I've got every version that was ever made...

[ruig]

- 7.0mm x 33.7mm from the old Pardini RF barrel shrouds
- 7.9mm x 39.5mm from the newer model RF shroud

many thanks