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Azmodan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 12:40 am the pardini is 2289 euro: https://buinger.com/Pardini-SP-Edition
so gsp500 is only 6% cheaper

robjob wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:24 pm According to this, going rate is 2150 Euro, which seems to be about 20% cheaper than pardini.... and that includes the 19% VAT... seems like profit taking to me...

https://buinger.com/Walther-Sportpistol-GSP500-22lr

Apologies, was looking at usa price on pardini, which is 2650. No us sources for walther yet. Regardless, Point stands, 4000+ seems really high.

ghostrip wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:18 am i cannot understand how the prices are so high when the underline base is the SP20. R&D is certainly minimized.

because Australia is such a small market, the importers have us over a barrel and the gun shops don't care about ISSF too much. Not enough business to worry about. They focus more on Clay Target and rifle shooters over here...

Want your first new pistol, buy this Glock 19... only a couple gun dealers have an idea about pistol, most wouldn't know what they were looking at!

brakarzac issf 25m is certainly a small market. the situation is not exclusive to Australia. here in Greece prices are also up. what i cant understand is how the gsp500 has a higher MSRP than GSP/SSP in Germany when it is based on SP20. Anyway i don't think it will be my next gun :)

ghostrip wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 3:40 pm brakarzac issf 25m is certainly a small market. the situation is not exclusive to Australia. here in Greece prices are also up. what i cant understand is how the gsp500 has a higher MSRP than GSP/SSP in Germany when it is based on SP20. Anyway i don't think it will be my next gun :)

Greetings,

I think the GSP/SSP prices are lower to get them out of inventory.

Here in the USA, the auction site GunBroker is flooded with new in the box GSP Expert models.

I am yet to see a GSP500 for sale in the USA.

Cheers,

Dave

Bonjour from France,

I'm looking for a GSP 500 cal .32 owner to get sizes/dimensions (in metric) of this gun, i already design a Hammerli SP20 .32 brass catcher and as i think they make it on the SP20 Basis, same magazine it seems, i need to check if i could adapt or use the SP20 catcher to this one.

Thanks in advance for your help.
JEFF

Greetings,

I wrote to Walther and they confirm the magazines fit the Haemmerli 280, SP-20, and GSP500. The only caveat was the blue magazine cap.

Good question about the case catcher. I look forward to other replies.

Cheers,

Dave

Bonjour, some news,

I finally found somebody to develop the case catcher for the 500, a reseller in Sweden... it's in progress, we're on the second prototype, the first was not sufficient with 60% results, i'll keep you informed when i got the new results.



Cheers
Jean-François

Here in Sydney Walther GSP500 .32 is approximately $ 4490 compared to Pardini HP .32 of $ 3890.

Walther is far too expensive in Australia. I went to a European conference in November 2023 and visited a gun shop there; some pistols there appear to be half price we pay in Australia. Bloody robbery! I am a little disillusioned coming back from Europe because there you can buy almost any caliber ammunition comparing to Australia where we have to "chase" certain calibers!

I am planning to buy Walther GSP500 but the price stops me. I have FWB AW93 in .22 and I like the long 6" barrel. It is a good pistol.

But, I do like revolvers ( I have 3 in .357/.38 caliber, one of them Manurhin 73 Sport 6" barrel - which I love). I am also keen on 9mm semiautomatics, have 4 of them, two single action with 6" barrels. For me it is more a hobby than competition.

Anyone in Australia purchased a GSP500 lately ? Any dealers have them ? Can’t find any for sale. Who is the QLD. dealer/ importer of Walther firearms ?
Regards, B.

Walther importer is Frontier Arms in SA, and they are still waiting on the next shipment
(by sea I believe as there is no direct import to Adelaide).

Thanks for importers details.

Contacted a gun dealer. They contacted the South Australian importers ; 10-12 weeks at earliest ( this means add months to previous figure ) for delivery and not guaranteed. So ordered a Pardini SP ( at least this importer has stock ). Both weapons will outshoot me and both probably equal in capabilities. Wanted to try something different . Alas, not the case. C’est La vie.

new GSP500 Rapid Fire variant announced:
https://carl-walther.com/sport/products/p/2877848M

Good luck with spares. I have been trying to obtain a replacement trigger blade for my GSP two-stage trigger unit for nearly three years now and still no sign of it.

Bob