Pardini Arms is an Italian
firearms
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manufacturer founded in the beginning of the 1980s by
Giampiero Pardini, a prominent marksman in Italian target shooting. The company specializes in firearms for competition use, producing
air pistol
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s,
air rifle
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s, small-caliber and large caliber
handguns
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. Their pistols are known for their characteristic swept-back
grips and low
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Usage
Several of the firm's products are competitive at the international level, with seven medals being won by athletes equipped with Pardini's guns at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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. In another example, during the
2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships, approximately two-thirds of the
rapid fire athletes used a Pardini pistol.
Products
*FPE – FPM variant compliant with
UK firearms regulation
*FPM – target pistol in
.22 LR
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with a
compensator
* GPR1 – air rifle in
.177 caliber
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GT9 / GT40 / GT45 – competition pistol in
9mm,
.40 S&W and
.45 ACP
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* HP – target pistol in
.32 S&W
*K10 / K12 – air pistols in
.177 caliber
.177 caliber or 4.5 mm caliber is the smallest diameter of pellets and BB shots widely used in air guns, and is the only caliber generally accepted for formal target competition. It is also sometimes used for hunting small game, like fow ...
*KID – youth air pistol in
.177 caliber
.177 caliber or 4.5 mm caliber is the smallest diameter of pellets and BB shots widely used in air guns, and is the only caliber generally accepted for formal target competition. It is also sometimes used for hunting small game, like fow ...
*SP – target pistol in
.22 LR
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Gallery
References
Further reading
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External links
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Pardini Guns - SP Bullseye pistolvia
YouTube
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Review: Pardini GT9 - The *best* 9mm range gun you can buyvia YouTube
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