My Pardini GT9-1 9x21 IMI caliber

5-SHOTS · April 7, 2020, 03:22 PM

I bought this pistol used three years ago for a fair price.
The pistol is smooth as glass; the slide glides on the frame in an incredible manner. Everything speaks abuot quality and precision. The trigger is great: a little pre-travel, clean break and no overtravel. Trigger and sights are fully adjustable. The backstrap that carries the safeties, the beaver tail and the hammer mechanism, can be separeted from the frame.
Accuracy is outstanding. This gun is really overbuilt: the thickness of the chamber and barrel is ridicolous but that doesn't surprise me because, as I understand, it was designed for the .45ACP when it first came out in 1994. I shot more or less 2000 factory rounds since I bought it. Seems to like Fiocchi 124gr. CP-RN very much. Recoil is very soft. Oh well, the caliber is the 9x21 IMI, also known as 9mm Italian.
I have to say I like the look of the shorter GT9 better but I couldn't pass on this one.
I hope you like it.

5-SHOTS · April 7, 2020, 03:23 PM

Other pics.

5-SHOTS · April 7, 2020, 03:25 PM

More pics.

lifesizepotato · April 7, 2020, 04:32 PM

Beautiful GT9. I've got a 5" in 9x19 and it's pretty much my favorite 9mm for range work. Only way to improve it would to make a blued carbon steel-frame version.

stephen426 · April 8, 2020, 05:25 AM

Wow! That is a gorgeous gun! Congrats! I have been considering getting one for quite some time, but I have little need for another range toy. Maybe I should sell or trade one of my 1911s to “make room” for the Pardini.

darkgael · April 8, 2020, 05:40 AM

A beauty. I saw and handled the .45 ACP version at the Camp Perry National Matches some years ago. Very nice trigger.
Pete

5-SHOTS · April 8, 2020, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by lifesizepotato

Beautiful GT9. I've got a 5" in 9x19 and it's pretty much my favorite 9mm for range work. Only way to improve it would to make a blued carbon steel-frame version.

Thanks alot lifesizepotato. I enjoy your youtube videos very much and I think you inspired me in the purchase of this gun because of your opinion about it. It's my favorite range pistol.

5-SHOTS · April 8, 2020, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by stephen426

Wow! That is a gorgeous gun! Congrats! I have been considering getting one for quite some time, but I have little need for another range toy. Maybe I should sell or trade one of my 1911s to “make room” for the Pardini.

Thanks alot stephen426

5-SHOTS · April 8, 2020, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by darkgael

A beauty. I saw and handled the .45 ACP version at the Camp Perry National Matches some years ago. Very nice trigger.
Pete

Thanks alot darkgael.

5-SHOTS · April 8, 2020, 07:18 AM

More pics of disassembled gun.

5-SHOTS · April 8, 2020, 07:19 AM

Internals.

5-SHOTS · April 8, 2020, 07:22 AM

Trigger bar and locking block.

**JohnKSa** · April 8, 2020, 11:55 PM

Wow. Nice gun (and one you don't see very often--if at all) and VERY nice pictures.

Thanks for posting!

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnKSa

Wow. Nice gun (and one you don't see very often--if at all) and VERY nice pictures.

Thanks for posting!

Thanks alot JohnKSa.

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 07:15 AM

Pics.

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 07:18 AM

More pics.

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 07:21 AM

Barrel.

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 07:22 AM

Chamber.

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 07:26 AM

Accuracy. 5 shots, 10 yards, two hands, standing. Fiocchi Top Target Plus 124 grains CP-RN.

Hammerhead · April 9, 2020, 09:44 AM

Nice gun, nice pictures, nice shooting!

Stay safe in Italy!

Don P · April 9, 2020, 10:06 AM

Beautiful gun, learned something new today for I never seen or heard of it. Curious where are you finding ammo for it?

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammerhead

Nice gun, nice pictures, nice shooting!

Stay safe in Italy!

Thank you very much Hammerhead.

5-SHOTS · April 9, 2020, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Don P

Beautiful gun, learned something new today for I never seen or heard of it. Curious where are you finding ammo for it?

Thank you very much Don P.
I'm from Italy. In my Country 9x19 Parabellum semiautomatic pistols are prohibited for civilians. So 9mm pistols for the italian market are all re-chambered for the 9x21 IMI which is the most popular pistol cartridge in Italy. OAL and performance is virtually the same of the 9x19.

Rock Hammer · April 9, 2020, 02:54 PM

5 shots ...thanks for posting beautifull fotos , gun and targets , the only thing governments are good at is messing up and getting in the way of free men . thanks again.

libiglou · April 9, 2020, 07:20 PM

Ciao 5-shots

That is a just a beauty of a gun. I'm thinking 9x21 has to be more powerful than 9mm luger yet its banned. Not to hijack the tread but how hard is it to get a license for a gun there? I see you own a few others. Do you have a limit on what you can own? I'm sure your ranges are closed like many of ours. I'd give anything to empty a magazine or two at some steel. Stay safe and thanks for posting

April 8, 2020, 05:25 AM	#5
stephen426 Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2005 Posts: 3,840	Wow! That is a gorgeous gun! Congrats! I have been considering getting one for quite some time, but I have little need for another range toy. Maybe I should sell or trade one of my 1911s to “make room” for the Pardini. __________________ The ATF should be a convenience store instead of a government agency!

April 8, 2020, 05:40 AM	#6
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	A beauty. I saw and handled the .45 ACP version at the Camp Perry National Matches some years ago. Very nice trigger. Pete __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member

April 8, 2020, 11:55 PM	#13
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,989	Wow. Nice gun (and one you don't see very often--if at all) and VERY nice pictures. Thanks for posting! __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

April 9, 2020, 10:06 AM	#21
Don P Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2005 Location: Swamp dweller Posts: 6,187	Beautiful gun, learned something new today for I never seen or heard of it. Curious where are you finding ammo for it? __________________ *NRA Life Member, NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, NRA Certified Pistol Instructor,, USPSA & Steel Challange NROI Range Officer, ICORE Range Officer, ,MAG 40 Graduate* *As you are, I once was, As I am, You will be.*

April 7, 2020, 04:32 PM	#4
lifesizepotato Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2011 Posts: 210	Beautiful GT9. I've got a 5" in 9x19 and it's pretty much my favorite 9mm for range work. Only way to improve it would to make a blued carbon steel-frame version.

April 9, 2020, 09:44 AM	#20
Hammerhead Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,432	Nice gun, nice pictures, nice shooting! Stay safe in Italy!

April 9, 2020, 02:54 PM	#24
Rock Hammer Member Join Date: October 15, 2016 Posts: 38	5 shots ...thanks for posting beautifull fotos , gun and targets , the only thing governments are good at is messing up and getting in the way of free men . thanks again.

April 9, 2020, 07:20 PM	#25
libiglou Senior Member Join Date: June 28, 2017 Posts: 184	Ciao 5-shots That is a just a beauty of a gun. I'm thinking 9x21 has to be more powerful than 9mm luger yet its banned. Not to hijack the tread but how hard is it to get a license for a gun there? I see you own a few others. Do you have a limit on what you can own? I'm sure your ranges are closed like many of ours. I'd give anything to empty a magazine or two at some steel. Stay safe and thanks for posting