Sverre:
I own the 6" model. Accuracy is superb, as good as any custom bullseye gun, which means 1.5" groups at 50 yards.
The malfunctions question is a good one. It is not a 1911 and cannot be treated like one or loaded for like one. I use it solely with 200 grain lead semi-wadcutters. My totally reliable load is using R-P or Federal brass. With PMC I get occasional failures to feed of the fifth shot. I also find that I need to load it to a longer than customary OAL for reliability. 1.242" for H&G 68 style bullets. I had a reliability problem when using swaged bullets. The chamber would be "plated" with lead and this would cause failures to feed until the chamber was cleaned. Switching to a faster powder (Bullseye instead of 231) and cast bullets instead of swaged bullets solved that problem.
The gun has a quirk. Before his unfortunate death, Mr. Nygord was working with Pardini to solve a problem that about 10% (Nygord's claim) of shooters reported. About 3 percent of the time the brass ejects such that it hits the top of the head, or forehead, of the shooter. My solution to this problem is to wear a hat, and of course, glasses. It's not bad enough to induce a flinch, but it's a behavior that takes some getting used to. From what I've been able to gather from the bullseye-L forum, the problem is much more widespread than that. I have asked Larry, of Larry's Guns to continue working with Pardini toward a solution to this irritating problem.
Mine has the excellent Docter sight, which has a drawback. It can occasionally be hit by ejecting brass. My current load of 4 grains of Bullseye, 1.242" OAL, Winchester WLP primer, and Federal brass seems to solve that problem. The sight lens also tends to get oily and dirty, and needs to be cleaned after each session.
Ergonomically the gun is nothing at all like a 1911. It fits my large hands very well, but someone with small hands will likely find the that the grip is too large because of the double-stack magazine. Some shooters have gone so far as to remove the right grip panel to make the gun slimmer. The trigger is two-stage.
Another bullseye shooter of my acquaintance shoots the 5" model with a frame mounted red-dot sight. The base for the sight protects him from getting the ejected brass on the forehead. He has had no reliability problems, but he does not use mixed brass as I do. He always uses Federal brass. I may replace the Docter with a frame mounted sight at some point, but I want see if Pardini has a fix forthcoming. His load is 3.6 grains of bullseye with the same brand of bullets that I use. Probably because of the longer slide, 3.9 grains is the lightest I can go without some failures. 4.0 is reliable.
If you've got any more pointed questions, let me know and I'll try to accommodate. Also try the Bullseye-L forum that you can subscribe to at
www.bullseyepistol.com
