Posted by Jerry Gardner on October 09, 2000 at 13:41:26:
I'm just about to take the plunge and buy a new 10M air pistol. I've narrowed my choices down to the following:
Morini 162M1
Pardini K2 Air
Steyr LP10P
Is there a site on the Internet where I can find reviews and comparisons of these three pistols? I doubt there is a local dealer around that sells any of these, so I'll probably end up buying over the Internet.
Any other comments or advice welcome.
Posted by pilkguns on October 09, 2000 at 21:33:18:
There are some reviews of two of these guns on the Air Pistol Home page archives which are now on the pilkguns site at the below link. For new people to the board, this was the site that originally started this forum, before I took it over when the Patrick decided it was taking up too much of his time.
As mentioned above all three are fine pistols, The Steyr having the most adjustments to minimize manual labor to fit the gun precisely to you, and the Morini electronic considered to have the finest trigger.
However, I would disagree with the above poster about it being a blind buy, I have arranged a number of guns to be put in potential buyers hands, either through arranged meetings of other owners or simply sending a gun on a trial basis. Also, depending on your location, we may be able to put you in touch with one of our dealers who has some of these. But you have probably already checked with your local dealer,if you have one.
Additionally, as providers of this BBS as well as so many other thing of interest to our readers , from Interviews to the 10P files on pilkguns.com, not to mention attending matches and other shooting events around the country to service what we sell, we would certainly hope that we would be your first choice in looking to purchase an airgun in the US. Further since there are some grey marketers out there, it should be noted that Pilkington Competition is the only authorized Steyr distributor and warranty station in the US, thus our slogan , Quality has no regrets.
Posted by Roland Cannon on October 09, 2000 at 21:35:51:
It is difficult to make such an investment in a pistol without trying it. I think you would have to work hard to make a bad choice. I would suggest a Steyr from Scott Pilkington. The Steyr is made to adjust to fit you. The basic gun is light. It is very easy to make it heavier. The LP 10 offers MANY adjsutments to taylor the gun to fit you perfectly. I would deal with Scott Pilkington on the Steyr. He is the factory Authorized dealer, after all. He is also a decent guy. If by chance you did not like it, he would probably trade you for the gun you liked. I just found another adjustment on my LP 10 the other nite (NO, I did not read the instruction manual, I am saving it) The rear site is able to slide back and forth about 1/2 inch. Maybe Warren can tell me the best way to use this feature???
Posted by Bubba on October 10, 2000 at 10:06:55:
I would suggest that, as the others have stated, that you contact Scott Pilkington. He was the first real by gosh 10m person that I talked to, regarding a purchase. The previous purchases made through a local dealer, or Beeman, both of which knew less about the pistols than I did as a real newbie. I need to talk to someone who knows more about the pistols than I did. I was able to tell Scott what I wanted the pisotl to do, and what I thought the pistol I owned was doing, and he knew exactly what I was talking about. Despite my lack of knowledge. I liked that. We made a trade that I liked, and he was very accurate in his description of the pistol that I bought. Een sent me tow sets of grips to try, because we could not tell for sure, over the phone, which one of the two possibilities would fit. I returned the set that I did not use. I did it promptly too, because this much trust, and this expression of concern for the customer's satisfaction (sending two sets of expensive grips), is so rare that you will do nearly anything to keep this person's faith in you as a customer.
So, give Pilkington a call, and he will soon have your money, and you will be happy, and you can get to shooting without all this worry about what to buy.
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