What always puzzled me at my gun club was every time you look around someone is having trouble out of their Perrazi yet the following remains.
People who contend that the Italians can't make game guns clearly do not have a clue. I refer you to Nobili's books for elucidation and enlightenment. And as a whole, the current crop of Italian engravers would be difficult to fault for either execution or originality. That is not to say that they are unique for there are obviously many American, for example, engravers of incredible skill, etc.
As to the fragility of Perazzis. Contentions to that effect are as well clearly made by those who don't have a clue. The Perazzi MX based series was designed as a competition gun and not adapted form anything else, pure and simple - with the emphasis on simple. Which is also its curse since it is so simple any meathead can take a look at it and think - nothing to it, I can fix that. Which of course is not only just stupid but wrong as well. Simple does not mean imprecise and precision demands expertise. Elite competition shooters worldwide rely on Perazzis not only for medals but massive purses. Personally it seems contradictory that a gun that breaks down incessantly would be their choice. The problematic Perazzis that I have seen were in the hands of people that had absolutely no business having them.
Over the course of the last nearly three decades and a number of Perazzis I have had to replace one broken firing pin and one broken hammer spring. For some while my wife and I were putting +/- 500 rounds a week thru the things and I still shoot 200-300 a week. So a modest estimate of 10K/yr for 30 years. Make of that what you will.
prolly not JMO
