[Jeff Higgins]

Pedersoli made great strides in the early 2000's as far as the accuracy of their match rifles. When they first were available, chamber, bore, and groove dimensions were all over the map and they simply could not be made to shoot. Once they started listening to shooter feedback, and got a handle on those critical dimensions, things picked up rather quickly.

One of our better shooters up here in the PNW finally wound up shooting Pedersolis exclusively in our matches as a factory rep. He did quite well with them. Their accuracy was certainly on a par with that of the the more expensive semi-custom American made rifles.

Where they fell short, however, was in the durability of the action parts. Most people would never shoot them enough to notice, but a serious competitor who puts thousands of rounds per year through one almost certainly will. Our Pedersoli rep was constantly harping on the factory about this issue. As far as I know he never convinced them to improve the materials and heat treating of those parts. In the end, we all saw him fixing his rifles often enough, and heard him complaining enough - even as a factory rep - that most of us continued to steer clear of them. In the end, as in most things, we really do get what we pay for. But, like I said, most folks won't use one enough to ever notice and, for them, Pedersoli provides a fantastic rifle at a fraction of the cost.