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Who can speak to the Parcour vs Non Parcour

7.1K views 19 replies 17 participants last post by  losclay  
I’ve owned both, a 32” and 34” parcours and a 32” sporter. I’d be happy to talk with you if you PM me. Otherwise I’ll sum up my experience this way...
I starter shooting later in life (at 55) with a 32” parcours. I thought it was the perfect gun. As my shooting improved I began to feel the parcours was too light in the barrel. I tried the barrel weights but didn’t feel like it improved. The 34” barrels in my opinion did improve the handling characteristics of the gun significantly. Last year I added a sporter to my collection and love it. So much so I decided to convert my parcours to a sporter and recently got it back (now I have two sporters and a couple of parcour barrels to monetize) In addition to the handling characteristics of the sporter, the stock fits me better and I like the ramp on the rib. The wood on the parcours is very thin and the palm swell is lacking. As an aside, I did demo the parcours x and hated it. Hated the rib and thought the gun felt barrel heavy. Anyway that’s my abbreviated experience.