Para USA to discontinue making pistols!

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[FONT=&quot]Got this from a friend of mine who runs his own Blog [/FONT]Rangehot.com .[FONT=&quot]

"Para USA to discontinue handguns[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I have gotten word and conformation that Para will no longermake pistols after the first quarter of 2015. Para was acquired by FreedomGroup not long ago. If you currently own a Para they will honor the warranty.Their plan is to focus on one 1911 brand, and that will be the Remington 1911,so the Para line will be absorbed and badged as Remington. The new Remington1911’s will be available in various sizes from 3 and ½” barreled compacts tofull size double stacked frames. The new Remington 1911’s will be announced asthey begin to approach manufacturing readiness. Until then, they will not bemaking any announcements about the change."

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Not a bad move, last summer i tried 2 Paras from members and experienced many failures with both, i was very less than impress by the brand... JP.
 
Mark-II said:
Been posted before.

So we're basically going to have Remington branded Paras
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We have Remington made Bushmaster AR15's....why not Remington made Para's lol
I wonder if they will do away with the double stack versions and cast slides....
 
It was a great product initially. One of my friend has a P16-40 Signature. Great gun and I still bug him to buy it from him
I woudn't touch any Para gun made after the move in the US.
 
I never miss out on a good para thread.

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Here is some more factual info from a gun magazine journalist in another forum:


I had both a Para Ord and a Para USA at one time; an LTC and an Elite Commander, respectively. Notably, these two models are mostly evolutionary in that the Elite Commander is sort of Para USA's version of the old Para Ord LTC.

To give a full backstory of why people hate on Para it's quite simple: They were an amazing 1911 manufacturer that brought out an insane amount of cool inventions and renditions on the 1911 platform, and were rewarded for their efforts by bought out by Remington. And here's where it gets ####ty. Para opened the Pineville plant in NC a year before closing the Toronto factory. Subsequently, a bunch of Para Ord production line workers reached the inevitable conclusion that they were going to get their walking papers eventually, right around the same time as Para ordered a ramping up of production in order to build up a parts inventory to get them through the period of time that it would take to tool up manufacturing in Florida. Go tell a bunch of people they're fired, and then tell them to make you a bunch of stuff first? Seems legit.

So needless to say quality went to #### for the last of Para's Canadian-made days, and it got worse when they went south because some new assembly line employees were learning the ropes while using probably some of the worst. 1911. parts. ever. made. Seriously. Think asymmetrical frames. That level of bad.

Now, of course, this was all years ago. Modern Para USA guns are perfectly serviceable pistols. Mine needed a bit of a break-in time to wear due to some burrs on the feed ramp (I could have just polished it... but for reasons (laziness) I didn't) but it's been 100% reliable for at least the last 500 rounds. They also do a good job of pairing their pistols up with good feature sets. Adjustable triggers, better sights, etc etc. I love mine. It's also worth noting that the single stacks started being made from forged frames a while back so they are really properly good now. Most of the scoffing is a result of their reputation alone far more than it is their actual performance. And it's also a phenomenon that's a bit more virulent up here. Down in the US there are still those that will swear against Para, but it's more an anti-fanboy situation, and everyone has those.
 
gdawg said:
Now, of course, this was all years ago. Modern Para USA guns are perfectly serviceable pistols. Mine needed a bit of a break-in time to wear due to some burrs on the feed ramp (I could have just polished it... but for reasons (laziness) I didn't) but it's been 100% reliable for at least the last 500 rounds.
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Being reliable for 500 rounds after initial issues doesn't make a gun "perfectly serviceable"...
 
para, H&R now marlin all died at the hands on freedom group.
I here aac is going to be rolled into Remington Leo as well.
be careful who you sell out too..
 
I think they start out ####ty under Remington, but eventually the quality improves. The first release of the R1 1911's was pathetic for fit and finish.
H&R was always pretty cheap stuff, and Marlin QC was suffering long before they sold.
I had 2 of the x-mark pro triggers in a couple 700's that were recalled. I had already put Timney in them so just sent the trigger units in for repair. Initially they were not too bad when I got the guns, biggest gripe was some side to side play, and one would not go lighter then 5lbs. The repaired units are solid, no play, and adjust down to 2.5lbs. If they were like that at the start I would have never bought the timney....
 
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