Para GI Expert or Norinco 1911A1

Para GI Expert or Norinco 1911A1

  • Para GI Expert

    Votes: 59 43.1%

  • Norinco 1911A1

    Votes: 78 56.9%
  • Total voters
    137
  • Poll closed .
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If you could get one which would it be? I have been tossing this questions back and forth in my for a bit now.

I could have got either one today but just couldnt make up my mind
 
if i were to get a Para, i'd go for the 14-45 or 16-40 versions (double-stack / wide magwell / fat grip)
 
To be honest, they both have issues. Para has finish problems, QC issues and poor customer service. Norks have firing pins made of cheese according to some other threads currently and they are cheap in both ways.

Speaking personally, I try and not support communist states through my purchases and therefore voted Para but there are better choices out there. (before anyone starts, my keyboard I am typing this on is NOT made in China.... so there..)
 
Between those two, I would get the Norinco. But I would get one of the Armco-tuned Norincos. I have heard nothing good about the Pare GI Expert so far... If you are just looking for a decent 1911 at a good price, look at the STI Spartan, or for a couple hundred less (more in line with the GI Expert) look at one of the 1911's made by Armscorp sold under the Rock Island Armory or Citadel brand names. Both better choices than that particular Para, IMO.
 
If you want forged frame / slide that will last forever get the Norinco.

Over time you can replace the internals and build a really nice 1911.

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i've just noticed that Taurus is offering a 1911HC, which i hope is a fat-grip high-cap .45 just like the Para stuff....
 
PARA has most of the modern feature on a "fake" GI model (diff. hammer, trigger, extractor, ejecting port, grips, mags) and now it's made in ol' US of A.
Para's have bad market name for QC and customer service, but in my personal experience with some 1911 Para pistols, I never had a problem ...NEVER !!!
....on the other hand Nork comes with a longer pistol life expectancy having a forged slide/frame vs Para's casting and MIM parts.
hard to say now which one is better .....but IMHO I'd go for a 1911 A1 PARA GI Expert in full stainless (only $760. at Ellwood Epps)
 
i know of a brand-new Norinco that has ####ty gravely trigger pull, doesn't feed at least 20% of the SWC rounds that it is fed, and has a slide-stop that is too big and doesn't match with molded holsters.
 
My Armco Norc has been flawless and is as accurate as anyone could ask, the finish is the same as it was when new, and it doesn't have any issues with the slide stop notch peening, but then it's only got just over 5,000 rounds on it. I hadn't noticed the firing pin being made of cheese, but then it's about a $20 part - unlike a slide. BP7 should have bought an Armco 98% of what mine has shot are 200 grain LSWC, the rest have been hollow points.
 
If you want to buy a Para, you better bring your money into a casino, you may lose the your hard earn money but at least get some good service or you may even get some more money to get a better gun. Get a tuned Nor from Armco, you get one whole year warranty from armco, shoot the heck out of it, if something break, gunnar will take care. But if your Para #### up, you screwed.

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if it takes $150 of work to get a $350 pistol to work right, in my books that's NOT a good pistol. the raw materials that Norc uses for the frame and slide are good (maybe even great), but the fit-n-finish is quite crude.

but then again, maybe this is a 1911 thing, it seems that almost any 1911 has to get tweaked, broken-in, modified, or dipped in Holy Water to be right.
 
You can get a Norinco and have it tuned by Armco for less than the cost of the out of the box Para. This is the superior firearm for a lower cost.

The fact of the matter is that 1911s require more attention to detail to manufacture than more modern designs and few manufacturers are willing to do what it takes.
 
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