Para myths or fact?

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When I would try to load a round into the chamber the bullet would catch on the feed ramp and jam, now that its fixed it is still extremely ammo fussy to the point that I wont use it for IPSC anymore.
 
Guess I must be one of the lucky ones............I have a Para P16.40 (purchased in '04) and I once had a P14.45 in stainless and never really had an issue with either of them other than having to replace an inexpensive spring in the P16.40 because of some slam firing issues.

The P14.45 I kept for a while but decided to trade it away as I saw no point in having two pistols that were almost the same except for caliber and .40S&W was the cheaper caliber to shoot.

I did have the P16.40 listed on the EE awhile back but got nothing but ridiculously low offers for it so I decided to keep it. I took it out to the range a few times since then and am actually glad I did. It shot very well with no problems whatsoever.

As I said..............guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
 
heavenIsAlie said:
the older canadian guns were between decent and very good, the new ones are terrible, better off buying a norc or RIA clone (for double stack at least)
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Sorry but my 16.40 LTD was built in Canada in 2003 and it lost sights, peened the slide stop cut, back to Para twice for warranty work. My buddy's LDA broke the trigger mechanism during the IDPA nationals but he had a backup.

Others I shot IPSC with had 2 Para's, one was always a backup so when the first one broke down (and it always did in a big match) you could use the backup, but even they broke during the same match!
 
When I would try to load a round into the chamber the bullet would catch on the feed ramp and jam, now that its fixed it is still extremely ammo fussy to the point that I wont use it for IPSC anymore.
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Oh. I also found a hole in the power extractor exposeing the spring, almost looks like it was worn there, but the gun is new, it still works but I had to buy a spare for 70$ for when it does fail.
 
I too was looking at them, looked great, good reviews, but then...
I started to learn about the change of QC when they moved to the US.
I was in my local gun store and asked the guy about Para's, before he could answer, I was bombarded by opinions from other customers standing there.
So I bought a CZ 85 Combat instead. Really is too bad cause I like the look of them.
Wonder if theres a way to tell pre Canadian manufactured (good quality)?
Anyone know.
 
zuiderdam said:
I too was looking at them, looked great, good reviews, but then...
I started to learn about the change of QC when they moved to the US.
I was in my local gun store and asked the guy about Para's, before he could answer, I was bombarded by opinions from other customers standing there.
So I bought a CZ 85 Combat instead. Really is too bad cause I like the look of them.
Wonder if theres a way to tell pre Canadian manufactured (good quality)?
Anyone know.
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Mine says MADE IN CANADA on it...............:D
 
Well, I guess I got lucky, on the Para 13-45 Limited. I don't ever think I'll let this one go.
I'm not that new to the internet. I've been reading posts on the 1911 back in 2000 from various sites not much happend. About 3 years after 2000 lots of posts of the other Para's but nothing on the 13-45 Limited.Anyways from what I've been hearing is QC has slacked off and several lemons left the factory.Sad that stuff like this happens. I even heard of Colts in some of the production years got sloppy as well. If your looking for proof on this I would direct you to the archives of the m1911(dot)org site.
 
For some regular-user feedback on PARA, go to the Para-Ordinance section of the 1911 forum: forums.1911forum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=33.

ilikeoldguns said:
So what would be a better choice for a hi-cap 1911 then? The only other I know is Kimber.
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STI has a good reputation. (I love my Spartan.) Look at their "2011" series, which are double-stack.

:) Stuart
 
ilikeoldguns said:
So what would be a better choice for a hi-cap 1911 then? The only other I know is Kimber.
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None of them! 1911s tend to work best as single stack, 5", .45 ACP guns. If you want 10 rounds in a 1911, get the Wilson or Chip McCormick extended magazines.
 
I had an SSP whose slide stop cut peened after two outings to the range. Yikes! The finish was also not very good. I ended up trading it towards a Stainless STI Trojan. Ah!!! Much better.
 
josquin said:
For some regular-user feedback on PARA, go to the Para-Ordinance section of the 1911 forum: forums.1911forum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=33.



STI has a good reputation. (I love my Spartan.) Look at their "2011" series, which are double-stack.

:) Stuart
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This is kind of funny. Like I said I have never really had problems with my Para P16.40 but when I had a STI Spartan I had nothing but. Constant jamming. Eventually traded it away...........for the Para P14.45:)
 
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I have one of the Canadian Forces Appreciation of Service Special runs from 2009. Never had a problem with mine (I got the single stack .45) but others on the official Para-USA forums couldn't stand all the problems and sold theirs.

Lucky me! :p
 
I had 2 para , yr 2000 p16-40 limited don't have big problems ,but the bushing broken at 8000 rounds ,the EXTRACTOR still working good but i replaced it with af-tec both never jam, the yr 2003 p13-45 limited given me tons of headache the extractor breaks at 2000 rounds the ejector breaks at 3000 rounds ,always jam right out of the box. I spend lots of money to keep this gun working just because of the look and high capacity.
 
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