Para-Ordnance

[HS]

Anyone got the inside info on Double Action versions of these to be released?

[Ken Campbell]

Now there is a scary thought . . . a DA Para. If it ain't broke, why fix it?

[HS]

Maybe the next improvement of the venerable 1911 is to get back market share with D/AO guns being more widely carried? Would screw up your IPSC double taps though ! http://www.thefiringline.com/ubb/smile.gif...HS

[Hernan Peyras]

Whooo man. A DA Para!!! That is something I never thought possible

[.]

Sounds like something for the ham-fisted folks amoungst us. Us little folks will just have to make do with the antiquated and much maligned SA versions.

[HS]

Ahh but what if the d/a pull is minutely longer than the s/a pull? George Stringer reckons Seecamp? brought out a conversion kit a number of years back. Wait and see, wait and see...HS

[HS]

Everyone - check out the Dec/Jan Guns & Ammo if your interested in the DA Para !
Triggerpull of 5 1/2 lbs and it's schweeet !
The P-14 & P-16 DA versions will be available in limited supplies in Jan 1999 with production geared up for Feb.
Double Happy Joy Joy ! :) :)

[AZONE]

I think Glock should come out with a "single action" with a thumb safety.

[.]

Or, even a Glock single-action revolver. Then I could use it for those rainy days in the saddle, instead of my old Colt .44 SA.

[Bryan Whited]

My take on the Para DA is that it is for government contracts that specify a double action (A dud round may go off with another hit?).
From the article about it, it sounds like this is one sweet DA trigger. A very smooth pull and not heavy at all. Could this be some competition to Glock for everyone (lawyers and administators) who are afraid of a single action auto?

[Rob Pincus]

IMHO, the DA Para is the acknowledgment that shooters and LEOs want double action. Lawyers want double action. everyone wants double action. It is faster, can be more reliable and has a stigma of being safer.

I don't know why the Double Eagle line has not been more popular. It could be the limited mag capacity. I guess people think of Colt as a single action company. Maybe this new para is exactly what the marketplace has been looking for.

No need to flame me about the greatness of single actions like the BHP and the 1911, They are great platforms, I used to be a die hard single action carrier, but I feel the double action of "safe" action, is faster and safer.

There are certian,very restricted cricumstances, where I would prefer to have a single action gun, but they are few and far between and I don't see myself encountering them by chance.

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[Grayfox]

Sorry guys, but on this one I just can't resist quoting Jeff Cooper.
"It's a unique solution to a nonexistant problem."

[Rob Pincus]

All due respect to the Colonel, but I can think of a lot of things that fall under that descriptions. Like the Corvette, for example.

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