Help! Decision?? Para C6.45/C7.45 or Sig P245??

[LAWDOGKMS]

Help guys/gals, I can't decide??

I have the cash, (burning hole in pocket) and have desired a Para Ord LDA, both the C6.45 and C7.45 compacts..for quite some time..

I have also desired a Sig P245 for some time..

I can only buy one gun, and I am torn between the three guns..

I wonder to myself if the C6.45 is really too small, and with too short of a barrel to be effective with heavy .45 rounds (185-230 gr), and if the C7.45 (Officers size) might be more practical..

Opinons? Advice?...on this subject?

The P245, I'm sure is ultra reliable and ultra-durable, but I've heard/read that the corrosion resistance is not very good, and the DA/SA operation would be different from the DAO operation that my duty pistol utilizes..

I am of the opinion that it is a good idea, when choosing a backup/off duty gun, that it be of the same basic operation as your primary weapon..

Any opinions and advice would be appreciated..

 

[KurtC]

There is a difference in grip size between the 6 and 7 shot PO models. You need to actually hold them to see which fits your hand better. I found them to be high quality, but the trigger and hammer seem rather flimsy compared to the rest of the pistol.

I considered the 245 as well, but didn't like the factory grip and there are no wood grips available. The factory can do a DAO conversion, but it would leave a large hole where the decock lever used to be.

I ended up with a DAO CS45 as back up to my 4556, and 8045D mini-cougar as back up to another 8045D mini-cougar with full size mag.

 

[UltimaSE]

Actually from what I understand the sig 245 does have wood grips avaliable from hogue. They're not listed but over on sig forum several members have confirmed that you can get them from hogue.

UltimaSE

 

[Preacherman]

I've owned a Para C7 and a SIG 245. I kept the SIG. I found it generally lighter, more reliable, and easier to shoot well. However, YMMV...

 

[Pointman1776]

Sig...much better quality, reliability, durability, and accuracy out of the box. Para's quality has been all over the map in recent years...a few are great samples (swear the slide, frame, bushing, etc. were matched, lapped and hand assembled together), but the rest of the Para's out of the factory seem like they were assembled by a bunch of monkeys...actually, monkeys might have done a better job on most of the Para's I've examined in the various shops and decided not to buy (thank gawd).

 

[Black Majik]

Pointman's advice is good. The Para Ordnance 1911's lately have been a hit or miss (sheesh, what 1911 isn't! )

Furthermore, as a rule of thumb, a short barrel 1911 is usually unreliable out of the box. Now, I'm sure that there are many officer's size 1911s that do work, but its more common for the officers size to malfunction than the full-size 1911's.

If Colt, Kimber, SA or any of the more common 1911 manufacturers can't get it right, I'm sure Para Ordnance can't either.

Go for the Sig. The double action trigger is surprisingly smooth, actually... the smoothest out of the box DA trigger from any manufacturer. The finish is actually quite durable. If not, its an excuse to get the slide hardchromed.

 

[sigma 40ve]

I have C7.45, it has been an exceptional pistol. It has fed everything I put thru it, and is pretty accurate too. I got it used and have no idea how many rds were put thru it before the roughly 1K I have put thru it. I really like the LDA trigger also.

 

[pete f]

i have a 6.45 LDA, I has been extremely reliable for what it was designed for. It is as my son says my tuxedo gun. when i have to get dressed up for a wedding or a funeral or some an event downtown it is the gun that goes with. In a haugen shoulder holster it disappears and no one knows it is there.
The gun is not meant to be a blaster. I do not go to the range and pour six hundred rounds through it, it will get twenty to fifty Rem 230 Bgshp and then it gets put away. Waiting for the next time i need a small powerful reliable carry gun.

If you use the gun as this you will find it will last forever.

 

[halvey]

The 6.45 and 7.45 fall under the category of "guns I used to have." I would never buy a Para I couldn't inspect before purchase. Luckily, both ran well, but were so heavy for their size. Both did have uneven wear though.

Furthermore, as a rule of thumb, a short barrel 1911 is usually unreliable out of the box. Now, I'm sure that there are many officer's size 1911s that do work,

You know, I hear this so often, but I've owned MANY 3 or 3.5" 1911's and I haven't found that to be the case.

 

[Ransom]

Para might have had quality problems years ago but thats long gone. In fact my personal beliefs that the quality issues were just overblown. Any manufacturer will have problems, I just think the para critics just happened to be more vocal.

Para makes really high quality products, so dont let that sway you.

 

[FPrice]

I am currently looking at a Sig 245 myself.

 

[Zach S]

I'd go with the C6.45 because Sigs feel weird to me, and I have a C7. My C7.45 has been reliable, after swapping the extractor a few weeks after I got it. Oddy enough, the stock extractor did great while I was breaking it in, but after that it went downhill.

My Para developed light rust not long after I got it, so I had it blasted, ran some ammo through it, and not long after I started carrying it again it started rusting again, despite me treating it like a blued firearm. It currrently in a zip lock bag and sprayed down with break-free until I can get it HCed. Its not really common, but its turned me off of Para stainless a little bit.

 

[allen268]

I believe you can get the P245 in DAO, that was an option I had with my Sig P229

 

[Ric]

Para 7.45,
stone reliable with everything I've put through it, I recommend it
Never owned a SIG so I can't speak to them