1911Tuner
Moderator Emeritus
Para LDA
I gotta go with George's comments. In a 1911, the LDA is a solution to
a non-existent problem, and the only reason that I can see for it is to
either keep people from getting all nervous and twitchy at the sight of
a cocked, holstered pistol, or to conform to certain agencies' guidelines
while still allowing a (pseudo)1911 platform. Not to diss the folks
that own and love the Para LDAs...just my humble opinion.
The other part of the story is that, having opened one up for a look-see,
the linkage and related hardware looks to be a little too fragile for my tastes, and.. in keeping with my standing mantra:
"The more gizmos and gadgets it's got, the more Murphy it gets."
Murphy rains on my parade enough as it is. No sense in sendin' him
an engraved invitation.
The alternatives are simple. Cocked and locked, or another pistol that was designed as a trigger cocker. If cocked and locked still makes you uneasy, get a Series 80 Colt for yet another redundancy in the 1911 that backs up the grip and thumb safety and the half-cock notch/shelf while bearing ever in mind my other mantra:
"It's a GUN! It's NOT safe!
That there's MY 2% of a buck. Cheers!
Tuner
I gotta go with George's comments. In a 1911, the LDA is a solution to
a non-existent problem, and the only reason that I can see for it is to
either keep people from getting all nervous and twitchy at the sight of
a cocked, holstered pistol, or to conform to certain agencies' guidelines
while still allowing a (pseudo)1911 platform. Not to diss the folks
that own and love the Para LDAs...just my humble opinion.
The other part of the story is that, having opened one up for a look-see,
the linkage and related hardware looks to be a little too fragile for my tastes, and.. in keeping with my standing mantra:
"The more gizmos and gadgets it's got, the more Murphy it gets."
Murphy rains on my parade enough as it is. No sense in sendin' him
an engraved invitation.
The alternatives are simple. Cocked and locked, or another pistol that was designed as a trigger cocker. If cocked and locked still makes you uneasy, get a Series 80 Colt for yet another redundancy in the 1911 that backs up the grip and thumb safety and the half-cock notch/shelf while bearing ever in mind my other mantra:
"It's a GUN! It's NOT safe!
That there's MY 2% of a buck. Cheers!
Tuner