bluetopper
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Just wondering whatever happened to Para Ordnance? They made some good 1911's that I thought sold very well and were innovative with the LDA...light double action trigger.
But H&R survived the bankruptcy, JJE Capital (PSA parent company) owns the H&R brand. Para is never mentioned in the bankruptcy paper work that I have found.Looks like my last post got poofed from the updating process but basically I’ve owned a bunch of Paras and have had no problems with them.
I don’t have the energy to repost everything I said in the last post but they were innovative and had some neat products that haven’t really been executed as well before or after.
Freedom Group/Cerberus/Remington Outdoor Group killed them around the same time they killed NEF/H&R
Probably because Para ceased to be a separate entity and all intellectual properties was wholly attached to the Remington Arms Brand, so when the the Roundhill Group acquired all of the remaining brands (to include Remington itself) they got all the intellectual rights.But H&R survived the bankruptcy, JJE Capital (PSA parent company) owns the H&R brand. Para is never mentioned in the bankruptcy paper work that I have found.
My experience disagrees; the canadian mags were far better than anything else, including mec-gar ones. My Canadian Para-Ordnances were great pistols. P14-45 both. I posted this during the forum upgrade/blackout and it was lost but I'll try once more before I give up.The firearms were generally good, but magazines (particularly the Canadian-made ones) were a nightmare. (As ever, magazines are an under-rated feat of engineering.)
In the mid-90s When I first started working for Les, he got the FBI HRT contract. The FBI laid out a series of requirements that pretty much forced one down to a single choice... Hi-cap, .45 ACP, steel frame and slide. Para was about the only gun at that time which qualified. Did I mention that a checkered front strap was another requirement?My experience with PO is best described by the word "swearing."
People either swore by them, or swore at them.