banky's Journal: Or maybe this?

Or maybe this?

I really, really dig 1911-pattern pistols (I have a Hi-Power presently).

I dislike hammer-drop-on-the-slide patterns. I guess I have small hands? (pity Mrs. Banky) I always cant the pistol a little taking the safety off, and no matter how hard I try, first-round accuracy from a draw (either shoulder or hip holster) is off. But a 1911-pattern (and I predict, a Sig) or with a Glock (or DAO or revolver) is dead-on. Hence my chub-rock.

All I know about Para-Ordnance is, "high cap 1911's". Anyone ever fire one? I've heard a lot of "well it was great after I took it to the pro shop and had them clean it up" on other pieces (later-model Springfield 1911, others) and I seriously don't want to expend effort on it.

I've shot a PO .45

[TechnoLust]

Really, really sweet gun. My cousin Matt bought it. He's an avid gun collector, and an excellent marksman. He swears it's the most accurate firearm he's ever owned. I did seem to hit the center of the target more often than I could with any of our other 45s.

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[banky]

Was it the high-cap model or a regular one? Did it have the standard trigger or their weird DAO-type?

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[TechnoLust]

Oh and IIRC it WAS a springfield, and he didn't have any work done to it.

Don't know much.

[JesseL]

I've got medium to largish hands and a single stack full size 1911 fills my hand pretty well, I imagine a double-stack 1911 would be a little on the thick side for me. I handled a Glock 21 and it felt like gripping a 2x4, though the Springfield XD-45 felt pretty nice.

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[banky]

At this point it's all academic, as the wife has informed me the closet "looks like an armory" and I can't get anything new until we move.

Yeah, the more I think about the double-stack 1911, the more I worry it won't be controllable if the grip's huge.

Hi-cap mags are legal again, right? I should just get a Glock w/ a whole lotta buncha *real* magazines.