ullhair: Para was the hot set-up before the STI/SV paltform came along in USPSA.
I built one, but replaced everything but the frame...literally. I knew what I was walking into when I did though. I had Les Baer slide, all STI parts, Bomar sights and a Schuemann barrel. By the time I had all the custom welding done to the frame for the mag-well, hand-checkering on the front-strap, flat, semi-arched and fully-arched mainspring housings, Accu-Rails, custom slide cuts, fat-topping etc. and 10, hi-cap mags....I spent well over 4 grand...and we're talking 13 years ago. It looked more like a Caspian when I was done because of all the custom work....nobody believed it was a PARA when I was done!
I put alot of rounds through it, but what I found out about Para's metal is it doesn't hold up approaching 100 thousand rounds. The frame eventually cracked, although the gun still ran.
I will never own another Para.
I built one, but replaced everything but the frame...literally. I knew what I was walking into when I did though. I had Les Baer slide, all STI parts, Bomar sights and a Schuemann barrel. By the time I had all the custom welding done to the frame for the mag-well, hand-checkering on the front-strap, flat, semi-arched and fully-arched mainspring housings, Accu-Rails, custom slide cuts, fat-topping etc. and 10, hi-cap mags....I spent well over 4 grand...and we're talking 13 years ago. It looked more like a Caspian when I was done because of all the custom work....nobody believed it was a PARA when I was done!
I put alot of rounds through it, but what I found out about Para's metal is it doesn't hold up approaching 100 thousand rounds. The frame eventually cracked, although the gun still ran.
I will never own another Para.
