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My advice, compare the Para DA and the SA side by side and you will see the diference.
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Compare both of them side by side with
any other 1911 in the same price range.
If you can, check out the underside of
the slide. While looking at a Para, if you have ever built a model car, you will instantly recall the excess plastic referred to as flash that had to be filed off the pieces. Para
doesn't bother removing excess metal.
If you start on one end with a new Q-Tip
and run it the lenght of the slide,
you most likely will have nothing but a
paper stick by the time you reach the opposite end.
Also check out the dreadful broach marks in Para barrels. Crud checks in but it doesn't check out.
If looks and lack of Q.C. do not bother you,
they are OK, because they (at least full size
with long cartridges) do function.