Posted: 11/18/2015 2:42:09 PM EDT
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Tell me about the LDAs. I am changing my carry gun to a 45.
Reliability? Availability? Ammo sensitivity? |
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Been some time since I owned one, but I recall a very nice trigger pull. You must be careful when reassembling the gun after removing the slide as there is a part that can be damaged (don't remember how) if done incorrectly. The negative is that Para's seem to always get sloppy in the slide after a few hundred rounds. |
This is a Renault Espace, probably the best of the people carriers. Not that that’s much to shout about. That’s like saying ‘Oh good, I’ve got syphilis, the best of the sexually transmitted diseases!
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I am a police officer also and have carryed the 7.45 LDA sense 2001. no issues at all. I have the stainless steel model. all mags fit and work fine from the 2 factory mags to cheap
$6 mags. I have the Para ordnance, not the Para USA. I havent noticed any sloppy slide. when ammo was cheap i shot about 200 rds a week. good luck finding one now. |
| I carried a Colt 1911 until I changed jobs to an agency that didn't allow single action guns. I switched to a LDA 7.45 and carried it for about 5 years until my agency started requiring everyone to carry department issue guns. I never had any issues with the LDA and would probably still be carrying it today. I got mine right after they were released and at the time they only came with a spurred hammer, preventing it from being carried in some duty holsters designed for the 1911. Para switched the hammer to the flush hammer at no charge. I believe they all come like this now. |
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I have a Carry 12 LDA purchased in 2001. In shoots great after a EGW extractor swap. Also, the double stack mags needed Wollf springs.
I would compare the smoothness of the trigger to the HK P2000sk LEM trigger, yet similar to the length of a revolver pull. Also, my slide hasn't loosened up on rail fitment over the years. Finally, the only part that can get damaged is the hammer, should you pull the trigger with the slide removed. There should be a couple single stack Paras floating around -- goodluck hunting 
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I carried a 14.45 LDA for awhile. Mine functioned fine when properly maintained. Other than DA and mag capacity - it had all the similar shortcoming that the 1911 platform has. I went back to a glock. Edited to add - Mine developed a crack at the base of the hammer, and was returned to para to be repaired. Also my instructors hated it when we went to do "Annie get your gun" since they couldn't take it apart. (This was ~10 years ago before the 1911 craze in LE) |
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Had one for a while. Seemed to me to take the amazingly awesome and well-loved trigger pull of a Glock and combine it with the legendary reliability of a non-custom 1911.
Mine had a pin that would back out every 50 rounds or so, and didn't care for anything other than 230 hardball, regardless of magazine. |
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I just took a recently purchased LDA Colonel model to range today. It's a Canadian gun, not US.
It is the only 1911 I've ever had that didn't care about bullet profile or overall length. HP, RN, FN, SWC, it didn't matter, it ate everything I ran through it. It is a fun gun for me. Too damn heavy to even think about carrying. |