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Looks like Remington finally decided to pull the plug.
Looks like Remington finally decided to pull the plug.
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Yep. I agree.No great loss They made some real junk.
n 2012, with a goal of expanding its handgun line, ROC acquired Para USA (“Para”), a company that specialized in the production of competition, high capacity, and double action 1911-style pistols. Following Remington’s acquisition, Para, which had been experiencing quality control issues
saw a steep decline in warranty claims.
http://bearingarms.com/breaking-rem...bafbp&utm_medium=fbpage&utm_campaign=baupdate
Looks like Remington finally decided to pull the plug.
Remington didn't buy Para just to remove one competitor from the 1911 market - they obviously saw some benefit to acquiring product designs, tooling, distributor channels, etc. The only real news here is that Remington is ditching Para as a separate brand. Manufacture of the porus cast frame widebody 1911's should continue unabated.
Remington didn't buy Para just to remove one competitor from the 1911 market - they obviously saw some benefit to acquiring product designs, tooling, distributor channels, etc. The only real news here is that Remington is ditching Para as a separate brand. Manufacture of the porus cast frame widebody 1911's should continue unabated.
Remington didn't buy Para just to remove one competitor from the 1911 market - they obviously saw some benefit to acquiring product designs, tooling, distributor channels, etc. The only real news here is that Remington is ditching Para as a separate brand. Manufacture of the porus cast frame widebody 1911's should continue unabated.
So basically, we should expect a line of junk 1911s produced with the remington stamp soon?
-Mike
How is that any different than anything else bearing Remington's name?
It's all trash these days.
One local shooter (Matt J) observed that Paras are fine guns, and that if you you replace the barrel, hammer, sear, trigger and other internal parts you will get many weeks of acceptable service out of one.
Para got established when they were the only 1911 wide body (Caspian was frames only) in the arena, and competitors flocked to their guns since they provided the base for doing exactly what Matt suggested in his observation. Once STI and SVI came along, the serious competitors who sought quality flocked to those brands.
And, there is that dreadful "power extractor" - that does nothing for you except prevent you from using other brand extractors in your gun.
So basically, we should expect a line of junk 1911s produced with the remington stamp soon?
-Mike
Oh yeah, that took the world by storm. I almost forgot.I'm not defending Para, but in addition to the first mass marketed double stack widebody, didn't they come up with a few other innovations for the 1911 platform as well, such as their LDA double action design ???
So basically, we should expect a line of junk 1911s produced with the remington stamp soon?
-Mike
Oh yeah, that took the world by storm. I almost forgot.
Not all innovations translate into market success, but are innovations nonetheless.
I myself like DA autos that give you the option of a second whack at finicky primer without having to manually recock the hammer or rack the slide.
Second strike capability is overrated, I think the entire ethos of second strike is full retard. There's a reason that round didn't go off the first time- it's either shitty ammunition or the gun has malfunctioned in some way... and in either case, you're better off jacking that round out and moving to the next one. Even the revolver guys were ahead of their time- what happens in a DA revolver when you pull the trigger again after a no-shoot? It gives you a fresh new round to hit.
Maybe second strike is overrated, but sometimes it's tough to rack the slide if your other hand is occupied doing something else, like maybe holding a flashlight or trying to push a door shut, and 10+ shot .45 caliber revolvers are pretty tough to come by.
I worked in Firearm wholesale, and of all the guns we had, PARA was the kiss of death. Nobody anywhere in the country wanted them. You could not sell them at all, even below cost. Good riddance to that line.