Para Ordnance Warthog

[HardDrive]

What an awesome little gun. Down right tiny, but understandably fat since she hold 10 rounds of .45! That nuts. The thing is not to shabby in the accuracy dept. either. Given the barrel length and tight grip situtation, you would think it would be messy. Nope. Certainly something to consider if you are looking for a bit more punch in carry weapon.

Only complaint: She could use a bit more machining on the back of the frame to smooth the parts together. That edge does not look like much.......until you get into the second box of shells. Chews you up a bit.

[fastpat]

Send it to Cylinder & Slide for some smoothing. They do a great job on Para's.

[Joeaksa]

Nice carry weapon. Hard to beat the .45 round.

[svandamme]

it's not that pretty, guess it lives up to the warthog name...

[rcm]

I have the Nitehawg, the all black version. It's a nice little piece but, I prefer my Colt Officer over it. The colt is easier to handle due to frame and stock sizing.

[Jeff Higgins]

For those among us that prefer revolvers, the Charter Arms Bulldog is roughly equivelent. Only five rounds, but most arguments should be settled in less. .44 Special caliber.

[ledhedsymbols]

S&W 66 .357 155 Gr. Hydra-Shoks for my Wheelgun (Winter Carry) or Walther P99 in .40 W/ 185 Grain Federal Hydra-Shok. Now that the Scary Looking Gun Ban has expired I can get 12rnd mags, but 10 will do just fine.
I have to admit, I have two reasons for prefering the wheelgun. 1. It's a little bit romance. Sort of like a light-saber vs blaster. 2. Pull trigger go bang. If it misfires, pull trigger again. No fiddling around trying to clear a jam. Also the reason why the revolver lives in the bedroom.

Micah

[jyl]

Reliability? Have read mixed on the 1911 forums.

My little Detonics has been only so-so on reliability. Quite fussy re ammo. It'll be sent to Detonics USA for a debugging, and then to Cylinder & Slide for a SFS conversion, before it becomes a carry gun. Of course, I need the CCW first.

My next handgun will be either a S&W Centennial Airweight .38SPL, or a Olympic-style .22LR match pistol with the ergonomic grip (probably a Benneli).

[chibone_914]

warthog is a very nice piece, almost too small for me (large hands) My steel-framed P12-45 fits perfectly and shoots great!

[Rick Lee]

I had a Para P-12, all tricked out - NP3 two-tone by Robar, Trijicon sights, Pearce grips, recoil rod, polished ramp, etc. Great little gun and I think it held 10 rds. But it was wide and bulky for CCW duty. My SIG's just seem to fit me better.

[Jeff Higgins]

Most sub-compact 1911's have reliability issues. The slide return spring is too short, which seems to be the crux of the problem. I'll stick with the revolver when they get that small.

[Joeaksa]

For home defence, a shotgun fits almost anyone's hands. Otherwise a 1911 works very well...

[Rick Lee]

A 1911 is fine for those who grew up with them. But I wouldn't keep one cocked and locked in my house. My nightable gun is usually my P220 (.45 with one in the pipe) or some other grab-n-go SIG. My dad's nightable gun is a Commander. But he's old fashioned.

[red-beard]

Cocked and locked is the only way.

One of the Gunsmiths around here that specializes in 1911s, states that he will not fire a 1911 until he has polished the rails and slide and rails with 1600 grit paper. He also does a barrel cleaning using stainless steel scrubber coils.

[fastpat]

Originally posted by Rick Lee
A 1911 is fine for those who grew up with them. But I wouldn't keep one cocked and locked in my house. My nightable gun is usually my P220 (.45 with one in the pipe) or some other grab-n-go SIG. My dad's nightable gun is a Commander. But he's old fashioned.

Cocked and locked is fine for a Para, in addition to the normal safeties, it has a trigger deactivated firing pin block.

[chibone_914]

Yeah Rick, I have a S/A 1911 .45 as the house gun. All that I have done on it is an action/reliability job on it, new Wolfe springs and snakewood, double-diamond grips on it (only cause I thought they look cool)

[id10t]

You weenies with your little pistols...

My house gun is the FAL

[chibone_914]

The FAL is a great gun! But I'd never use mine for a house gun. Can u imagine, setting up the bipod at the top of the staircase?

[id10t]

No bipod, no stairs either.

[jyl]

Your 20th century weapons are so quaint.

When I'm an overlord, I will use these to subdue the Earthlings.