[Rick Lee]

ParaOrdnance makes excellent guns, but they aren't for everyone, especially if you have small hands. Trouble is that anything you want that goes on the frame will not be a standard 1911 part. Magazines, wrap-around grips, magwells, mainsprings, mag release, etc. will have to be especially made for ParaOrdnance - on other words, not cheap. Not so on normal size 1911 frames. Para also makes a double-action 1911, so of course, that's a whole new ballgame wrt trigger mechanisms. I had a P-12 for a while it was nice. But after lots of tuning, it still wasn't as accurate as any of my SIG's, so I traded it for a SIG P245. And believe me, a 12 rd. mag of .45ACP and an all steel gun is kinda heavy for carry duty.