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I'm beside myself from reading and searching on this board. Hell, the pic thread is less than one page long. Hitting the 14 years ago key on my pc takes me back to when the P-14 was to die for. STI was 4 years about. I was using an S&W 686 Power Port (still have it) because I couldn't afford the race guns of that time let alone a real 1911.45.
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I was a newb then and still am to this day. Here's my question.Is this stuff worth keeping, in regards to the frame kit, worth building? I don't compete and if I did, it would be on a low level Tuesday night deal out at Usery Pass.Para-Ordnance P-16 Gunsmith KitPurchased in 1994 just before the Clinton ban.IIRC paid $275Steel Frame (Not Stainless)Is this a jamo-matic? P-14/16 mag's as well?Any thoughts, advice?Thanks.
With the serial number that you have supplied,your Smith-corona model 1903A3 was made in the year 1943.these rifles were only made in the years 1943-1944.If your rifle has a letter C prefix to the. LSB#: 190701LT01 Make: Para Ordnance Model: Elite Commander 1911 Serial Number: K054972 Year of Manufacture: 2013-2015 Caliber.45 ACP Action Type: Single Action SA Semi-Automatic Pistol with Detachable Magazine Markings: The right5 side of the frame is marked with the serial number behind the slide stop pin and is marked with a QR code and “PARA USA / CHARLOTTE NC” in front of the slide.
Great nostalgia, there, reminds me of a time when I was a big fan of the idea, the design and company, something that has long since disappeared.You really have two choices as I see it. Keep it untouched as a very cool momento that may have collector value at some uncertain future point, or build the weapon to get some use out of it. Forget selling it unless it's a bother for you to keep an unfinished piece around, because they have made tons of those kits over the years, and I don't see demand for them jumping with our economy and the other (perhaps better) hi-cap 1911 alternatives. I'm always on the lookout for PO frame kits, and the one you have is slightly rare in that most are serrated. Yours has an unmolested front strap. I have three sitting in the safe for future builds. They are all serrated, and are the gunsmith kits like yours.
Paras have thin front straps at the mag opening, making it hard to chekcer them 20 lines per inch to match the serrations. I prefer the type you have as you can serrate it 40 lines per inch.Anyway, as for their suitability for a build, they are not as truly straight in the froame rails as a Caspian, as evidenced by the many people who have tried and failed to get a true match fit to the slide and frame. They always loosen up over time, and I'm guessing that's why Les Baer dropped them from the SRP lineup.If you're not seeking absolute zero tolerance slide to frame fit, then they are a great candidate for a build. I would buy yours in a hearbeat if it were reasonably priced.
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I say build away. Originally Posted By hobbs5624:I'm always on the lookout for PO frame kits, and the one you have is slightly rare in that most are serrated.
Yours has an unmolested front strap. I have three sitting in the safe for future builds. They are all serrated, and are the gunsmith kits like yours. Paras have thin front straps at the mag opening, making it hard to chekcer them 20 lines per inch to match the serrations. I prefer the type you have as you can serrate it 40 lines per inch.Anyway, as for their suitability for a build, they are not as truly straight in the froame rails as a Caspian, as evidenced by the many people who have tried and failed to get a true match fit to the slide and frame. They always loosen up over time, and I'm guessing that's why Les Baer dropped them from the SRP lineup.If you're not seeking absolute zero tolerance slide to frame fit, then they are a great candidate for a build.
I would buy yours in a hearbeat if it were reasonably priced. I say build away.You cannot see it in the picture, but mine is serrated. Not the prettiest, but I had them stipple around the serrations. Well i scratched my itch and built this thing.
I have no real 1911 experience. It pretty much fell together. It still needs some work, like contouring the lines around the beaver tail and a few other minor things.
Everything is running smooth and as it should except for the thumb safety. A little to much filing, so a new one is on the way. It also needs some real sights, Im going with fixed sights.Ill take it to a gunsmith when i think its GTG to have everything checked out and have the front strap done. Then ill refinish all the parts that need to be redone and shoot the piss out of it.
All parts are Ed Brown/Fusion with a Bar-Sto barrel that dropped right in with no fitting! Originally Posted By SimpleCountryDoctor:I've looking for a couple more of these frames; does anyone know an easy way to tell the 'old style' from 'new style' frames by picture, serial number, etc? Are the old style ones always in the cardboard, new in the styrofoam, or is there some cross-over? Anyone got an old style one they care to part with?
Will post pics of the one i have when I get a chance. Caspian top with sunk Bomar, good piece of hardware.The 'old style' frame has the squared front corners on the grip frame like my build pictured above, and may not have a cut for a ramped barrel, although I believe some of the later ones do.
The 'new style' has the rounded corners like most of the other ones in this thread, and is cut for a round Clark / Para ramped barrel, (not a square Wilson / Nowlin ramp).
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