{"id":7091,"date":"2013-06-07T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=7091"},"modified":"2015-10-25T19:35:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T19:35:19","slug":"not-just-a-pistol-a-para","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/not-just-a-pistol-a-para\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Just a Pistol – A Para"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PARA-USA<\/a> pistol below is the handgun I used during my Gunsite 250 Pistol Class<\/a>. It consumed about 1100 rounds in one week. I used it to shoot my class high score of 72 on the famous El Prez drill and a commendable score of 51 on the school drill. I also used this pistol to win the man on man shoot off against another student using a custom 1911, His pistol broke in the fourth run of our best out of five. Yeah, maybe I’m bragging but you can’t<\/strong><\/em> do any bragging if you are shooting a junk<\/strong><\/em> pistol.<\/p>\n

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Click the picture and watch the video to learn more about the new PARA-USA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The guy talking in the video, William “Smalls” Smalley, is the man who built the PARA-USA 1911 Commander I used in the class. Its as smooth a running 1911 as I’ve handled. Stand back; when this pistol clears leather, somethings going to happen cause its not just a pistol, it’s a PARA and the PARA of today is not the PARA of yesterday. There are a lot of used up targets at Gunsite<\/a> that can attest to that.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Cox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To further build your confidence in the new pistols coming out of PARA-USA<\/a>, Daniel Cox has just been named the Product Manager of Handguns for PARA-USA<\/a> and all of Freedom Group. Daniel was most recently the man with the plan at Bushmaster and he can flat shoot a handgun. I know, he put me in my place a few days ago at Gunsite<\/a>. (He’s not been on the job long enough to know you always let the gunwriter win.) Daniel and I talked for a long time about the future of PARA-USA<\/a> and I’m excited about what I heard and his enthusiasm. With guys like him and World Champion Travis Tomasie on the team, PARA-USA<\/a> is sure to be the 1911 manufacturer to watch.<\/p>\n

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