The long wait is over. - The Firearms Forum

Kieran McCaig · 12-05-2009, 10:11 PM

Well after a painfull 16 weeks my Para Ordnance finally came in.Irushed off to the range to see what it would do.Not to bad right out of the box didn't even clean it.SIghts need to be adjusted but I have time now.Post is the second target I shot 20 yards no adjustments.

pinecone70 · 12-05-2009, 10:13 PM

OMG, 16 weeks?! Let's see!!

Kieran McCaig · 12-05-2009, 10:16 PM

Having trouble with upload.

hogger129 · 12-06-2009, 06:37 AM

It always sounds like it takes forever to get a pistol back when you send it in. I had a friend at work who has a 3 1/2 Colt 1911, he sent it in and it took him forever to get it back. Had an extractor problem. But now it works flawlessly. But I understand. Sometimes they just need adjustment and such.

techoca · 12-06-2009, 01:26 PM

Glad you got your new 1911. It even seems like it's been forever to me....

techoca

jacksonco · 12-07-2009, 07:53 AM

Where are the pictures Kieran? Are you sure you got a new Para? Seems awfully fishy that there are no pictures. Are you certain you got a new 1911?

Kieran McCaig · 12-07-2009, 03:56 PM

Fixed the puter here are the pictures

pinecone70 · 12-07-2009, 03:57 PM

Oh, basic black, it's got my vote.

Kieran McCaig · 12-07-2009, 03:58 PM

Now I have to adjust the sights.

Big ugly · 12-08-2009, 03:03 AM

Doh I see a Flyer, Is that a flyier I see way up there?

JUNKKING · 12-08-2009, 03:08 AM

Nice looking gun. Don't look like the sights need adjusted to me. You're hitting paper. Shoot it a few more times and that group will tighten right up. Did the Para function good for you?

Kieran McCaig · 12-08-2009, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JUNKKING

Nice looking gun. Don't look like the sights need adjusted to me. You're hitting paper. Shoot it a few more times and that group will tighten right up. Did the Para function good for you?

It should work even better now that I cleaned it.That is the2 target just adjusted where I was shooting.sights need to come right.

carver · 12-08-2009, 07:47 AM

That is a real good looking gun!

JUNKKING · 12-08-2009, 07:56 AM

You sure its the sights I always shoot right on a new gun I think a matter of two things for me. Anticipation of the gun and trying to see if i hit where aiming. Once I'm ok with the gun I do ok.

techoca · 12-08-2009, 02:00 PM

Kieran,
The pistol looks great.

techoca

Kieran McCaig · 12-08-2009, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techoca

Kieran,
The pistol looks great.

techoca

Thanks going to shoot again tomorrow Christmas Party at the range.

glocknut · 12-08-2009, 07:13 PM

I assume you have to stop talking when you aim?? It must be hard for Canadians to shoot straight with those bobble heads like they show on south park?

Gn

jim summers · 12-08-2009, 07:24 PM

That is a NICE looking handgun.

Kieran McCaig · 12-08-2009, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by glocknut

I assume you have to stop talking when you aim?? It must be hard for Canadians to shoot straight with those bobble heads like they show on south park?

Gn

Get some glasses we have flip top head.open a window in the trailer I think the fumes are getting to you.

OBrien · 12-15-2009, 06:54 PM

Nice gun. For a Canadian to have such a pretty gun is kind of amazing. I don't know much about you laws but my Canadian relatives say it's a royal pain to get anything good.

Suwannee Tim · 12-16-2009, 08:41 PM

Dang son! Nice gun! That's a heck of a target! What was the range? A hundred yards? Two hundred?

I'll bet you'll have some really tight groups after you sight it in!

Lotsdragon · 12-16-2009, 10:06 PM

Very sweet looking piece there! Wont take you long to zero it in, have fun and be safe

woolleyworm · 12-17-2009, 01:25 AM

I'm with everyone else, NICE !! I'm rather fond of black on black, kinda like my favorite bike, the Harley NightTrain, no chrome, no shine, just bad A...

I will side with JUNK, get a couple hundred rounds and try some different ammo. Get comfortable with the gun until you get some consistent groups and then make adjustments. Get it broke in and she'll be a fine gun. Just my opinion, but whenever I'm sighting in a new gun, I give it some time before I start making too many changes because until I get used to it, my body and eyes will be making enough already.

Either way though, you'll get tight groups soon enough. Thanks for the post, always nice to see the new ones!

Keystone · 12-18-2009, 12:33 PM

I really like that. The all black looks so great. I wish I had more $$$.

JLA · 12-22-2009, 05:43 PM

Sweet ride Kieran, You did good. Look me up ifn you ever decide to venture this way and Ill teach you how to shoot it

12-05-2009, 10:11 PM	#1
Kieran McCaig Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: canada Posts: 1,469	The long wait is over. Well after a painfull 16 weeks my Para Ordnance finally came in.Irushed off to the range to see what it would do.Not to bad right out of the box didn't even clean it.SIghts need to be adjusted but I have time now.Post is the second target I shot 20 yards no adjustments. __________________ My 2 cents worth is only.183 with exc hange. -->

12-05-2009, 10:13 PM	#2
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: The long wait is over. OMG, 16 weeks?! Let's see!! __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."

12-05-2009, 10:16 PM	#3
Kieran McCaig Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: canada Posts: 1,469	Re: The long wait is over. Having trouble with upload. __________________ My 2 cents worth is only.183 with exc hange.

12-06-2009, 06:37 AM	#4
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: The long wait is over. It always sounds like it takes forever to get a pistol back when you send it in. I had a friend at work who has a 3 1/2 Colt 1911, he sent it in and it took him forever to get it back. Had an extractor problem. But now it works flawlessly. But I understand. Sometimes they just need adjustment and such.

12-06-2009, 01:26 PM	#5
techoca V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 329	Re: The long wait is over. Glad you got your new 1911. It even seems like it's been forever to me.... techoca __________________ techoca "The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range." Col. Jeff Cooper

12-07-2009, 07:53 AM	#6
jacksonco Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Jackson County West Virginia Posts: 2,237	Re: The long wait is over. Where are the pictures Kieran? Are you sure you got a new Para? Seems awfully fishy that there are no pictures. Are you certain you got a new 1911?

12-07-2009, 03:56 PM	#7
Kieran McCaig Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: canada Posts: 1,469	Re: The long wait is over. Fixed the puter here are the pictures Attached Images __________________ My 2 cents worth is only.183 with exc hange.

12-07-2009, 03:57 PM	#8
pinecone70 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Minnesota Gal! Posts: 4,730	Re: The long wait is over. Oh, basic black, it's got my vote. __________________ _____________________________________________ "Miss Scarlet, in the library...with a revolver...."

12-07-2009, 03:58 PM	#9
Kieran McCaig Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: canada Posts: 1,469	Re: The long wait is over. Now I have to adjust the sights. __________________ My 2 cents worth is only.183 with exc hange.

12-08-2009, 03:03 AM	#10
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: The long wait is over. Doh I see a Flyer, Is that a flyier I see way up there? __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

12-08-2009, 03:08 AM	#11
JUNKKING Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just East of Pittsburgh PA Contributor Posts: 1,769	Re: The long wait is over. Nice looking gun. Don't look like the sights need adjusted to me. You're hitting paper. Shoot it a few more times and that group will tighten right up. Did the Para function good for you? __________________ Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and again!

12-08-2009, 07:47 AM	#13
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,245	Re: The long wait is over. That is a real good looking gun! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

12-08-2009, 07:56 AM	#14
JUNKKING Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just East of Pittsburgh PA Contributor Posts: 1,769	Re: The long wait is over. You sure its the sights I always shoot right on a new gun I think a matter of two things for me. Anticipation of the gun and trying to see if i hit where aiming. Once I'm ok with the gun I do ok. __________________ Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and again!

12-08-2009, 02:00 PM	#15
techoca V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 329	Re: The long wait is over. Kieran, The pistol looks great. techoca __________________ techoca "The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range." Col. Jeff Cooper

12-08-2009, 07:13 PM	#17
glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	Re: The long wait is over. I assume you have to stop talking when you aim?? It must be hard for Canadians to shoot straight with those bobble heads like they show on south park? Gn __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone....

12-08-2009, 07:24 PM	#18
jim summers Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I reside in southern Indiana, you can almost step out of my back door and be setting on Patoka Lake Posts: 1,056	Re: The long wait is over. That is a NICE looking handgun. __________________ To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required.

12-15-2009, 06:54 PM	#20
OBrien Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bangor Maine Posts: 554	Re: The long wait is over. Nice gun. For a Canadian to have such a pretty gun is kind of amazing. I don't know much about you laws but my Canadian relatives say it's a royal pain to get anything good.

12-16-2009, 08:41 PM	#21
Suwannee Tim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,227	Re: The long wait is over. Dang son! Nice gun! That's a heck of a target! What was the range? A hundred yards? Two hundred? I'll bet you'll have some really tight groups after you sight it in! Last edited by Suwannee Tim; 12-16-2009 at 08:42 PM..

12-16-2009, 10:06 PM	#22
Lotsdragon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Potosi, Mo Posts: 813	Re: The long wait is over. Very sweet looking piece there! Wont take you long to zero it in, have fun and be safe __________________ "First comes smiles,then lies.Last is gunfire" Roland Deschain

12-17-2009, 01:25 AM	#23
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,883	Re: The long wait is over. I'm with everyone else, NICE !! I'm rather fond of black on black, kinda like my favorite bike, the Harley NightTrain, no chrome, no shine, just bad A... I will side with JUNK, get a couple hundred rounds and try some different ammo. Get comfortable with the gun until you get some consistent groups and then make adjustments. Get it broke in and she'll be a fine gun. Just my opinion, but whenever I'm sighting in a new gun, I give it some time before I start making too many changes because until I get used to it, my body and eyes will be making enough already. Either way though, you'll get tight groups soon enough. Thanks for the post, always nice to see the new ones! __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." .

12-18-2009, 12:33 PM	#24
Keystone V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Portageville, MO. Posts: 106	Re: The long wait is over. I really like that. The all black looks so great. I wish I had more $$$.

12-22-2009, 05:43 PM	#25
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,308	Re: The long wait is over. Sweet ride Kieran, You did good. Look me up ifn you ever decide to venture this way and Ill teach you how to shoot it __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!