Last Week I reported on the return of my Para Ordinance Warthog subcompact .45 ACP pistol from factory service. The pistol had feed problems which we could not seem to remedy, so it went to the Para facility in Tennessee for a thorough going-over. In the last report, I tentatively gave the pistol a good to very good performance rating. Today, I’m happy to say that the gun had absolutely NO misfeeds in about 90 rounds.
I took this picture of my little pistol after I cleaned her up following our weekly trip to the range. She’s aways photogenic, but today she behaved as she should, in my opinion, and I’m proud of her.
I did have one stovepipe, but my feeling is that I might have flinched or squeezed off the round before I completely braced my grip on the pistol. This photo shows the spent brass stuck in the port with another round positioned to feed more or less properly. I racked the slide and the spent brass fell out while the next round went in the chamber. After that, it operated normally until we exhausted all the ammo we brought.
Another benefit is that without worrying about misfeeds and having that bug you, the pistol pretty much hit the target where I pointed it. Bob shot ten rounds through her and had the same observation that the rounds hit where he pointed the gun.
I owe the Para PR folks and Michael Bane a heartfelt thank you for getting me on track with this delightful little pistol.
I have been reassigned to another job in another location. I hate to move. All that packing up, making arrangements to transfer the services, etc. Even with the aid of an administrator, changing job assignments where a physical move from one facility to another is a pain.
As for the old job, the product line is a very good thing. Decoupling from that fact, the skill set for the job I was doing required little other than some fundamental knowledge of computers and a little analysis. Not to brag, but it was not much of a challenge and didn’t take full advantage of my experience.
