{"id":2179,"date":"2008-08-20T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T01:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2008\/08\/20\/warthog-courtesy-call\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T18:43:40","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T01:43:40","slug":"warthog-courtesy-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2008\/08\/20\/warthog-courtesy-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Warthog Courtesy Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/purdy-hawg.jpg' title='Warthog'><img src='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/purdy-hawg.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Warthog' class='right' \/><\/a>I got a call today from Kerby Smith, the director of communications and public relations for Para Ordinance Firearms; he called to follow up on Damsel&#8217;s Warthog. Kerby arranged a factory return for the pistol after learning about the problems Damsel was having with it.<\/p>\n<p>We talked about several issues concerning short-barrel .45s. We touched on the topics of lube and maintenance, ammunition, shooting procedures and what to do when you get a misfeed. Kerby seemed to be very knowledgeable about his product line and offered suggestions for us to get the best performance from the Warthog.<\/p>\n<p>I have to say that the Warthog requires a little more in the way of TLC, but it is a very nice gun and Damsel loves it in spite of its history. I also have to say that I&#8217;m very impressed with Para&#8217;s support of their products and the lengths to which Kerby Smith went to make sure Damsel would be happy with the pistol.<\/p>\n<p>Kerby mentioned that he will be participating in the Para-sponsored Bloggers event at Blackwater where <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelbane.blogspot.com\/\">Michael Bane<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrahab.com\/\">Ahab<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.robballen.com\/\">Robb Allen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowflakesinhell.com\/\">Sebastian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saysuncle.com\/\">Say Uncle<\/a> and others are headed this weekend. Have fun, guys and gals, shooting those Para Pistols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a call today from Kerby Smith, the director of communications and public relations for Para Ordinance Firearms; he called to follow up on Damsel&#8217;s&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogosphere","category-firearms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}