 Hey there friends. Thanks for checking in today. We're looking at a new but use new for me 1911 that I picked up in a trade. It's a para USA expert para ordinance Was found in 85. It's a Canadian company in 2009. They moved to Charlotte, North Carolina And that's where this was made right there. It is stamped para USA Charlotte and see North Carolina And they're there for about three years. So this gun Was made between 2009 and 2012. They were then acquired by the Freedom Group and a lot of the technology went to the Remington 1911's and they have since dissolved. So I don't know if I'm holding on to a collector's piece or a Possible collector's piece in the future, but I will say it's a pretty sharp 1911 now I mentioned I picked it up on a trade. It came with Wilson combat mags came with four of them All right, it was a nifty little 1911 Mag holster this grip here that I'm not interested in these grips here that I'm not interested in But it did come with this inside the waistband holster that I am interested in I don't have a 1911 Inside the waistband holster. So that is pretty cool. Now. This is different than your average 1911 the full-size five inch barrel government 1911 and the reason this is different is There are a couple things first off it has an ed brown barrel that is stronger than The 1911 barrel and that allows it to fire heavier loads Also, it has a 25 pound recoil spring. So when I go to pull that back, it takes a lot of pressure. It's not It's manageable. Okay, it's not too difficult, but it's not like this. Okay, your average 1911 has a 16 pound recoil spring so you can see that it's nice and easy your racket You know charge the 1911 no problem Over here to do it to do a press check there All right, it may look easy But I'm putting a ton more pressure and that's because with that barrel and with that heavier recoil spring and With a flattened firing pin block, this will fire 45 super and 450 SMC now I'm very much interested in the 45 super that would be comparable to a 45 ACP plus P plus P plus P just so much more energy and Empower and velocity a lot of people would carry that in bear country and it would actually make a very good choice But this offers versatility, which was very attractive all that other stuff is fine But it's that versatility that I wanted and really was attractive for me with this trade now Perry USA 2009 to 2012 so this is about 10 years old But in real nice condition those have the two dot rear sights and a green fiber optic Front sight and brown barrel stronger than the average 1911 barrel And yeah, and that sweet Single-action trigger pull I took it to the range today just regular 45 ACP loads I was expecting a lot less recoil and perhaps if I shot it side-by-side with my other one I would have seen or at least felt Less recoil, but to me it just seemed kind of normal It does have these rubber Paragrips that are original and they're fine, you know, I may go with some G10 grips in the future, but I like the stainless look to it and I like what it offers One thing though, I have to say when disassembling the gun Especially that recoil spring you really have to keep an eye out that that Cap will come flying off so fast it could take your eye out if you're not careful I took it to the range today. I had a great time with it. I love 1911's I cannot begin to express how much I love 1911's and I'm happy to have this one In my in my collection and in my position and at the range So let's go ahead and roll through some of that footage and we'll come back and talk more about it hollow points So there is my new used para USA Expert and 45 ACP 45 super in 450 SMC I really want to get a hold of some 45 super I went online. I tried to score it I knew I'd overpay it wasn't even close Everything is sold out across the board But if anybody has any leads to some 45 super, please let me know or for 450 SMC You know, that's just as strong if not stronger I don't know much about that at all but I want to get a hold of one of those to see how well this handles and to do a Little bit of a comparison with your standard 45 ACP 1911 but but here it is just kind of a show-off thing wanted to show you guys What I got and all the stuff that came with it, but it's a good-looking gun. It's in decent shape It's there's certainly nothing wrong with it You know, no scratches no evidence scratch a little bit of a dummy scratch right there I don't know if you just a little bit not much Okay, it could probably be buffed out, but I like that stainless look I love the 1911 and this thing sure is a nice handgun And I certainly appreciate the versatility that it offers if you like videos like this Please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe