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No, no Para Ordinance.

Kimber is much better for the price.

I bought a Kimber Compact Classic around 6 years ago and all my shooting buddies like it better than what they are shooting. It isn't even a full size 1911.

I have been looking at the .45ACP "Baby" Desert Eagle Pistol. Very good looking gun it is basically a Jericho 941 which is Israeli made.
Action: Double/Single Action
Capacity: 10 Rounds
Safety: Ambidextrous Thumb & Decocking Safety
Finish: Black or brushed chrome
Frame: Steel; Compact Polymer has Polymer Frame
Barrel Length: Standard-4.52" (RS)Semi-Compact-3.93", (RB) 3.64" Compact & Compact Polymer-3.64"
Sights: Combat
Grips: Black Anatomically Molded High-Impact Nylon 3.75"-Standard & Semi-Compact 3.25"-Compact & Compact Polymer
Overall Length: Standard-8.25" Semi-Compact-7.75" Compact & Compact Polymer-7.25"
Overall Width: 1.125"
Overall Height: Standard & Semi-Compact-5.75" Compact & Compact Polymer-5"
Weight: Standard-2 lbs 6.6 ozs Semi-Compact 45-2 lbs 7.8 ozs Semi-Compact 9mm & 40-2 lbs 4.4 ozs Compact-2 lbs 1.9 ozs Compact Polymer-1 lb 11 ozs
And at $499.00 retail might be worth looking at.

I have a 50. magnum and lemme tell you that thing shoots fire out of the barrel like no other gun ive shot. it depends on what your using the gun for, i carry my 38 special or my 9mm beretta if im at work in detroit but the 50. cal is just a monster to carry . and silence the wild

first time i shot it it flew out of my hands, that was like 4 years ago but still i wasnt a small kid then either . i have some pics of me shooting it around somewhere ill try to post the picture of the fire breather

the only kimber i have fired is the super match 2. it is the nicest handgun that i have fired. you can really feel the quality fit and finish.

My 357 Mag kicks like crazy - but I want a semi-auto. The Kimber or....a CZ52 s what I want next.

Amazing that you bring this subject up.....I fired an EXCELLENT .45 ACP over the weekend (gotta get in some practice before Basic training). A Smith and Wesson Performance center Model 945 link: S&W Model 945

I fired 50 rounds through this firearm, and, with one string of 8 shots of 230 grain FMJ's, fired a best group of 2.5" with one flyer, all in the 10X at 50 feet.....for a 1911 copy to fire that well out of the box with "range handloads"(granted this WAS the Smith and Wesson indoor range so it's their handloads)is pretty respectable IMHO.

BTW, the S&W 460 and 500 magnum handguns are just freakishly large!! I would have rented one, but it was something like 25$ for 10 shots out of that beast!!

A .50 cal is a shooting-range queen; it's not a "working" gun unless you've got arms the size of tree-trunks.

Gas-operated or not, the recoil is just too nasty...