This is a competition pistol, so keep in mind, you really don’t need double action.
So it does not fire in a double-action capacity, which is not a big deal. This trigger is a single-action, so the slide will have to be racked the hammer will have to be back. Keep in mind that this design and this trigger are well over a decade old now, closer to two decades old. I would love for somebody to clarify if that’s a normal thing for Paras or if that’s just a normal 1911 trigger.īut unless it’s a smooth trigger, I wouldn’t put it up against anything that’s come out lately. The upward and downward movement is kind of odd to me. I really do like this trigger, even with the amount of play it has.
The reset’s pretty much all the way back out, but once it resets, you are back at the strong wall. It is very smooth, and your reset is very short. You’re almost at the wall, and when you get there, and once you squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, the hammer is going to fall. This particular trigger has minimal take-up. And from my experience, some triggers in the 1911s are like that, and some are not. My trigger has a lot of upward and downward movement. If you have a Para and yours isn’t like this, by all means, comment below and let me know. I’m only talking about this trigger in this particular gun. I don’t know that much about 1911 triggers, only my experience with the ones that I’ve owned.
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So let’s talk about the Para Pro Custom 9 trigger. I wanted to include that since it is technically a control of the firearm. I wouldn’t change anything about this design just because the beaver tail really helps with the overall grip and feel of the gun. If you want to manually cock it, it comes down relatively easy, but it’s still kind of hard to get to because of the beavertail. So if you need to release the hammer, you have to push that in and grab it. The hammer is protected by the grip safety. It’s not bad, but it is relatively small, especially when it comes to 2021 guns magazine release buttons. The magazine release is a small circular dot, obviously sits right at the base of the trigger frame. I would not recommend releasing your slide that way. However, I don’t usually release my slide that way. Since I have smaller hands I have to move my hand around the gun to get my thumb on the slide release, but if you have larger hands and can reach it, you’re going to find it very easy to pull and release the slide. You can pull it down and send the slide home with ease. The slide lock is right smack-dab in the middle of the gun. I don’t have anything negative to say about the safety design at all. The wide design of the safety makes it easy to engage and disengage quickly. With the world of stippling today that goes on, this is definitely not high on the extremely abrasive. The gun’s grip texture feels good, but it’s not extremely abrasive. The grip panels have a texturized diamond on the front and on the back have a downward-slanting texturized cut. This pattern is a square checkerboard-style pattern. On the front of the frame itself, it has a square-like texture, very different from something like a Glock. Like many 1911s, it has two panel style grips that are fixed with two screws. The width is close to two inches and it is extremely thick. It is very much a double-stack 1911-sized frame.
The grip of the Para Pro Custom is stout. Starting with the grip because I feel it’s the most important. So let’s dive into some of the features of the Para Pro Custom 9. You’re going to look at least a $600-to-$800 premium over what the Pro Customs were going for in their day. The closest thing nowadays to a Para Pro Custom will probably be something from the Staccato 2011 line.