Fat Man and Miss Piggy
According to Kerby Smith, Director of Communications and Public Relations at Para, the Warthog is unique in being the smallest sub-compact .45 in the 1911 style. Kerby says that fact generates its own special problems when it comes to flinching and limp-wristed shooting.
This gun was jamming a lot before we watched a Todd Jarrett video in which he was training a young woman, with a body weight of 117 lbs., to properly grip a large-bore short barrel-length gun. Todd showed how to align the boresight with the forearm and to lock the wrists and elbows on the strong side. After watching the video, the Better Half’s jams dropped dramatically.
Compare ‘Miss Piggy’, the Better Half’s Warthog, slide and barrel length to ‘Fat Man’ my Glock 30, also a ’sub-compact’ .45ACP. You can see how small this gun really is - and it kicks like a mule too - more than the Glock by a lot.
[Cross-posted from a comment I left on the other blog]
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Bret Gould on 06 Oct 2009 at 1514 #
Let me warn you about para weapons. I sent my para .40 with the lda trigger. It went back to the factory twice and eventually went back to the dealer as defective and traded for a glock. It never fed or extracted correctly and the nickel plating on the bushing was flaking off before 100 rounds were fired. I have a friend who had a regular 1911 style para .45. It was jamming. My master gunsmith could never get it to stop jamming after parts changes and different magazines and loads. Para makes some very high priced junk. My gunsmith said the insides of my buddies 45 looked like the inside of a llama not an 800 dollar 45. they are junk and should be avoided.
Minstrel on 06 Oct 2009 at 1738 #
Michael Bane, Todd Jarrett and who knows how many other happy Para shooters would disagree with “Para makes some very high priced junk.”
If you got a lemon, which the Better Half thought was the case with her Warthog, you should contact Para Public Relations and get the problem resolved.
When we blogged about the problems we were having, Michael Bane contacted us and put us in touch with Kerby Smith at Para who resolved her problems. It took several steps, including two trips back to the service center (gratis) and some personal instruction from Todd Jarrett on shooting techniques for high-powered short-barreled guns.