Para Ordnance GI Expert pistol

M1911.ORG is the first publication to present you the new Para Ordnance GI Expert pistol.

For those of you who appreciate the traditional lines of the GI-style of pistols, but with some little enhancements, here is a sneak preview of the new Para Ordnance GI Expert.

As you can see, this is a single-column, single-action pistol, with some interesting characteristics. It has the traditional high-profile sights (thank God, not those tiny GI ones), the vertical cocking serrations at the rear only (thank God again), a traditional Commander-style grip safety for those who get hammer bite and a tear-drop thumb safety. Obviously Para Ordnance is trying to get in the "basic 1911" market, until now exploited by other brands, but in doing so, it offers a pistol with all those basic modifications that a demanding user will want from a basic gun. These features may well make this new-comer a huge success in the market.

According to my sources, the pistol will not have a ramped barrel nor the PXT Power Extractor. It has plastic grips and is all black Paracote on the metal parts.

So it appears that Para is entering the budget-minded consumer market with a very nice pistol.