I have two P-14's.

One is a "Limited" and very accurate with good movement, trigger, tightness, etc. I find it very hard to fault.

The other is a gun I purchased that was a used race-gun with quite a few custom modifications. I don't know how much work was done to triggers, action and so forth. The slide is not as tight as my limited, but the trigger is very good. However, it is not as accurate as my "Limited" (????)

I like the 14 rounds and consider either P-14 to be very sufficient for self defense or general use. I like 14 rounds more than 7-8! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> - Although, I believe in shotguns for home defense. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
For Target, my "customized" one probably needs a new barrel or something (????)

Still, I like both Para's quite a bit.

In the end, however, the quality of my Kimber CDP does seems a little higher and even a little more accurate with even a shorter barrel.

I don't have enough experience with the large variety of really fine quality .45's out there to say how my Para or Kimber compete with certain other 1911's. But, I have shot many other auto-pistols and consider both the Para's and the Kimber above most other non-1911 style auto-pistols fairly easily.

The competition in 1911 style pistols is very high and the quality of most of these guns seems pretty good in general. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

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