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[badwhale]

Well, my Para was about $750 brand new. The Ruger SR1911 is around $1200.

"Entry level enhanced" would be a good description but the Ruger is better made and would probably outperform my Para





LOL

mine was only a little more than 1/2 that. is that another canada thing?

[CptnBlues63]

mine was only a little more than 1/2 that. is that another canada thing?

It sure is, it's called an extremely shitty exchange rate! Last time I looked it was about $133 CAD to $100 USD

Then you have to add on importation fees and transportation fees and markup (prices differ somewhat from store to store) and that gives you the nasty price I found. It's worth noting I only checked one Canadian store for pricing on that Ruger .45 acp But I'd wager best price would still be in the $1100 range for that particular gun.

It's worth noting when I bought my Para our exchange rates were almost even a I probably only paid $100 to $200 more than it was worth in the US. Still, after sending it in for depot repair (because it was jamming rounds on the reload) under warranty, it's performed flawlessly ever since so all-in-all, I'm pleased with that purchase.

[Mizicke5273]

I picked up two Springfields over the weekend. A XD Mod2 9mm 3" barrel sub-compact and a XDm .40 3.8" barrel compact. Springfield is running a promotion for free mags and holsters, so I struck two off my buy list.

[Eville]

Turns out the heated seats I ordered for my car won't work with it, so I got a refund for that and picked up a Taurus Tracker .44 for the same price!