Para LDA Question

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pwd

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I read something that seemed to indicate that if you tried to manually cock a Para Ordnance LDA hammer, you could damage the mechanism. Is that true--is the design that fragile, or do I have bad information? Thanks...pwd
 
I own a P1640 LDA LTD. I read the same thing you did (I believe in Gun Test mag) that yanking the hammer back can damage the trigger works. That immediately made me wonder: then why is there a spur on the hammer if it should NEVER be manually cocked? Pretty stupid......... why didn't they juust make the hammer spurless? Probably because they wanted to use the same hammer from another model (?)

To answer your question about are they fragile? Based upon the posts I've read, I would say that the design is more fragile than a standard 1911 trigger. I am careful not to pull on the hammer when I clean the gun. Overall, I really like shooting the gun but am unimpressed with the quality of the internal parts (considering the $900 price tag).
 
I have cocked the hammer by hand many a time, seen no problems yet, whats different in cocking it by hand rather than by using the slide? other than the disconnnector . I have to do this when I get a high primer load .I have yet to have a problem with mine and it already has seen about 5k worth of Loads .
 
Coonan: this is very interesting. I thought the LDA could not be cocked (after trigger pull) by hand because the slide had to be cycled to cock the internal sear before the hammer movement would actually cock the gun. Can you do a hand-cock when dry-firing on a snap cap so the slide is not cycling between trigger pulls?:confused:
 
Coonan, I don't understand what in the heck are you talking about. You can't cock the hammer back - it won't stay back like a SA pistol does. What does forcing the hammer back when it won't stay back anyway, on a DAO accomplish?
 
From what I understand about the LDA, the myth that manual cocking of the hammer will cause damage, is just that....a myth. However, unlike a standard 1911 design, you can not cock the hammer, or rack the slide unless the grip safety has been disengaged first. That is because the grip safety lever actually blocks the hammer from any rotative movement. The hammer, lever, and grip safety are plenty strong, but if someone thought they had a stuck hammer, or slide, and decided a hammer would pursuade the offending part into submission, something would for sure get damaged.
But as was stated by bountyh, why would you need to cock the hammer in the first place?

anyways.....that's what I know about it so far.
 
bountyh-

My 12.45 LDA has no spur on the hammer. It's useless anyway, so why have one, other than to have classic SA styling?
 
Like python pointed out, the hammer is available in both styles. If you want the 1911 look, the full hammer is what you want. If you want your LDA to fit in a 1911 hammer strap holster, you would want the spurless.
 
Galco has redesigned their 1911 shoulder rig holster to accomodate hammer down carry. The strap is more curved to go around a hammer if it's there. They might have done it with their other holsters too.
 
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