1. It's too heavy for my taste, though relatively light for a 1911 variant.
2. about 75% of these ParaOrdnance pistols shoot without problems and if you have one of those, it's a bargain. However, some of them DO jam. It's a "quick and good enough" manufacturing method...so get yours to the range and put NO LESS than 200 rds through it. If you have not problems, you got a good one.
I like the original Colt Officers' Model 1911. And while I like .45 1911's, they are dated (yes, I think John Moses Browning should have a 30ft statue on the Capitol Mall in DC) and prefer, above all, the modern .45s.
Beretta. Sig, HK etc.
I took to a tactical pistol course. Two hundred and fifty rounds. I did have to clear it once but overall that isn't too bad.
“And while I like .45 1911’s, they are dated”
I prefer to think of them as timeless.....
Flawless service for nearly 100 years, and the pistol of choice for most Special Operations Military guys......
Good enough recomendation for me!