It was called the XGI. Too much oomph for the size rifle it was.

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I remember going into a Woolworth and they had barrels of M1s for some stupidly low price. I was looking for a pretty one but all of them were beat up so I didn't buy one. I did get one from DCM but I do wish that I had bought about 20 of those Blue Sky M1s.

I also wish that I had grabbed five or six of the S&W M1917 that came in from Brazil in the early 90s. $100 each but I had two small children and a grumpy wife.

Just remembered Para. Pretty big name; gone now.

I bought a Para Hawg, double-stack compact 9 for concealed carry. Excellent layout. Super trigger.

One day, the plastic recoil spring plug grenaded. Pieces jammed the slide. I.e., catastrophic failure. Not good for a CC gun.

Some time after replacement, I was shooting it at the range. Quite literally after the last shot, as I was clearing it to put it in the case, the extractor fell out on the ground. Whuh?

End of CC career for Para Hawg.

Para "power extractor" is an interesting story. Their engineer came up with a 4-piece extractor that used a simple coil spring, instead of trying to form an intricate piece out of spring steel. Brilliant!

Then they made it out of MIM! They made a stressed part out of MIM. To save a buck, I assume. It broke. As a forged steel piece never would. The bean counters threw away a genius design.

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