Para 18-9 Or 16-40 Lda

[Chuck D]

I'd be interested in hearing from anyone owning either a 18-9 or 16-40 LDA. Has your gun been reliable? Any parts breakage?

A friend is looking to buy one and he burns TONS of ammo. He asked me if I knew if the LDA guns held up to lots of use. Seeing that I has no experience with LDA's...I'd thought I'd ask here.

Thanks for the input !

[standles]

I have the 16-40 LDA Limited. I have not found it reliable enough to use in a match. When it works it is an acurate and soft recoiling gun. The LDA trigger is very nice. My problems all revolve around feeding issues. It will jam 3 or 4 time in a magazine with the nose of the bullet under the bbl hood. A slight (1/16" or less) movement of the slide to the rear and a release will chamber the round. I have used 3 different brand of .40sw factrory ammo and 3 different bullet profiles. I have put ~1200 rounds through the gun hoping break in would be the answer.

It has spent the last month in my safe dissasembled on a shelf. I am now contacting Para-Ord for resolution.

My story take it for what it cost ya

[Chriss Grube]

I have the 16 limited LDA and used it for a couple years as a production gun and off duty carry gun. Worked fine. EGW reworked the trigger. Another guy at our club has the LDA in 45 runs 100% also.

[Merlin Orr]

Over 10K through my P18 - not ONE misfeed or failure of any kind.

Edit - cept the sight falling off....

[texasag93]

Merlin, was that the one at our match, or did you have another fall off again? TXAG

[Merlin Orr]

Merlin, was that the one at our match, or did you have another fall off again?  TXAG

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Nope - the rear sight fell from my P18 while shooting with the great bunch of guys up at Bailey's Practical Shooters in Houston. The one I lost shooting with you and the Brazosland Pistoleros was the front off my 6" Limited gun.

My total talley so far is 1 rear and 3 fronts.

Still not as infamous as SOMEONE here on the Forum, though....