You get five magazines with the PXT Tactical. 45s, while they have special alloy baseplates to make them more fun to slam into the magwell, the best part about them is their number. While they’re the same capacity as all the other double-stack full-size Para. And it has a Dawson Precision magwell for its 14-round magazines.īut the gemiest gem about the Tactical has got to be the magazines. There are other small but appreciable touches to the Tactical, like the Ed Brown National Match barrel bushing and slide stop. Just under the rear serrations the Tactical feature an ambidextrous safety. They’re about a quarter-inch wide and deeply scalloped. The PXT Tactical has both front and rear slide serrations that are not at all like the 14-45’s GI’s at all. The triggers and hammers on both pistols are skeletonized, but the Tactical’s trigger parts, specifically the hammer, sear, and disconnector, are custom stainless Tactical II parts by Cylinder and Slide.
The Tactical has the DP front sight, but is matched with a milled-to-slide fully-adjustable Dawson Precision rear target sight.īoth guns feature checkered mainspring housings but the Tactical also includes a 25 lines-per-inch checkered frontstrap for an extra-secure grip. The 14-45 has three dot white combat sights with a Dawson Precision fiber optic front sight. It is a very different pistol than the vanilla PXT 14-45, which is plenty nice on its own. But Para’s latest PXT 14-45 has more going for it than a friendly place to affix a light. Yes, it has “tactical” in the name, and sure, there’s a rail. As the Year of the 1911 rolls on, it surprises no one that Para has a new.