Well happy day! The LDA came back from Para today all fixed and completely covered under warranty. Mind you it's a 2001 built-in-Canada model but Para had no issues honoring the lifetime warranty. I'm not sure where to give the credit: Para, Remington or Freedom Group, but I have no complaints with any of them. Actually, with all the stuff they have going on right now, I'm pretty impressed they had time to take care of my 14 year old pistol.
You can stop whittling that frame Colonel...you're off the hook!