Sean Smith
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There are the "sub-class" guns which I'd stay away from if your interested in reliability. Lllama, Rock River (or island, whatever)
Uh, there is a HUGE difference between Rock Island Armory and Rock River Arms. RIA sells cheap third world slag. Rock River Arms sells very high quality $1,000+ custom guns made in the USA. Try having some facts next time.
Then there are the big three (think cars) colt, SA and Kimber. However, the Colts and Kimbers are NOT real 1911's. They've both got stupid extra crap in them.
Techinically, none of them are 1911s, because none of them are military contract guns made before the 1911A1 was adopted. The Colt is the closest to correct of the three, even with the firing pin block safety (the technical term for "stupid extra crap")
I, personally, would have really liked to have been able to buy a Colt, however, I refuse to pay the $1,000 for the series 70 rei-issue that should cost less to make. They're nice (shot one yesterday) but the series 80 stuff makes for a fishy trigger pull and pisses me off.
You sound confused. The going rate for those guns is more like $850. And they don't have Series 80 stuff, that's why they are called Series 70. And you realize that it is really easy to remove the Series 80 parts... right?