I think the Filipino junk is a great bang for the buck purchase, and despite the tooling marks, the ChiCom crap was well made out of good steal. * * *
Maybe for use as a range "beater," i.e., sort of an "I-don't-care-about-it" secondary 1911 to blast thru reloads or low-budget fodder at the range.
* * *I personally dont care for the short 1911s. I have been down that road twice, and to keep them boring reliable like my 5" guns, I changed the recoil spring every 500 rounds or so.
Actually, that brings up an important issue about maintaining these shorty 1911s to which I've seen different responses: how often (or at what rd-count) are guys changing out the springs on their Defenders, NAs, DW ECOs, SA RO Compacts, and other similar 3" and 3.5" models?
I'm seeing statements posted of anywhere from 500rds on the low end to 800rds on the upper (?).
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