tiger rag
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i own Colt's and a Wilson They are very good . I hear the Smith is good as well.
All votes for Springfield are void since they do not maufacture them and only import them.
Some people buy brand names. I buy quality and value.
That's why I prefer Para Ordnance. I have Kimber, Colts and Paras, all bought new in the last two years. The Paras are the most reliable, most accurate and best values.
However, if I had to pick, I'd probably go to Springfield due to their reputation of service/warranty and they have a "real" custom shop unlike Colt or Kimber.
CLARENCE SAID: "I've owned Colt's, Kimbers, Les Baers, Wilson Combats & Springfields.............but none of them were completely reliable out of the box."
WOW... you got some bad karma or what man? Bad luck.
I've bought about a dozen Colt 1911's new in the last 6 years or so and only one of them wasn't reliable... but all it needed was a tweak on the extractor tension to make it reliable. Extractor tension (too tight or too loose) is probably the #1 cause of malfs on quality 1911's. Bad mags would probably be right in there as well.