I've had several friends and others, most of them 1911 fanbois, laugh at my "junk guns" over the years. I have never had a single issue with any of the 5 Astra guns I've owned over the last 20 years or so. I've had 2 A-80's, an A-100, and an A-75, in 9mm, and a A-75 in .40. All were rock solid guns, totally reliable. Yeah, they aren't as accurate as a $1500+ 1911, but they don't have the issues many of them do/did. My one friend who has tons of money due to inheriting the family business made fun of my EAA Witness .45, until it made his Kimber that cost almost 4 times as much, look very bad. Sad thing was, it made almost all his high dollar 1911's look bad, as it ran through mag after mag, unlike the 1911's, which had feeding issues. The only 1911 that really worked 100% was an old Korean War era "rattler", that worked great, but clanked when shot. The Witness has made some people think differently about "junk guns".
