CountGlockulla
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I vote Brown out of those choices
Not sure where I've heard statements like this but if you look hard enough I'm sure you'll find things like these said about Ed Browns. I'm not doubting that the Ed Browns are good, I'd like to own one so that I can finally learn how crappy my Kimber is and what it is that I've been missing all these years.
I can't say I have a lot of 1911 experience, I only own one, but I've shot a few, and if money was an object (and I'm sure it is), I don't think you can do any better for a grand than the Sig 1911, the only possible exception might be the Springfield Armory.
Someone mentioned earlier they spend $1000 for the gun, and another $1500 to tune it up. I just can't see doing that. The Sig has match grade barrel, trigger and sear, it's tight yet smooth and while I'm sure it can be tweaked further, I don't see any point in doing so, because it's better out of the box than I can ever hope to be.
Also according to a sig rep I spoke to the only MIM parts on there 1911's are the slide stop
15,000 + rounds through that sig not one malfunction yet. I could care less if the internals were made of paper if they could find a way to make it work and work well. There is no hard evidence to show that MIM is inferior and anyone who has the time to worry about what there gun is made of when it works fine has way too much free time.Skylerbone is spot-on
From another:
The slide-stop is the small part you LEAST want to be made from MIM
Metallurgy, Colt only Mims the mag catch, sear, disconnector. Sig and Kimber go much further by MIMing safties, hammers, slide-stops...
Colt vs ATI... Colt uses forged steel- ATI is cast.. do your metallurgical homework before judging a book by its cover.
Do they publish this information on their website? I can't find it.