1911 choices
I've had a number of Colt 1911's over the years, several Kimbers and three SA's. The SA's are more like Colt series 70 to me; although they, like Kimber, have some MIM parts. The thing is, with the much lower price of a basic SA, you can replace the critical MIM parts with barstock ones and stil have much less money invested than with a Kimber which still needs parts replaced (for my taste). The other thing is I appreciate the fact that SA still has the originally designed internal extractor. Although things can go wrong with the internal design, these things are well-known, and once you get the hang of them are no problem to straighten out. When you have a problem with an external extractor, like Kimber now uses, what do you do? Another thing is with Kimber series II pistols you have the added complexity of the FP safety system that I don't want or need. In short, get a Kimber series I if you want Kimber; if not, stick with Springfield.